Curacao and Malta licensed Pinnacle has become the first online betting operator to open markets on Drone Racing. Updating the market, Pinnacle marketing declared that it would publish odds on the ‘2016 Drone Racing World Championship’ at Kualoa Ranch in Hawaii (October 20-22). The bookmaker disclosed that it would trial Drone Racing as a market, by offering odds on the …
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GoldBet strikes Torino FC partnership
European bookmaker GoldBet furthers its presence in Italian sports, by announcing that it has agreed to become the ‘Official Betting Partner’ of Serie A football club Torino FC. GoldBet secures a one-year betting partnership with Torino, one Italy’s oldest professional football club. The partnership will see the GoldBet Italian brand, receive heightened coverage and exposure throughout Torino’s Stadio Olimpico (Capacity: …
Read More »LeoVegas gains Danish DGA online gambling license
Updating the market this morning, Stockholm Nasdaq-listed LeoVegas Group AB (LeoVegas) has confirmed that it has been approved an online gambling operator license by the Danish Gambling Authority (DGA). Confirming its Danish license, LeoVegas one of the industry’s fastest growing operators will now move to expand its presence within its core market of Scandinavia. The Malta-headquartered operator currently holds licences …
Read More »Sky Betting & Gaming makes the grade at The Sunday Times Top Track 100
Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has been named one the UK’s best and fastest growing independent companies by The Sunday Times. The Leeds-based online betting operator ranked 74th in last weekend’s ‘Sunday Times Grant Thornton Top Track 250’. The list is published every year by the News UK Corporation newspaper which ranks the nation’s fastest-growing private companies. SB&G was commended …
Read More »‘What Will She Say?’ William Hill opens market on Theresa’s Tory conference closing speech
William Hill has priced Donald Trump at 3/1 (25% chance) to be mentioned in Theresa May’s closing speech to Conference on Wednesday 5 October. The FTSE bookmaker is pricing odds on a number of political words and phrases, which the new UK Prime Minister may well utter during the course of her closing speech (scheduled for 11:OO am – UK Time) …
Read More »On a Roll – Better Collective wins sixth straight Børsen Gazelle
Better Collective the operating company of leading sports betting player portal bettingexpert.com has won the prestigious ‘Gazelle Award’ for a sixth-straight year, for its services to Danish business and enterprise. Each year Danish business newspaper Børsen recognises national enterprises that have recorded consistent growth. Winning its sixth straight Gazelle, Better Collective becomes the Børsen’s most prolific winner. The Copenhagen-based firm, …
Read More »Digitain forms sportsbook partnership with Mediatech Solutions
Multi-channel supplier Digitain has joined forces with Mediatech Solutions in a deal that will see it provide the platform provider with its best sportsbook platform solution. Under the partnership, Mediatech will integrate Digitain’s product into its own omni-channel platform, IRIS, which will be offered to its land-based and online operator partners. Digitain’s sportsbook product offers odds on 65 different sports, …
Read More »Smarkets nominated for Amazon UK Growing Business Award
Online betting exchange Smarkets, has made the prestigious shortlist for the 2016 ‘Amazon Growing Business Awards’, gaining a nomination for the ‘Best UK Business – Small Company (Turnover £11-25 million)’ category. Hosted at East London’s The Brewery on 30 November, The Amazon Growing Business Awards’ recognises the best in UK business, enterprise and entrepreneurialism. This year’s awards have seen over …
Read More »Gibraltar Government seeks new Head of Regulation
The Government of Gibraltar has begun its search for a new Head of Gambling Regulation following the resignation of Phill Brear from the executive position. Last Friday industry news source EGR Magazine reported that Brear had stepped down from the executive role serving the British Overseas Territory. Brear has served the combined roles of Gibraltar Gambling Commissioner and Head of …
Read More »William Hill – 2019 to be the ‘Year of Brexit’
The start of the 2016 Conservative Party Conference (Birmingham 2-5 October), has seen UK Prime Minister Theresa May declare that her party will look to trigger Article 50 by the ‘end of March 2017’. Once Article 50 is invoked the UK will begin its two-year process of leaving the European Union. Speaking to Conservative Party delegates, May stated that the …
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