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Philippines and Isle of Man based online betting operator Dafabet has secured Scottish football’s ‘biggest ever’ shirt sponsorship deal with Celtic FC. Dafabet marketing agreed a four-year sponsorship terms with The Bhoys, and will see its brand co-promoted on the Celtic 2016/17 jersey with Irish cider brand Magners (Dafabet to feature shirt front, Magners on jersey back). Celtic governance was …

Issuing a Q1 2016 (period ending 31 March) market update, Frankfurt Xetra-listed European sports betting operator bet-at-home AG recorded group revenues of €30 million up 6.4% on corresponding 2015’s €28.4 million. Despite reporting an improved revenue performance for its 2016 opening, bet-at-home would declare an EBIT of €7.3 million (Q1 2015: €9.6 million). The operator detailed that period marketing costs …

Ladbrokes Australia has selected Saatchi & Saatchi to be its creative lead agency following a competitive pitch process. Australian marketing news sources report that Saatchi & Saatchi Australia won the multi-million AUD $ account beating a number of agencies shortlisted by the bookmaker, including Leo Burnett, M&C (Saatchi Group) and George Patterson Y&R. Saatchi & Saatchi will be tasked with …

bet365 is set to take the Bulgarian national gambling regulator to court appealing its restriction to operate in the country. Industry legal news source Gambling Compliance details that a bet365’s appeal against Bulgaria’s State Commission on Gambling (SCG) was heard yesterday by the Administrative Court of Sofia, with a further hearing scheduled for 5 May. SCG governance had granted bet365 …

ESSA have issued a response to the Australian review of illegal offshore wagering, citing the Interactive Gambling Act of 2001 and stating that Australia had enforced an inconsistent position on in-play (or live) betting. The following points from ESSA covered the inconsistency of this approach:  Australia has enforced an inconsistent position on in-play (or live) betting. The Interactive Gambling Act …

Online gambling  platform and services provider Leander Games has partnered with the Swedish NASDAQ listed alternative betting exchange, SpiffX (NASDAQ:SPIFFX), to distribute the gaming technology supplier’s innovative new live betting product – Take 5. Take 5 is a simple, high turnover game initially focussed on football. The product allows players to make a one-click bet at odds of 5/1 that …

Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has revealed that it has recruited more than 500 new employees in the past twelve months. In November 2015, the independent online betting operator detailed that it would implement an £11 million recruitment drive for its new customer hub in Leeds City Center. Furthermore, SB&G governance revealed that it had expanded its operations into a …

Gala Coral have been ordered by the gambling regulator to pay out nearly £880,000 for taking £846,000 from a problem gambler who was using the proceeds of theft to feed his habit. The perpetrator of the crime, a customer between 2012 and 2015, has been jailed for three years, and Gala Coral have promised to ‘take steps to improve its …

Richard Moross has advised the Ladbrokes’ Board that he will be stepping down as a non-executive director at this year’s AGM on May 5th 2016, and will cease to be a director from that date forwards. Mr Moross joined the board in May 2012, but will not seek re-election at the Annual Meeting to be held next week. He has decided …

European sports betting operator Unibet Plc has reported a strong opening to 2016, posting a ‘new all-time high’ in group revenues to £122 million representing a 61% uplift on 2015’s corresponding Q1 performance of £76 million. Unibet governance highlighted that the company was performing way above market rate, with EBITDA (Q1 2016: £28 million) and Profit (Q1 2016 £20 million) …