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Brazil’s long road to regulating online gambling services has received a further boost as its House of Representatives have approved amendments to Bill 186, which aims to introduce a new national industry framework. To date, Brazil law makers have kept their promise of reviewing the bill’s national agenda, which was put forward to House of Representatives in December 2015. Drafted …

William Hill is embarking on its biggest ever marketing campaign for a racing event, as it prepares to take a record 10,000 bets per minute at peak times during next week’s Cheltenham Festival. Central to the campaign is a commitment to never being beaten on price at the festival. They will offer a record number of betting markets and expect to …

Betsson AB subsidiary Betsafe has confirmed the appointment of London marketing agency Rocket as it UK marketing media planning and buying lead. The London agency wins Betsafe’s planned seven figure marketing account, as the Betsson brand aims to expand its position within the highly saturated UK betting market. Announcing Rocket as its lead agency, Betsson marketing stated that it had …

BetVictor have announced an exciting development to its popular, in-house developed, ‘Lengthen The Odds’ offering. The new facility enhances the customer experience by enabling customers to pick their price on every horse in every UK race. With ‘Lengthen The Odds’, punters can choose up to fifteen prices on every horse in every race, meaning odds-on favourites are a thing of the past in UK Racing. …

Russell Yershon has been working in the sports betting industry for more than 8 years, and specialises in gaming, marketing and operations. He is currently Head of UK Sportsbook for Titanbet, a role he has held since December 2013. It’s this experience that qualifies Russell to sit on a star studded panel at this year’s #bofcon at Stamford Bridge (April …

Paul Barclay the former VP of international payment providers WorldPay and Skrill, has joined Pasadena (California) based start-up Betcade, the company launching the first dedicated Android app store for real money gaming apps. Betcade informed the media that Barclay would take the leadership position of General Manager of Betcade Europe. Barclay will now lead international commercial and growth initiatives for …

Leeds-based independent online gambling company, Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G), has today announced that its graduate software academy is open for applicants. The academy programme represents a £1.5m investment in talent and will see around 25 graduates join the company in July 2016. It will last for 12 months and starts with a 14-week intensive burst of training where graduates will …

In time for the start of The Cheltenham Festival 2016, Dublin-based online bookmaker BetBright has unveiled its live streaming horseracing service BetBright TV – ‘BBTV’, which will be made accessible to all customers. The operator describes its BBTV service as a “one-stop shop for all racing action”, which aims to fulfil all the requirements for online horseracing punters. The free …

A pensioner stands to win more than £60,000 from spread bets placed on Leicester City at the start of the season, should the Foxes finish top come May. The retired man, who lives in Yorkshire, backed Claudio Ranieri’s side on spread betting company Spreadex’s Premier League Index. The Index pays out on the top five placed clubs at the end …

Toronto TSX listed online gambling supplier Contagious Gaming Inc has confirmed that it has secured a UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) ‘Combined Remote Operating License’ for its services. The combined license will allow the gambling supplier to operate provisions for pool betting services as well as develop and manufacture gambling software. The expanded gambling license gained by Contagious Gaming will further …