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European sports betting technology and solutions provider BetConstruct has announced that it has opened strategic offices in Montevideo, Uruguay and Kiev, Ukraine. The new offices will support BetConstruct’s ongoing new market expansion targeting Eastern Europe and Latin America. The strategic offices will assist BetConstruct operations with commercial development by creating  localised client facing services and account management. BetConstruct’s CEO Vahe …

Spanish-licensed bookmaker Kirolbet has added La Liga football club Real Sociedad to its growing list of partners. The San Sebastian based club will offer Kirolbet a range of opportunities to push their promotions at the Anoeta Stadium and across their digital channels. Financial terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed, but Kirolbet will become the official betting sponsor for Real Sociedad. The …

Speaking last weekend to The Daily Telegraph, GVC Holdings CEO Kenneth Alexander detailed his company’s ambitious plans for its +£1 billion takeover of bwin.party Entertainment. Having gained shareholder approval to finalise its leveraged takeover of the Gibraltar based online gambling operator, Alexander stated to The Telegraph that should GVC governance successfully integrate bwin.party services, the new business entity would become …

Danish owned Fibetco has launched BetOnFinance.dk, a game that merges the financial and gambling markets. BetOnFinance will take up a unique spot in the Danish gambling sector and within international markets, as part of Fibetco’s vision to ‘make financial markets available for the man on the street.’ Fibetco has built up over 30 years of experience within the financial markets …

London AIM listed betting operator GVC Holdings Plc has confirmed the appointment of Nick Batram as new Head of Investor Relations and Corporate Strategy. Batram takes on the newly created role, with GVC Holdings having gained full shareholder approval to finalise its takeover of bwin.party Entertainment, the operator will now push to conclude the deal by 1 February. GVC governance …

ESSA have reacted to the suspected match-fixing at the top level of world tennis by stating their intention to work closely with the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU), and throwing their support behind the recently launched UK Sports Betting Integrity Action Plan. Yesterday, secret files exposing evidence of widespread suspected match-fixing, including at Wimbledon were leaked online. In fact, over the …

The Sydney Morning Herald (smh.com.au) has reported that Tabcorp governance rejected a joint venture approach by Ladbrokes Plc, in a move that would have rocked the Australian betting market. Ladbrokes are reported to have proposed the joint venture in late 2013, with the firm looking to create Australia’s biggest gambling operator. At the time Ladbrokes had launched its Australian betting division …

Romania’s Bucharest Appeals Court has rejected bet365’s request to revoke its temporary online gambling suspension by the Romanian National Gambling Office (ONJN). In October bet365 had moved to contest the suspension of its licensing, having been placed on the Romanian online gambling blacklist by ONJN. bet365 management were surprised by the actions taken by ONJN, stating that the company had …

Hosting its first ever industry innovation showcase at The Trampery (Shoreditch – London), William Hill announced esports betting platform BetGame as the winner of its WHLabs Accelerator Programme. BetGame a Manchester start-up focused on bridging the gap between mainstream console gaming and casual betting will take home £150,000 prize. William Hill will also partner with the unique start-up to maximise …