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The controversial Point of Consumption licensing regime, due to come in on 1 October, has been delayed for a month in order to give the judge presiding over the Judicial Review time to consider the arguments. The Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) has been a vocal opponent to the proposed Point of Consumption laws, suggesting they are contrary to …

German online sports betting operator mybet Holdings has announced the agreement of a betting partnership with popular German sports newspaper BILD. The agreement between the two parties will see mybet deliver special odds and promotions on Bundesliga 2014/2015 matches to  BILD readership. The operator’s sports betting product will promote on both BILD digital and media publications. BILD, Germany biggest distributed …

Senior management at Arena Racing Company (“ARC”) and Doncaster Racecourse announced that  Ladbrokes would be renewing its sponsorship of the Ladbrokes St Leger Festival for 2015 and 2016. This news comes on the back of a record breaking 2014 Ladbrokes St Leger Festival which saw 62,000 people attend the Town Moor track across the four days, strong betting turnover across the four-day Festival and …

Las Vegas-based Metric Gaming LLC,  provider of super live in-play sports betting platforms announced that Louis Castle has been appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors, replacing Peter Bertilsson who will be taking over as the company’s President & CEO. “It is with great pleasure that I welcome Louis Castle to chair Metric Gaming’s board,” said Mr. Bertilsson, remarking …

After a frantic summer season of racing in the UK, today we take the opportunity to discuss the state of the market and the fate of the sport with major northern bookmaker Nick Corbett of Corbettsports. Nick is in a unique position to offer a view on racing, with superb pitches on-course at the premier meetings in the north and …

Ahead of the introduction of the UK POC tax and changes in gambling regulations, igaming operator 32Red Plc published its H1 2014 interim results.  The operator produced record results with regards to gaming revenues and EBITDA. 32Red recorded H1 2014 Gross Gaming Revenues of £ 22.6 million (+ 19% on H1 2013 £19 million),   the operator was able to produce …

Ladbrokes has announced the withdrawal of its igaming and sports betting operations from the Canadian market . The operator issued a statement to Canadian players on Tuesday asking them to withdraw all funds from their accounts. Ladbrokes would no longer accept wagers or deposits from players and bank accounts registered in Canada. Canadian players have been given thirty days to …

Las Vegas based Metric Gaming providers of the  SuperLive in-play betting platform have announced the appointment Peter Bertilsson as Chief Executive Officer. The software provider’s senior management reorganisation will see Bertilsson replace Metric Gaming founder Martin de Knijiff as CEO. Martin de Knijiff is set to assume the role of Director of Product Operations & Development. Bertilsson an igaming veteran has …

Australian igaming entrepreneur Matthew Tripp stated that he wants his new business venture BetEasy.com.au, to revolutionise the Australian sports betting market. The bullish owner of BetEasy has vowed to offer Australian punters the best sports value and entertainment in the market, taking established Australian bookmakers head-on. Tripp who sold his previous sports betting venture Sportsbet Australia to Irish operators Paddy …

bet365 further outlined its plans for European expansion with the launch of bet365.it. The operator will enter the licensed Italian igaming market, offering customer’s casino, poker and betting products on desktop and mobile platforms. Senior management at the Stoke based operator had been studying the possibilities of entering the Italian igaming market, however the operator’s entry had been held up …