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Paddy Power and Ladbrokes have suspended wagering on Glastonbury headlining acts, as social media rumours have circulated regarding the reunion of Manchester rock band oasis as headlining act of the festival. Oasis frontman Liam Gallagher tweeted the letters O A S I S, following it up by tweeting OASIS LG. The cryptic tweets led bookmakers Paddy Power and Ladbrokes to suspend betting …

Irish sports betting operator Boylesports revealed its new sports betting website, which it designed to place in-play sports betting markets at the heart of the customers experience. The operator undertook the new revamp of its online sports betting website, with a view to ease and optimise player journey on sports betting markets. The operator has stated that the design was …

Ladbrokes has launched its first TV campaign under new creative marketing agency Bartle Bogle Hegarty (BBH). The campaign, named ‘Ladbrokes Life’, has been launched in time for the upcoming FIFA World Cup in Brazil looks to promote the operator’s brand and mobile inventory. Ladbrokes has officially terminated its previous UK TV advertising campaign – Ladbrokes Game On which featured popular …

Sportech PLC has announced that Lorne Weil has resigned from the operators board with immediate effect.  The announcement comes as the operator is set to undertake a corporate re-alignment of senior management responsibilities. Sportech confirmed that Weil, will remain in contact with the company in an advisory position, as the operator undertakes its re-alignment and looks for his replacement. Weil, …

bwin.party senior management have spoken out against activist investor SpringOwl’s proposed board nominations. The investment vehicle, which currently owns 5.25% of bwin.party shareholdings, had criticised the operator’s management, claiming that it needed new strategy and experienced technology managers in order to create future company value and growth.  SpringOwl led by US finance and equity analyst Jason Ader, moved to add …

Online sports betting operator Titan Bet has begun a search for its World Cup 2014 correspondent. One lucky person will be flown to Brazil to cover the biggest football tournament in the world. The operator launched its ‘Best Job in the World Campaign’  through social media campaigns in order to find a special reporter to cover Titan Bet reporting for …

Betradar, supplier of sports and betting-related data, has announced that Svenska Spel has deployed the company’s Live Odds Service in their betting offer. Betradar’s Live Odds Service is a fully automated and integrated in-running trading service to offer a broad variety of live betting sports and markets. In total the Betradar live betting portfolio covers 15 different sports with over 12,000 matches per …

Gibraltar government officials are set to launch an urgent review into its telecom infrastructure following the Easter Sunday fire at the Water Port Station. The fire disrupted the services and operations of numerous igaming operators, including Betfred, BetVictor and Ladbrokes. Website operations were affected by the fire as several operators could not accept wagers on a busy Sunday of sports …

Sportsradar,  supplier of sports related data, has announced a new partnership with The Football Federation of Belarus (BFF). Sportradar has signed a five-year deal with commercial rights holder Sport Tube LLC to become official “Sports Data Partner of the Football Federation of Belarus”. The BFF is the governing body of football in Belarus, based in Minsk. It organizes the Belarusian …