The governance of FTSE100 GVC Holdings has today published an ‘H1 2018 Post Close Trading Update’ outlining the firm’s enlarged capacity/performance, having completed the acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral last March. The pro-forma guidance reports ‘positive growth trends’ across its core metrics and KPIs, as the enlarged operator reports a +8% increase in Group NGR during H1 2018. The enlarged FTSE …
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Payment services provider EML Payments has entered into a multi-year agreement with GVC Holdings. The deal is for the provision of branded reloadable cards for GVC’s online gaming brands. The FTSE250 gambling group’s customers can use the cards to immediately access their winnings and remit funds back into their gaming account. GVC operates in more than 20 regulated jurisdictions and …
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Industry risk management and jackpot insurance firm RISQ has moved to strengthen its commercial arm confirming the appointment of Julian Borg-Barthet as new Business Development Director. Borg-Barthet joins RISQ senior management team, from gambling regulatory compliance and auditing firm NMi-Gaming, where he led commercial divisions for a period of seven years, until the firm recent acquisition by Gaming Labs International …
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Nominations have opened for the latest inductees to the Sports Betting Hall of Fame, which recognises those people who have made an outstanding contribution to the industry. In a revamped ceremony, this year’s Hall of Famers will be recognised at a lavish event held at the prestigious National History Museum (Thursday 20 September) during Betting on Sports Week. This year …
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FTSE250 gambling group GVC Holdings has confirmed that industry risk-management and insurance specialist RISQ will act as lead betting jackpot supplier for its online betting properties. Updating the market, GVC will move to enhance its betting promotions with RISQ B2B Jackpot solutions. The partnership has begun with RISQ acting as lead insurer of GVC’s European sportsbook Bwin’s World Cup 2018 …
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With World Cup fever reaching boiling point, bwin has teamed with Argentinian icon, Diego Maradona to offer its biggest ever jackpot promotion, ‘Maradona’s Millions’, with a staggering prize of up to £5 million up for grabs. The promotion ties-in with the bwin’s blockbuster ‘Who Stole the Cup’ campaign, which as well as starring the Argentinian legend, also features football royalty, Cafu, …
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The Board at GVC may face a battle to pass two resolutions at its AGM next week regarding executive pay after shareholders were advised to vote against the proposals. GVC, which operates the betting brands Ladbrokes, Coral & bwin, intends to award CEO Kenny Alexander and chairman Larry Feldman huge share option packages, worth £45m and £22.5m respectively since 2016. While …
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Tech start-up Tokabot has teamed up with bwin to bring its chatbot technology to the sports betting market in time for next month’s football showpiece in Russia. The two parties have unveiled ‘WettBuddy’, a brand-new approach to customer engagement for customers on bwin throughout the World Cup and beyond. Launching this month in Germany and Austria in a trial phase …
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GVC Holdings’ European sports betting subsidiary bwin, has announced the launch of its World Cup Russia 2018 multi-vertical marketing campaign ‘Who Stole the Cup?’ Continuing its ‘blockbuster approach’ to promoting its sportsbook product, bwin marketing details that ‘Who Stole the Cup?’ is the sequel to 2017’s European-wide ‘The Race’ campaign. bwin latest marketing campaign is produced by Spanish director Pedro …
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Scott Longley details to SBC readers the industry’s first steps in football sponsorship and marketing, in what is now a multi-million £/€/$ discipline for all betting operators. _______________ We start (perhaps improbably) with Fulham FC in the first years of the new century when in its second season in the Premier League the club signed a deal with Betfair that …
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