GVC Holdings has responded to the news of William Hill’s shop closures by outlining that 900 of its own Ladbrokes and Coral shops could face closure, which is ten per cent lower than its previous estimates made in April. Similar to William Hill, GVC has attributed the potential closures to the FOBT stake cut brought in on 1 April of …
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FTSE100 online gambling group GVC Holdings Plc has renewed and extended its CRM and marketing partnership with ‘relationship marketing hub’ Optimove. Updating the market, GVC will move to extend Optimove marketing provisions and tools across its enlarged brand portfolio, which will include servicing UK Gala brands and new US MGM joint venture Roar Digital. Optimove has served as GVC’s lead CRM …
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Advancing UK betting’s social responsibility agenda, bet365, William Hill, Flutter Entertainment, Sky Betting & Gaming and GVC Holdings have this morning committed to a ‘package of safer gambling measures and support for problem gamblers’. The ‘UK Top 5’ directive follows discussions with the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) on social and safer gambling responsibilities. The package of …
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Eight gambling operators, including Flutter Entertainment and GVC Holdings, have fallen foul of Spelinspektionen after it was revealed that the operators had been offering betting markets on events where the majority of the players were under the age of 18. Bet365, GVC, The Stars Group, Flutter Entertainment, Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), Bethard Group, Casinostugan Limited and Polar limited had all …
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GVC Holdings European sportsbook property bwin will act as principal sponsor of Spanish football club Valencia CF, as the club celebrates its centenary year for the upcoming La Liga 2019/2020 season. Securing a three season shirt sponsorship arrangement with ‘Los Ches’, bwin marketing upgrades its sponsorship with the La Liga club, having previously served as Valencia CF’s ‘official gaming and …
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FTSE250 gambling technology group Playtech Plc has moved to strengthen its existing partnership with GVC Holdings, detailing that it has launched its entire casino content suite provisions across multiple GVC markets. The expanded agreement sees the UK, Spain, Italy and Georgia, become the latest markets in which GVC brands will service Playtech’s complete casino games portfolio. Replicating Ladbrokes and Coral …
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Five of the industry’s big guns have shed light on recent revelations that there would be a collaborative effort in improving problem gambling initiatives by boosting levy contributions from 0.1 per cent up to 1 per cent over the next five years. It was reported by the BBC yesterday that CEOs from Bet365, Flutter Entertainment, GVC Holdings, Sky Betting & …
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GVC Holdings betting exchange property BETDAQ has rescinded its shirt sponsorship of Sunderland AFC, sticking to the principles of the FTSE100 betting group’s ‘Changing for the Bettor’ social responsibility mandate. Ending its relationship with Sunderland, GVC confirms that it has donated its shirt sponsorship to charity ‘Children With Cancer’, replacing BETDAQ as principle SAFC partner for the upcoming 2019-2020 football …
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Coral (GVC Holdings) will continue to use Sports Rodstein as its lead UK advertising campaign, as the bookmaker launches two new TV adverts this weekend. Launched in May last year ahead of the FIFA World Cup, Sports Rodstein was the first campaign developed by Alpha Century as Coral’s new creative marketing agency. The campaign sees Hollywood actor and comedian Danny McBride reprise the …
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FTSE100 gambling group GVC Holdings Plc will today host its Capital Markets Day, with corporate leadership outlining the firm’s ‘foundations for long-term market outperformance’. Presenting the firm’s strategic objectives and future prospects, GVC governance details progress on the firm’s enlarged agenda, a year following its transformative acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral. Citing an ‘accelerated migration’ of Ladbrokes Coral online brands onto …
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