The Financial Times has reported that FTSE-listed GVC Holdings has failed in its attempt to takeover UK market rival Ladbrokes Coral Plc. The business news source reports that Ladbrokes Coral governance had reviewed a £3.6 billion group takeover deal, aimed at creating ‘the outright UK gambling market leader’, by merging GVC’s digital gambling brands with Ladbrokes Coral retail and online …
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GVC exits partypoker from the Australian market
Updating the market, FTSE-listed GVC Holdings has informed that it has withdrawn all poker operations for the Australian market. The operator will no longer service its partypoker brand, following this month’s introduction by the Australian Senate of provisions amending the ‘2001 Interactive Gambling Bill’ banning online poker and in-play sports betting services offered by online gambling operators. partypoker, GVC’s lead …
Read More »GVC boosts HTML5 site content with Pragmatic Play partnership
Updating the market, GVC Holdings has moved to broaden its online casino content across its portfolio of websites by forming a supplier partnership with HTML5 specialist games developer Pragmatic Play. GVC will roll-out Pragmatic’s portfolio of over 80 HTML5 slots titles into a number of their brands, including in the initial phase bwin, PartyCasino, and Gamebookers. Top Pragmatic titles include …
Read More »European Drive! bwin launches multi-million euro ‘The Race’ campaign
GVC Holdings’ European sports betting subsidiary bwin has launched its multi-million euro, pan-European marketing campaign ‘The Race’, which it has described as ‘a Hollywood-style 90-second car chase to bring to life the excitement and exhilaration of the bwin experience’. Its new marketing campaign has been developed by international creative agency BBH Sport and will form part of its wider ‘Live the …
Read More »GVC’s partypoker announces lobby & table upgrades designed on player feedback
GVC Holdings online poker subsidiary partypoker has concluded a set of enhancements to the look and feel of its product lobby and tables, having received feedback from a large segment of its players. Updating its player base, partypoker management stated that it wanted to ‘improve the player experience, especially for those playing longer poker sessions’. Notable changes to its poker …
Read More »Casino experience on bwin gets digital facelift
GVC Holdings’ leading sports brand bwin has given its casino offering a “digital facelift” to create a more immersive experience for its users. The new site features sharper graphical displays, improved grid categorisation and a game view which allows games to be launched it either in embedded or breakout modes. There is also a Featured Games category and a new …
Read More »GVC posts 10% NGR growth despite major tournament absence
GVC Holdings has reported a Group net gaming revenue (NGR) increase of 10% from the first half of last year (€441.8 to €484.8m), even in the absence of a major football tournament. Issuing its combined H1 and Q2 trading update, GVC also showed that Group NGR per day was up 10% from H1 2016 and 8% for Q2, even though …
Read More »GVC Holdings appoints Jane Anscombe as Independent Director & Chair of Remuneration Committee
FTSE listed online gambling group GVC Holdings has confirmed the appointment of Jane Anscombe as an Independent Non-Executive Director. An investment and communications specialist Anscombe has over thirty-years’ experience in finance for the gaming, leisure and entertainment sectors. She has held senior executive positions at Rank Group, Carlton Communications and Edison Investment Research. Further to joining GVC as an independent …
Read More »GVC optimises Tennis markets ahead of Wimbledon
Gearing up for Wimbledon (3-16 July), FTSE-listed online gambling group GVC Holdings has moved to optimise its tennis betting markets. Updating the market, GVC has undertaken a complete overhaul of its tennis offering, adding new data feeds combined with new in-play score visualisation graphics. GVC development teams detailed that the new features would improve user engagement and information speed times …
Read More »Going Live…GVC launches ‘The Clubhouse’ live play studio
FTSE-listed online gambling group GVC Holdings has announced the launch of ‘The Clubhouse’, the firm’s proprietary live casino studio which will be integrated throughout GVC portfolio of gaming/betting sites. Detailing its new product launch, GVC has spent six months developing its Clubhouse live gaming studio proposition which will feature dozens of live blackjack and roulette tables. The Clubhouse has been …
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