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Malta-based online gaming operator Aspire Global has signed an agreement for Quickfire, powered by Microgaming. Later this month, Aspire Global will go live with the Quickfire platform, adding Microgaming’s popular titles to its existing content portfolio and enabling its white label partners, and their players, to enjoy games such as Game of Thrones™, Thunderstruck, Terminator 2™ and plenty more. Aspire Global and …

It has been announced that daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings has bagged itself deals with three Premier League clubs including Liverpool, Arsenal and Watford. DraftKings had been set to launch in the UK in late 2015 but this was delayed until early 2016, with a further detailed announcement expected in the very near future. The company has been fighting legal battles …

Racing UK has announced that it is to become the first dedicated horseracing channel to offer high definition coverage to its UK viewers. The HD service will go live on March 7th on Sky channel 432. Over 600 race meetings per year will be broadcast in all their glory, including all 28 races from the Cheltenham Festival which gets started …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is planning to advise the government to amend the current fees regulations, in order to take account of the significant changes in the population of operators that it regulates and to address identified problems in the current fees structure. The UKGC  is therefore developing its advice to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The commission …

888 Holdings has seen like for like revenue increased by 9% to US$244.9m for the first half of the year, helped in a small part by a strong performance in its fledgling sports betting business. Adjusted EBITDA at the firm decreased by 17% to US$40.9m, but the firm has billed this as an impressive result given the introduction of UK …

NetBet has signed a one year betting partnership with West Bromwich Albion. Well known in Europe and with growing success in the UK, NetBet has a track record of delivering football sponsorship deals in France. The website provides an online sport betting service that provides fans a wide range of markets for a number of competitions. It is not the …

Ladbrokes CEO Jim Mullen has said that he wants to ‘restore our passion and pride of being at the heart of sportsbetting in our culture and all that we do’ as he announced his delayed business review of the bookmaker. Amid the details of merger deal with Coral, Mullen revealed the plans he has been developing for Ladbrokes since taking …

Games featuring German Cup winners Wolfsburg were predicted to be the most exciting matches last season, according to some of Europe’s best tipsters. Using data extracted from the vast bettingexpert.com tipping network, Wolfsburg’s matches were predicted to contain over 2.5 goals in almost 95 per cent of the tips, with only 5.66% of tips predicting fewer than 2.5 goals. The …

Dr Hans Cornehl, Chief Executive Officer of ZEAL Network SE (formerly Tipp24), is to leave the company at the end of the year after informing the Supervisory Board of the company that he did not wish to renew his contract when it runs out on 31 December 2015. After thirteen years on the Executive Board of the company, with a …

Gaming technology provider Genii has recruited Nick Barr for the role of Sales Director. The appointment comes as Genii goes to market with its revolutionary Spin16 software in the forthcoming weeks, launching its patented new slot format to the industry. Barr has extensive sales experience within the iGaming industry and the firm hopes he will be the ‘driving force’ taking …