Author: Daniel Williams

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) published a ruling against Coral Interactive after investigating a misleading Euro 2016 promotion. The advert was seen in the national press in June. The text of the advert stated that players could get a free bet of £5 whenever they have place a minimum bet of £10 on a tournament winner and the latter won. There was a smaller text saying that the promotion was available to both newly-registered and already existing Connect customers in all Coral betting outlets, as well as a small print,…

The leading information provider in the UK online gaming affiliate market – iGB Affiliate – has revealed the official release of a new event that is to be specifically aimed at the Nordic igaming market. The British company made the decision of the new event roll-out after it initiated a survey among its affiliates and the results showed that a large number of companies would like to have a special affiliate event dedicated to the Nordic region. The Head of Operations of iGB Affiliate Shona ODonnell commented on the event’s…

NYX Gaming Group, a leading digital gaming supplier on a global scale, revealed that it has reached a partnership agreement with the UK-based Rank Group Plc. Currently, the latter is one of the most successful gaming and betting businesses in Europe. Under the terms of the agreement, the NextGen Gaming content of NYX is to go live with Rank Group’s brands Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo. The implementation of the gaming content is planned to be carried out through the award-winning Open Gaming System of NYX. The US-based end-to-end casino,…

The leading UK charity organisation GambleAware has called gambling operators in the industry to financially help support services aimed at players who suffer from problem gambling behaviour. GambleAware, which was formerly known as the Responsible Gambling Trust is a organisation oriented towards minimising the harms inflicted on customers by gambling activities. The charity revealed that according to the data gathered over a recent research, only 3% of the non-profit organisations are actually getting help. This is exactly why, according to GambleAware, all companies and organisations that profit from gambling activities,…

The organisers of some of the largest events for affiliates in the iGaming industry iGB Affiliate have revealed that the entire exhibition space that is available to participants in the upcoming 2017 edition of the London Affiliate Conference (LAC), as well for the Financial Partners Expo (FPE) has been already booked. This is a new record for the event, which was one of the most attended events in the industry this year. The head of the Business Development division of the iGaming James King commented on the announcement made, saying…

The Government of the UK has agreed to consider the chance of entitling Wales with the power to restrict the number of fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) amid the concerns regarding high stakes betting machines that have been raised lately. Despite the fact that gambling matters are not issues that can be delegated, the UK Government has been urged to reconsider the situation and provide the local government with the above-mentioned opportunity. Currently, all gambling matters are a prerogative of the centralised government, although responsibilities regarding high-stakes machines have been delegated…

Sky Betting & Gaming had its first annual Gala Ball to celebrate a year of its fund-raising participation in the Teenage Cancer Trust initiative. The Countdown star Rachel Riley, who is also a Sky Sports’ Friday Night Football presenter, hosted the event. The latter took place at the Royal Armouries in Leeds last week and was attended by over 700 guess from a number of businesses in the region of Yorkshire, including hospitality, regional tech, creative and professional services businesses. It was exactly Rachel Riley who officially revealed that the…

The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has revealed that it is to monitor more than 400 companies due to suspicions that they are using customers’ personal details in order to promote certain websites that offer gambling services and content. The campaign is part of a larger investigation carried out by the Investigation Commissioner’s Office aimed at spam texts that have lately been sent in the gambling sector. The Anti-Spam Investigations Manager at ICO David Clancy commented on the regulator’s actions, saying that companies must comply with the law whenever it comes…

The leading information provider in the iGaming affiliate business – iGB Affiliate – has revealed that it had officially released its new website. The latter is a multi-platform hub that is aimed at educating and connecting the different segments and participants in the iGaming affiliate industry. Currently the UK-based iGB Affiliate is the largest provider of information, insight and analysis for everything that has been happening in the iGaming affiliate industry. The Head of Marketing at iGaming Business Tracey Daniel commented on the new website launch, explaining that the entire…

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has shared that it could tighten up its enforcement policy, which would probably result in imposing increased financial penalties or even license annulment for gambling operators. The Chief Executive Officer of the Commission Sarah Harrison spoke at the regulator’s Raising Standards Conference in Birmingham and said that the industry should enforce some changes in order for gambling operators to make sure that their policies are user-friendly and provide the necessary conditions to adequately protect their customers. In her speech at the first Raising Standards Conference,…