Author: Daniel Williams

The popular Swedish provider of casino products Play’n GO revealed that it has signed a partnership agreement with GVC Holdings PLC. According to the clauses, the agreement contains, the games, developed by Play’n’ GO are to be available at the leading brands of GVC. The deal between the two companies grants players’ access to games, developed by Play’n GO, at the most popular GVC brands, including bwin, CasinoClub, partycasino, Betboo, Gioco. Players based in jurisdictions where GVC is allowed to carry out online gambling services will be granted access to…

The UK Remote Gaming Association announced it was going to work in collaboration with KPMG for a project regarding the National Online Self-Exclusion Scheme (NOSES for short). KPMG is a provider of tax, advisory and audit services. It has as many as 22 offices on the territory of the UK and 11,000 partners throughout the country. KPMG staff is aware of the self-exclusion scheme, though. It provided invaluable support during NOSES’ implementation process. The main reason why KPMG assistance is needed is that the establishment of such kind of a…

Representatives of the retail betting division of Ladbrokes confirmed that the popular broadcaster BT Sport will be televised across the land-based betting shops of Ladbrokes. The announcement for the partnership came just on time before the start of the Premier League season. The sports content of BT Sport will be available in as many as 2144 betting shops on the territory of the United Kingdom and in 77 shops, located in Ireland. The content BT Sport offers includes a wide range of Premier League matches. It also covers FA Cup…

According to information, released by representatives of the UKGC, Smart Live Gaming, managed by Smart TV Broadcasting Limited, is no longer available for UK players. It has surrendered the Gambling Software license as well as the Remote Operator license. The volunteer surrender of the licenses puts an end to the investigation of the UK Gambling Commission. Smart Live Gaming also holds a license from the Maltese gambling authorities, which remains valid. The announcement came a few days after the UK gambling authorities suspended the Remote Gambling license of Smart Live…

Leicester City FC has revealed that it had signed a partnership agreement with the sports betting company 12BET. The UK football club announced on its official website the newly-signed deal and welcomed the leading international betting operator as its Official Betting Partner for the 2016/2017 season. Harj Hir, Head of Partnerships division at Leicester City commented on the collaboration, saying that the football club’s executives were all very pleased with the fact they had managed to sign this agreement. He explained that 12BET had a “fantastic record of sponsorship in…

Manchester City, one of the most popular football clubs in the UK, have announced a newly-inked deal with the online sportsbook operator Tempobet. The latter is to become Official Betting Partner of the club in the Asia-Pacific region. The VP Director of Partnerships APAC for City Football Group Damian Willoughby revealed that the everyone at the football club were very pleased by the partnership between the two parties and were glad to welcome Tempobet as an official partner. He shared that the fact the company is among the leading gambling…

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has decided to shed more light on the matters of eSports, virtual currencies and social gaming by publishing a special discussion paper today. The country’s regulatory body is revealing its considerations on the matters that could turn out to be a great risk to both regulation and player protection. Interested parties are given a deadline until September 30th in order to post a response of the paper. The regulatory watchdog also revealed that it intends to be considering “suitable opportunities” for direct engagement before a…

Tottenham Hotspur FC officially announced that Fun88 has been appointed as the club’s Official Betting Partner in the territories of Asia and Latin America. This is the second time when the Asian online gaming company partners with the UK football club. The Head of Partnerships division at Tottenham Hotspur Fran Jones confirmed the deal and revealed that everyone were very pleased to welcome the Asian gaming company back as one of the official partners of the club. As announced by Tottenham Hotspur, the deal was signed for a period of…

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has imposed an advertising ban on the sports betting operator Coral over a promotional tweet that has been found misleading to the company’s clients. The ban has been imposed after the regulatory watchdog found a paid-for post published by the company’s official account misleading. The decision of ASA came after two issues were investigated and only one of them was upheld. As already mentioned above, the promoted tweet that has been found misleading was posted by the official Twitter account of Coral on April 26th,…

Today GVC Holdings announced that new Head of its Bingo department has been appointed. According to the company’s official statement, Adele Lawton is to join the structure of the Isle of Man-based online gambling operator at the newly-created position of Group Head of Bingo operations. The Chief Executive Officer of GVC Holdings Kenneth Alexander commented on the appointment, saying that it reflected the company’s strategy to make the best team by attracting only the most experienced and hard-working people in the industry. According to him, the considerable experience of Mrs.…