Company Reports

The Latvia-based Live Casino company Evolution Gaming which currently has offices in several other countries, including the UK and Malta, revealed in an official statement today that it has joined forces with The Ritz Club. The latter is not only one of the most exclusive casino and private members’ club on the territory of the UK, but also on a global scale. The Chief Executive Officer of the Latvian company Fredrik Osterberg confirmed of the deal. He revealed that the entire team of Evolution Gaming was very pleased by the…

The subsidiary of Sportech The Football Pools has officially revealed information that it plans to integrate BetUP to its betting options to enhance customers’ experience. The Sportech’s Managing Director Conleth Byrne said that the deal was provoked by the fact that the brand was looking for innovative options to add to its in-play betting as part of its evolution and expansion. According to him, the addition of BetUp to the brand’s portfolio would be beneficial, as the BetUp product of COMMOLOGIC brings “exciting, engaging and live game”. This seems to…

Chelsea Football Club has announced that William Hill became the club’s official betting partner after the two parties signed a three-year deal. Thanks to the agreement, the Premier League club will work in collaboration with one of the biggest and best-established betting operators in the UK gambling industry. William Hill is also one of the oldest bookmakers in the UK, having more than 80 years of professional experience in the business. Christian Purslow, Managing Director of Chelsea, commented on the deal the two parties have signed saying that the entire…

The UK-based bookmaker William Hill published an official report of its financial results for the first half of 2016. The report includes data about the gambling operator’s performance on the market over the 26 weeks ended 28 June 2016. The Interim Chief Executive Officer of William Hill Philip Bowcock said that the company will remain focused on delivering on their plans to diversify their product offering and online and international expansion policy. He also revealed that the UK-based bookmaker is to be aimed at several main issues over the second…

Coral Interactive, one of Gala Coral Group’s brands, has announced that it agreed on a gaming and betting partnership with Derby County Football Club. The deal with the English Football League Championship club is signed for a period of three years – until the end of the 2018/2019 season – and makes the two parties official partners. Simon Clare, PR Director of Coral, commented on the deal and shared that currently, football betting is ranked among the parts of the business that are considered the ones with the most rapid…

Ladbrokes, which has lately been planning a merger with Gala Coral lately, has posted its financial interim report for the first six months of the year ended on June 30th, 2016. The UK-based bookmaker has revealed strong performance over the period, as it managed to generate a profit before tax of £25.2 million in comparison to the last year’s loss of £51.4 million. The Chief Executive Officer of the company Jim Mullen shared his opinion that customers were responding positively to the bookmaker’s new strategy, which was reflected by the…

The Premier League football club Aston Villa has officially announced that it signed a partnership deal with EnergyBet with the latter being pointed as the club’s new Official Betting Partner. Emilia Rynkowska, the UK Country Manager of EnergyBet, shared that the entire team of the brand was excited to join forces with a football club as large as Aston Villa, especially considering the fact that the latter is one of the UK Premier League clubs with the longest history. According to Mrs. Rynkowska, Aston Villa would provide EnergyBet with the…

The UK-based bookmaker William Hill announced that it acquired the gaming and betting software solution developer Grand Parade Ltd in a £13.6-million cash-and-stock deal. According to the bookmaking operator’s statement, a total of 495,048 new ordinary shares at the price of 10 pence each would be issued by William Hill to Grand Parade as part of the agreement. The cash portion of the deal was not revealed so far. The deal is considered to be part of William Hill’s strategy to consolidate its presence on the market after finding itself…

The world’s supplier of leading sportsbook and gaming software solutions OpenBet announced that it is to provide the French horse racing operator Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) with its SiteBuilder tool. The deal is expected to give the France-based company the chance to become more flexible when it comes to its sportsbook front-end solutions. The deal comes as part of the OpenBet’s strategy to bolster its collaboration with PMU. The partnership between the two companies dates back to 2010. Jeremy Thompson-Hill, Chief Executive Officer of OpenBet, commented on the newly-reached agreement,…

Today the leading provider of mobile games, virtual sports and server-based gaming video lottery, Inspired Group, officially announced that it has managed to ink a new agreement with the UK-based betting shop, bingo and casino operator Gala Coral Group Ltd. Under the terms of the deal, Gala Coral is to grant the Virgo RGS technology developed by Inspired with a license to own and bring into effective action its CR Games content across the full range of Gala’s brands. The Chief Commercial Officer of Digital Games division of Inspired Gaming…