Posts From: February 2018

Lotto Betting Groups Joint Letter before claim for Judicial Review

In March 2017, the UK Government published a consultation paper on a proposal “to close the regulatory loophole which allows betting on non-UK EuroMillions”, on the basis, that in its view: “this...

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Betfred in talks to sell Tote stake

Fred Done, who founded the 1,650-strong chain of bookmakers with his brother Peter, is in talks to offload 25% of the on-course betting business. The proposed deal — first reported...

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Eventus International & Probability Gaming: A Force For Good

Eventus International and Probability Gaming have not only joined forces to promote each other in business, but they will also be working together to reach out to the community of...

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Zeal Group exceeds guidance in 2017

ZEAL Group, the world’s leading lottery innovator, today revealed it has exceeded guidance in 2017 as it announced its unaudited preliminary results for the year. The Group delivered EBIT of...

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Affiliate Insider Bootcamp – extends expert speakers line up – 21 March 2018

More than 100 sports betting affiliate entrepreneurs will be attending the Affiliate Insider Bootcamp running alongside next month’s Betting on Football conference next month. Held at Stamford Bridge in just...

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Neds Goes Hands-free with Amazon Alexa

Neds has launched an Amazon Alexa Skill enabling voice commands for racing events on Amazon Echo devices – another exciting feature on an ever-growing list of innovations.   With this initial launch, Neds punters are now able to simply ask Alexa...

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Ireland’s GAA congress vote to ban betting companies as sponsors

GAA Congress today voted to outlaw the sponsorship of GAA activity by bookmakers and betting companies with immediate effect. The motion to ban “sponsorship by a betting company of any...

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Luckia wins Colombia’s eighth online gambling license

Luckia Colombia has obtained a concession contract with Coljuegos to operate online gambling, the first authorized operator of 2018, and  joins the seven already operating since 2017. Coljuegos revealed that on Wednesday it...

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William Hill pushed into annual loss after slashing the value of its Australian business

William Hill said today that it slid to a loss in 2017, citing a 238.3 million-pound ($331.7 million) charge from its business in Australia related to regulatory and tax changes...

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Japan proposes launch of baseball-themed sports lottery

Nippon Professional Baseball (NPB) executives met with representatives of Japan’s 12 professional baseball teams to start discussing the introduction of a lottery themed on the sport at a meeting in...

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