Bryan Blake: Hexopay – Wire Act needs a cautious approach by all gambling stakeholders
Bryan Blake – Hexopay Speaking at last week’s PaymentExpert Forum, Bryan Blake Founder & CEO of Hexopay gave SBC audiences a detailed breakdown of the current US payments landscape for gambling incumbents, and the challenges stakeholders face in interpreting and accommodating the mandate of the 1961 Wire Act… ________________...
William Hill requests a 50% rent cut to offset potential FOBT losses
In a bid to offset any potential revenue losses incurred through the Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) ruling, William Hill has requested that its landlords reduce its rents by 50 per cent. As reported by Property Week, an open letter was issued to 2,000 landlords across the country at...
No Love… ITF World Tennis Tour format criticised by athletes
Writing for The Daily Telegraph, tennis correspondent Simon Briggs has reported on player discontent and disillusion at the International Tennis Federation – ITF’s new professional ranking and tournament qualifying system. Briggs reports that lower ranking players believe that their professional progress has been thwarted, by the introduction of the...
Merkur Sportwetten enters Polish market with Totolotek takeover
Merkur Sportwetten GmbH will strengthen its European and Polish presence as it awaits the approval of its acquisition of Warsaw-based Totolotek SA. The takeover will mean that Polish sports bettors will have the opportunity to wager bets via MERKUR Sun. CEO of Merkur Sportwetten, Niko Steinkrauß, celebrated the new deal: “Sports betting is...
GIG begins new journey on Stockholm Nasdaq
Robin Reed – GIG Marked as a major corporate milestone, Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) will begin trading as a Stockholm Nasdaq enterprise today (Tuesday 26 March), having secured main market listings approval. Moving forward, GIG will now operate as a dual-listed enterprise, with its shareholding maintained on the Stockholm...
IBA pushes for the introduction of a new gambling control bill
The Irish Bookmakers Association (IBA) has expressed its hopes towards the introduction of a Gambling Control Bill and an Independent regulator, as published in its inter-departmental group report. Irish Minister of State, David Stanton, noted that with a fast-evolving industry and changing demographics, “the State’s licensing and regulatory approach”...
NCAA Tournament odds update: Sweet 16
The NCAA Tournament became so incredibly popular because of all the upsets and Cinderella stories making runs into the second weekend (at a minimum). However, the 2019 Big Dance has been arguably the most “chalk” one of them all since the field expanded to 64 in 1985. In the...
AffiliateCon Sofia 2019 adds another exhibitor as NetoPartners signs up
AffiliateCon Sofia is proud to announce NetoPartners as an exhibitor at this year’s show. NetoPartners joins a star-studded list of attendees including Kindred Group, Lapalingo, Genesis Affiliates and 7Stars Partners, bringing a wealth of affiliate expertise to the event. Founded in 2008, NetoPartners is the leading affiliate programme for...
partypoker release POWERFEST schedule; online wins for the Staples bros & Pav
partypoker has released the finer details of their forthcoming $30m GTD POWERFEST including five Championship events, and Team Online members Matt & Jamie Staples, and Hristivoe “ALLInPav” Pavlovic pick up online victories. The poker popping piranhas are preparing for a pleasurable POWERFEST on partypoker. Until this morning, all we...
Yury Masliankou wins EPT National Sochi; 6+ Hold’em launched in Italy
Yury Masliankou has taken down the 721-entrant PokerStars European Poker Tour Sochi National to bank the $139,755 first prize, and 6+ Hold’em launches in Italy with the prospect of a tournament option looking likely. It’s official. Special counsel, Robert Mueller, has found no reason to suspect that anyone in...