Author: Daniel Williams

The Swedish gaming operator Cherry officially announced it has revealed the release of XCaliber – a new gaming technology business-to-business that is totally independent. The new innovation is to provide Cherry with the opportunity to offer its high-quality technology solutions and gaming platform to partners and other gaming operators. This, on the other hand, will help Cherry consolidate its positions as one of the market’s innovators and will also result in assisting the company’s further growth. The Chief Executive Officer of Cherry Fredrik Burvall commented on the launch, saying that…

It seems that problem gambling has lately been one of the most-discussed issues, not only in the UK, but also on the Isle of Man. Local media has reported that the gambling companies which operate under licenses granted by Isle of Man regulatory authorities had contributed almost £700,000 for research and prevention of problem gambling behaviour. The Minister of Economic Development Laurence Skelly commented for the House of Keys that the number of players suffering from problem gambling behaviour actually decreased. He was questioned by the Douglas North Member of…

The National Lottery show has been pulled by BBC from TV Screens after a long-lasting partnership with the UK lottery operator Camelot. The parties have inked a new three-year agreement, which is why the BBC has decided to pull the show after 22 years of partnership. The National Lottery Awards, however, will be aired on BBC1. Under the terms of the new three-year agreement, customers will be able to check their results on iPlayer or via a special bulletin. The latter will be broadcast after the news on Tuesdays, Wednesdays,…

Today, the UK Gambling Commission published its latest industry statistics of the market. The country’s regulatory body revealed that online gambling accounted for a total of 33% of the UK gambling sector in the period from April 2015 to March 2016. The Gambling Commission also announced that the online gambling operators in the country managed to generate a Gross Gambling Yield estimated to £4.5 billion. The research results come at a time when the number of betting outlets across the territory of the UK have decreased by 1.8% in comparison…

After almost a month of downtime, Camelot, the National Lottery operator in the UK, has finally released a fix for its faulty mobile application. At the end of October, the company was forced to pull both its Android and iOS National Lottery applications, after its customers complained that it had not been working properly. Customers reported about a month ago, neither the QR ticket scanner result-checking, nor the manual-entry functions were working correctly. As a result, the system informed players who had winning tickets that their tickets were losers. The…

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…