Gambling Operators Flock to Google Play to Capitalize on Mobile Gaming

Gambling Operators Flock to Google Play to Capitalize on Mobile Gaming

Following some rumours on the matter, several weeks ago Google finally confirmed that it would partly lift its ban on real-money gambling applications in the Play Store. The company announced that it is opening its Play Store to real-money gambling apps in the UK, Ireland and France. As revealed by Google, these gambling applications will be subjected to strict application process in order to be officially released. Applications would have to meet the requirements included on the content policy page, and of course, the developing company needs to prove that…

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Playtech Swaps Shopping Spree for Key Partnership Deals and New Titles Additions in 2017

Playtech Swaps Shopping Spree for Key Partnership Deals and New Titles Additions in 2017

With seven months of 2017 already behind our backs, it seems that the online gambling software developer Playech has chosen a different strategy in comparison to the one followed in 2016. Back in 2016, we saw the Isle of Man-based company being engaged in a large number of acquisitions, which cost it the mind-blowing amount of approximately €240,000 in various takeover deals in order to expand its presence on a global scale. This year, on the other hand, or at least for the time being, the iGaming software provider has…

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GVC Holdings’ Momentum Continues One Year After bwin.party Acquisition

GVC Holdings’ Momentum Continues One Year After bwin.party Acquisition

With half of the year 2017 already behind our backs, some of the online gambling companies have already published their financial reports for the first two quarters. So did the Isle of Man-based online gambling operator GVC Holdings, which at the beginning of July announced its trading update for the six months ended on June 30th, 2017 along with its quarterly results. Considering its performance lately, the multinational iGaming group should be praised for its results more than a year after it managed to complete its bwin takeover deal. The…

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Paddy Power Betfair Could Suffer Weaker Q3 Despite H1 2017 Revenue Increase

Paddy Power Betfair Could Suffer Weaker Q3 Despite H1 2017 Revenue Increase

Only a day after the Irish bookmaker Paddy Power Betfair announced that its Chief Executive Officer Breon Corcoran is stepping down, the company published its financial results for the six months ended on June 30th 2017. The company revealed a 9% increase in its revenue over the period compared to the result posted a year earlier, with the bookmaker’s revenue rising from £759 million in H1 2017 to £827 million over the first six months of 2017. The bookmaker said that its revenue over the period was driven by its…

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Paddy Power Betfair Parts Ways with CEO Breon Corcoran

Paddy Power Betfair Parts Ways with CEO Breon Corcoran

One of the largest bookmakers on the territory of the UK and Ireland – Paddy Power Betfair – saw its shares sharply decrease after the company made an unexpected announcement. This morning, Paddy Power surprisingly revealed that its Chief Executive Officer Breon Corcoran is to step down. As a result, the prize of the company’s shares was more than 4% lower at today’s opening in comparison to their prize on Friday market closure. The bookmaker revealed that Mr. Corcoran has reached the company’s board to inform it that he wished…

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Paysafe Group Agrees to Blackstone-CVC Consortium’s £3-Billion Acquisition Bid

Paysafe Group Agrees to Blackstone-CVC Consortium’s £3-Billion Acquisition Bid

The online payments company Paysafe Group PLC has agreed to a takeover offer made by a consortium formed by the American multinational private equity firm The Blackstone Group L.P and the private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, which is also known as the owner of Sky Betting & Gaming. The acquisition bid for Paysafe Group is estimated to £3 billion. It comes as the latest one in a series of similar deals which have been recently carried out in the sector. The brand offers pre-paid cashcards and web-based wallets, which…

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Betting Gods Finalises Relocation from UK to Malta

Betting Gods Finalises Relocation from UK to Malta

The gaming company Betting Gods has finalised it relocation and is now based in Malta. The relocation officially came into effect on July 31st 2017. The professional sports tipster network, as the company describes itself, has finally moved from their head office in Derby, UK to Malta after months of careful planning. The process took them about six months since the beginning of 2017. As a result, the company is to operate as Betting Gods Malta Ltd from now on, based in the town of St Julian. The founder of…

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Amaya Rebrands to The Stars Group and Moves Headquarters to Toronto

Amaya Rebrands to The Stars Group and Moves Headquarters to Toronto

The online gambling behemoth Amaya Inc. officially announced that it had finalised the process of rebranding. The company has previously revealed the planned change of its corporate name and is to now continue working as The Stars Group Inc. The Canadian online gambling giant also revealed that it has successfully moved its headquarters from Montreal to Toronto. The planned name change is the reason why the company is to operate under a new corporate logo. A new company website was also launched. Local regulatory authorities have also given it the…

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Rogue Buffalo Partners Takes Over Betway Partners Affiliate Program

Rogue Buffalo Partners Takes Over Betway Partners Affiliate Program

A few days ago, it was revealed that the Betway Partners affiliate program is to be taken over by Buffalo Partners, a notorious casino affiliate program promoting a group of Microgaming casino brands. It came to our knowledge that online gaming company is to give Buffalo Partners the control of some of its activities, including REV share accounts. The transfer is to take effect on August 1st, 2017. For a few years now, Buffalo Partners has been considered as one of the most unfair affiliate programs, known for its practices…

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FanDuel Exits UK Sports Betting Market after Less than a Year

FanDuel Exits UK Sports Betting Market after Less than a Year

At the end of last week, the web-based fantasy sports operator in the DFS industry FanDuel unexpectedly revealed that it is to leave the UK market after spending almost a year there. The company’s UK brand announced the exit, explaining that local operations are set to be closed so that the daily fantasy sports operator could focus on its primary website aimed at American customers. The company’s exodus from the UK market is not expected to have a negative impact on FanDuel’s operations on the territory of the US and…

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