Former director-general of the UK national crime agency (NCA), Keith Bristow, has been appointed as chairman of the new UK Gambling Anti-Laundering Group (GAMLG). Formed in January, the group’s aim…
Service and iLottery software provider NeoGames has secured a deal with Czech Republic’s lottery operator Sazka to provide online gaming services to the country. As part of the agreement, NeoGames…
Paddy Power Betfair PLC closed its first day on the London Stock Exchange with a share price of £104.90, after the completion of one of the gambling sector’s biggest mergers.…
GVC Holdings has appointed two new non-executive directors following the completion of its acquisition of BwinParty. The online gaming group added Stephan Morana and Peter Isola to its board. GVC…
The deal for GVC Holdings to acquire BwinParty has completed. Online gaming group GVC had to beat off competition from 888 Holdings to buy the operator, and the purchase price…
The Rank Group reduced its net debt to £52m from £94.9m year-on-year for the six-month period ended December 31. The operator said it completed the refinancing of its bank facilities…
Labour’s former culture secretary, Tessa Jowell, has admitted that the Gambling Act 2005 she introduced whilst in Government failed in its attempt to prevent some of the social harms often…
Lithuania’s Gambling Control Authority (GCA) have included another wave of gambling operators to its blacklist of gaming companies, after claiming that the operators were providing online services in the country…
The record for the biggest win on a UK mobile slot jackpot has been broken, after a Galabingo.com player took £4.5m from one £4 spin. Playtech announced the jackpot had…
Online gaming operator GVC Holdings has assigned analyst Nick Batram to the newly created role of head of investor relations and corporate strategy. Batram will take up his position in…