Category Archives: Betting

888 targets June date to complete William Hill takeover

888 Holdings has moved a step closer to finalising its acquisition of William Hill’s UK and European assets, as the company’s shareholders approved the merger by a vast majority.  Following the conclusion of its Extraordinary General Meeting, 888 revealed that 99.73% of shareholder votes cast were in favour of the takeover, representing 306,997,411. In contrast, …

Altenar receives certification for data protection and system security

Altenar has secured an ISO IEC 27001 certification, as it prepares to move forward with its expansion plans later this year. The firm’s internal processes were subjected to a test against ‘strict assessment criteria’, requiring compliance with 114 controls and seven clauses over a nine-month period.  Altenar also undertook a series of internal audits prior …

SOFTSWISS clients save €2.8m thanks to highest level of anti-fraud support

The SOFTSWISS Anti-Fraud team helped its clients to save €2.8m in Q1 2022, according to new results published by its Managed Services division.  For the first three months of the current year, the service focused on investigating suspicious activity in online casinos. It reported that it has resolved more than 75 “major complaints” during this …

Flutter replaces KPMG with Deloitte as sportsbook auditor

Flutter Entertainment has named Deloitte as the auditor for its Paddy Power and Betfair sportsbook brands, according to a report from The Times. Deloitte replaces KPMG – one of its rivals in the ‘Big Four’ accounting firms alongside PwC and Ernst & Young – as Flutter’s auditor partner, ending a 20 year business relationship. By …

Peru to lay legislative groundwork for launch of online sports betting regime

Peru will become the latest South American country to review its national gambling laws, as Congress has unanimously approved a decree project that seeks to regulate and tax an online sports betting regime. Last week, the Finance Committee unanimously approved for peer Diana Gonzales’ decree project to be reviewed by the Congress of Peru. Gonzales’ …

Stats Perform: How to generate ‘the best analysis possible’ from FA Cup fixtures

Featuring 160 games and over 700 clubs from the top-tier to tenth division of the English football pyramid, the FA Cup poses unique challenges for data collection and analysis. Ahead of this weekend’s FA Cup Final between Chelsea and Liverpool, Stats Perform’s Sr. Data Editor & Audience Engagement Manager, Matt Furniss, disclosed the lengths data …

ITP expands ‘presence and influence’ as Ruairi Boyle becomes CCO

Inside The Pocket (ITP) has hired Ruairi Boyle as its new Chief Commercial Officer, who joins from Playtech where he worked at a similar senior commercial capacity.  In an attempt to extend its ‘presence and influence’ throughout the industry, the free-to-play (F2P) aggregation platform explained that the new hire will be responsible for managing ITP’s …

Nueva Codere recovery outlook bolstered by positive Q1 results

Nueva Codere has declared that it is on course to match its ‘pre-pandemic’ financial performance as the Spanish and LatAm gambling group begins to benefit from its corporate restructuring.  Trading in its new identity, following its delisting from the Madrid Bolsa and the demerger of the Codere Online unit – Nueva Codere has announced that …

Sky Bet launches #StepUp campaign as EFL Play Offs commence

Sky Bet has launched its latest campaign as a partner of the English Football League (EFL), focusing on the upcoming Play Offs deciding the promotion hopes of several teams. The campaign, labelled #StepUp, will see the Flutter Entertainment betting and gaming brand continue the messaging around the play-offs it has displayed for the past three …

Mr Green sees SEK 30m Swedish AML penalty appeal rejected 

Mr Green has had its appeal against Swedish gambling inspectorate Spelinspektionen rejected by the Administrative Court of Linköping. Last Summer, William Hill’s European online gambling subsidiary was fined penalties totalling SEK 31.5 million (€3.1m) by Spelinspektionen for ‘failing to comply with due diligence and AML duties in order to protect customers’. Spelinspektionen ordered Mr Green …