French gambling operator Betclic Everest Group has re-entered Belgium’s online gambling market after spending several years in the country’s blacklist.

SBC News reported last week that Belgium’s Gambling Commission (BGC) finally gave Betclic Everest the approval to offer licensed online sports betting and slot services under its betclic.be domain.

Betclic, via its joint venture with Belgian land-based arcade operator Pres Carats Sports SA, received a B+ license, which according to the BGC website, is a supplementary license that operators need “to offer games of chance online.”

Current online betting laws require digital companies operating in Belgium to partner with a domestic brick-and-mortar business.

French gambling operator Betclic Everest Group has re-entered Belgium’s online gambling market after spending several years in the country’s blacklist.

SBC News reported last week that Belgium’s Gambling Commission (BGC) finally gave Betclic Everest the approval to offer licensed online sports betting and slot services under its betclic.be domain.

Betclic, via its joint venture with Belgian land-based arcade operator Pres Carats Sports SA, received a B+ license, which according to the BGC website, is a supplementary license that operators need “to offer games of chance online.”

Current online betting laws require digital companies operating in Belgium to partner with a domestic brick-and-mortar business.

Lee Davy gives you a birds eye view of the panel activity at the recent eSports Betting Summit held at The Royal Garden Hotel in London starting with Integrity in Betting, Match Fixing and Doping.

Why is eSports the future of betting?

Quite simply, eSports is the future of sports.

I read somewhere the other day that it won’t be until the current strata of old doctors die out that our attitudes towards the health benefits of a whole foods diet will be fully realised and explored.

Lee Davy gives you a birds eye view of the panel activity at the recent eSports Betting Summit held at The Royal Garden Hotel in London starting with Integrity in Betting, Match Fixing and Doping.

Why is eSports the future of betting?

Quite simply, eSports is the future of sports.

I read somewhere the other day that it won’t be until the current strata of old doctors die out that our attitudes towards the health benefits of a whole foods diet will be fully realised and explored.

Online technology firm NYX Gaming has completed the acquisition of rival sports betting platform provider OpenBet.

The Toronto-listed company issued a market update on Monday, in which it confirmed that the £270 million co-funded deal has already been finalized, more than a month after it first announced.

Last April 4, NYX announced that it is acquiring 100 percent of OpenBet’s assets from private equity firm Vitruvian Partners. The online technology company received an £80 million contribution from UK betting operator William Hill and an additional £20 million from Sky Betting & Gaming.

The acquisition will also have NYX repay OpenBet’s outstanding £95 million corporate debt.

Online technology firm NYX Gaming has completed the acquisition of rival sports betting platform provider OpenBet.

The Toronto-listed company issued a market update on Monday, in which it confirmed that the £270 million co-funded deal has already been finalized, more than a month after it first announced.

Last April 4, NYX announced that it is acquiring 100 percent of OpenBet’s assets from private equity firm Vitruvian Partners. The online technology company received an £80 million contribution from UK betting operator William Hill and an additional £20 million from Sky Betting & Gaming.

The acquisition will also have NYX repay OpenBet’s outstanding £95 million corporate debt.

Fantasy sports firm Ballr is expanding its reach to millions of daily fantasy sports fan in Asia, starting with the launch of its operations in India, local news media reported.

But unlike its market competitors, Sam Jones, founder and chief executive officer of Ballr, wanted the company to track a different road as it tries to distance itself from gambling.

“It’s not cool for a brand to be close to a gambling brand. We are going down fan engagement; if we succeed in getting 50 million people to play our games, to connect with their friends through this special moment of time when they are watching live sport,” Jones told website Live Mint.

Jones was in India last week to launch mobile fantasy sports application Ballr and to expand their reach to millions of daily fantasy sports fans in Asia. After India, Ballr planned to conquer China, where there was an estimated 281 million adult sports fans, before testing the Thai and Vietnamese markets.

Despite their successful, one-year partnership, India’s largest poker site Adda52 and Rockets Poker Room in Bangalore have called it quits.

Indian poker news website Gutshot Magazine reported that the two Indian poker sites have decided not to renew their partnership a year after launching Adda5 LIVE tournament.

The possible reason behind the non-renewal of the partnership between Adda52 – which came as a surprise to poker fans – was the departure of Praveen Dwarkanath, one of the two operating partners in Rockets.

“The association was for a year and we enjoyed the experience. We would like the new management of Rockets poker room to settle down and then explore any synergies later,” Anuj Gupta, Founder and CEO of Adda52, said in a statement.