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Mangas Gaming has appointed Jean-Denis Mariani as chief operating officer...
BetClic, Everest, Expekt and Bet-At-Home owner Mangas Gaming has appointed Jean-Denis Mariani as chief operating officer. Mariani, 36, was previously director of business unit operations for French energy supplier Poweo. Prior to that, he was operations director for Expedia France and Europe.
Bodog brand-owned gaming domain Slots.com has appointed former Boylesports and Chartwell boss Lee Richardson as managing director. Bodog bought the domain in a Snapnames.com online auction in May for nearly £4m, putting it in the Top 10 of the most expensive domain sales to date. The domain will offer a full range of gaming products. Richardson said: “There is no strong brand in the slots area like there is in, say, poker yet any casino off or online will happily admit that slots are not only physically the biggest part of the casino but more crucially in profitability terms slots are equally dominant. The domain gives us a fantastic SEO edge, and when coupled with the brand experience and marketing clout we will add this venture becomes a very powerful proposition.”
CAIGAMES, the egaming platform of Casinos Austria International, has signed a deal with UK newspaper The Daily Express to launch a white label online casino. The deal will also provide CAIGAMES with advertising space and an editorial column in the online publication. The newspaper currently has a circulation of 720,000 readers.
Spiral Solutions has launched a new affiliate platform, specially tailored for newly regulated markets. The new platform will initally be deployed in the French market, under the name PariSpin.