Category Archives: Betting

888 backs Christopher Coyne led AFRICA joint venture

888 Holdings has backed plans to launch 888AFRICA as a joint venture business, expanding the FTSE250 firm’s presence within ‘select regulated African markets.’ This morning, 888 confirmed that it had “invested in a minority stake in 888AFRICA, with the option to increase its control, and ultimately own up to 100% of the venture in the …

SIS expands commercial team to drive multi-market growth

SIS (Sports Information Services) has made a number of promotions and appointments in pursuit of its strategy for further international growth and partnership development. The 24/7 live betting services supplier has focused the hiring and promotions on its commercial team, creating three new Head of Sales roles covering three jurisdictions.   Joe Andrews has been …

Swedish Ombudsman loses right to examine TV4 Triss partnership

Konsumentombudsmannen (KO) – Sweden’s Consumer Ombudsman has been rejected in its appeal to examine a contract between Svenska Spel and TV4 AB regarding their existing arrangement to promote Triss (instant win) games. Since 2020, KO has stood by its original decision that news features on TV4 promoting Triss winners should be classified as advertising. Its …

Betano furthers front-of-shirt exposure in Atlético Mineiro sponsorship renewal

Betano has announced the renewal of its sponsorship agreement with Atlético Mineiro as the online betting site continues to appear on the team’s shirt until the end of 2024. With the original collaboration with the Campeonato Brasileiro Série A Club beginning in January 2021, the partners stated that it has been successful as it “ratifies …

Camelot to challenge loss of National Lottery contract

Camelot UK is set to launch a High Court legal challenge to the UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) decision to name Allwyn as the ‘preferred applicant’ for the fourth National Lottery licence. As reported this weekend by The Daily Telegraph, the ever-present officeholder will announce its intentions to take the Commission to court later this week, claiming it ‘broke the law’ when awarding …

Kaizen hires Stella Voulgaraki to lead Euro recruitment drive 

Kaizen Gaming, the operating company of Stoiximan and Betano sportsbook brands, has confirmed the appointment of Stella Voulgaraki as Chief People Officer (CPO). An expert in developing human resources and talent development disciplines for tech-led businesses, Voulgaraki joins Kaizen Gaming’s senior executive leadership from pan-European IT conglomerate NetCompany IntraSoft. Voulgaraki was marked as a key …

Global expansion drives 2021 growth for Altenar

Penetration into new regulated markets has enabled Altenar to expand its commercial client base by 270% in 2021, as revealed in the company’s full-year financial results published today. The sportsbook software provider has hit several milestones in its international expansion strategy in 2021, with “notable success” in Colombia, Italy, Spain, Sweden and the UK. It …

AstroPay to sponsor Pinnacle Cup III

AstroPay will extend its presence within the esports space after agreeing to sponsor this season’s Pinnacle Cup III. The event, which is the third iteration of Pinnacle’s flagship CS:GO tournament series, has featured a number of CS:GO teams from Latin America, Nordics and Europe. Throughout the Pinnacle Cup III, 32 teams will compete in Pinnacle …

Sky Bet smartens football bets with new Checkd Acca Assist tool 

Checkd Dev the betting innovation studio of sports media publisher Checkd Group has announced that its customised ‘Acca Assist’ betting tool will be trialed by Sky Bet for the remainder of the current football season. Acca Assist allows bettors to formulate their own accumulator bets that are informed by statistics supplied by Opta.  The betting …

Better Collective Spotlight: Revamping VegasInsider for a wider audience

In this month’s Better Collective Spotlight, Chris David, SVP of Operations & Marketing at Better Collective, talks all things VegasInsider and why the relaunched site will be focusing on users in both the offline and online gambling space. SBC: You recently decided to relaunch VegasInsider. What was the rationale behind this? CD: Due to continued …