Category Archives: Betting

Trinidad and Tobago launches GCC to tackle gambling crimes

Trinidad and Tobago has established its Gambling Control Commission (GCC) that will monitor and govern gambling activities across the dual-island Caribbean nation.  On Monday, Finance Minister Colm Imbert announced the appointment of the GCC’s first board of directors that will be led by Stephan Tang Nian as Chairman. A sweeping reform of Trinidad and Tobago …

BHA launches new CareersinRacing.com portal 

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has relaunched the jobs board of CareersinRacing.com to help fill open vacancies across UK racing’s value chain. The new portal is free to all racing employers, who will be able to list and better inform audiences of current opportunities to work in racing. A new look CareersinRacing.com has been launched …

Esports Entertainment hires new CFO ahead of ‘pivotal’ year for sector

Esports Entertainment Group (EEG) has named Damian Mathews as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), ahead of what the appointee has described as a “pivotal and exciting” for the company. Mathews, an economics and politics graduate from the University of Bristol, is a member of Esports Entertainment’s Board of Directors and Chairman of its Audit …

Kindred lauds open customer feedback to help secure sustainability goals   

Kindred Group Plc has published its Sustainability Report for 2021, updating investors and corporate stakeholders on the progress of its long-term CSR objectives and underlining a sustainable operating strategy.  Entering 2021, Kindred’s executive leadership team announced that the Stockholm-listed operator would become the first online gambling plc to report on safer gambling and sustainability metrics …

Stake.com makes Formula One debut in Pietro Fittipaldi partnership

Stake.com has revealed a partnership with Pietro Fittipaldi ahead of the Formula One season which begins this weekend.  Pietro, Haas F1 Team driver, is also joined by his brother Enzo, the Charouz F2 Racing team driver, to become the firm’s Brazilian representatives for the 2022 renewal, whilst the pair will provide F1 fans with analysis …

PandaScore secures ‘largest yet’ Sporting Solutions data deal

Esports data and odds provider, PandaScore, has formed a partnership with sports data supplier Sporting Solutions in a bid to boost both companies’ services.  Sporting Solution will utilise PandaScore’s odds and data services through its connect platform which aims to build ease of integration for the customers of the firms. Flavien Guillocheau, CEO at PandaScore, …

Soft2Bet appoints ‘product expert’ Gilad Naim as CCO 

 Soft2Bet has confirmed the appointment of Gilad Naim as new Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) of the igaming platform and operator software solutions provider. A seasoned commercial executive, Naim joins Soft2Bet’s senior leadership team from Nasdaq Nordic online gambling software developer Aspire Global, where he served as Director of Operations and in additional product-related leadership roles.  …

Allwyn outlines initial National Lottery strategy following licence victory

Upon securing the next 10 year licence to the National Lottery, Allwyn Entertainment has provided an update on its operating strategy to its new holding, detailing a pan-European approach.  In particular, Allwyn plans to share best practice in lottery operations and focus on improvement of draw-based games, leveraging its experience as an operator of several …

UKGC names Allwyn as new National Lottery steward 

 The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has this morning named Allwyn Entertainment as its ‘preferred applicant’ to operate the fourth National Lottery licence beginning 2024.  Launched in August 2020, the Commission’s 18-month tender declares a transformative outcome that will see Allwyn replace Camelot UK as the steward of the National Lottery – a position it has …

Interwetten drives player conversion with Triggy collaboration

Triggy has strengthened its footprint in the Austrian market after partnering with Vienna-based sportsbook Interwetten. By combining Triggy’s suite of content and marketing activities with the Interwetten branded live–score app, the duo are confident that they can drive engagement and conversion. “We are very excited to launch the live-score app with Interwetten,” commented Martina Åkerlund, …