Category Archives: Betting

OPAP SA, the operator of the Greek national lottery and retail sportsbook franchises, has become the principal sponsor of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (EEC).  At a press conference hosted at the Athens Olympic Gymnasium, OPAP was announced as the ‘Gold Sponsor’ of EEC Greek men’s and Women’s basketball teams.  The partnership will span a period …

The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA), Spillemyndigheden, has revealed that it blocked 55 websites for illegal/unlicensed gambling during 2021, the highest figure registered in a single year. As detailed in its ‘Report on illegal gambling 2021’, the DGA – in cooperation with the Danish Tax Agency – completed six searches for potentially illegal websites in 2021.  …

Deploying a Sportsbook iFrame solution allows casino operators to add sports betting offerings quickly and easily and reach entirely new groups of players. That’s according to Oren Cohen Shwartz, CEO of Delasport, who shares the benefits of sports betting offerings and the simplicity of adding a Sportsbook iFrame; it is as easy as adding a …

Vicente Di Loreto has chosen to end his leadership tenure as Chief Executive of Spanish gambling group Codere.  This morning, Nueva Codere – the business identity of Grupo Codere SA under the ownership of bondholders – published a leadership succession plan informing the market that Di Loreto would be replaced by the new leadership duo …

The Spanish government has ordered state-owned companies to comply with a 2022 Budget Law order that will demand incumbents to drastically reduce their sports marketing and sponsorship budgets.  Enterprises such as SELAE, Spain’s state-run lotteries society and monopoly counterparts RENFE (rail networks) and Correos (the post office) can no longer spend more than 2% of …

IMG Arena has been appointed as the official fast betting data partner for 19 European football leagues and 44 competitions. The deal sees the sports content and technology business gain access to live game data in stadiums from around 8500 matches a season and distribute this to sportsbook operators globally. This includes top and lower …

Sportradar Integrity Services (SIS) has secured an extension of its contract with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) for a further three years. The integrity unit of Nasdaq-listed sports data and technology firm Sportradar, SIS – which first partnered with the CBF in 2017 – will also provide bet monitoring of a wider range of Brazilian …

Interwetten has announced a partnership with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) as it becomes the new main sponsor of all European Tour events staged in Germany and Austria. The organisation has stated that there are ‘innovative activation possibilities’ for the sports betting platform at PDC Europe events, as darts becomes increasingly relevant in target markets. …

Grupo CIRSA has praised the ‘robustness of its global operations’ as the Blackstone-owned Spanish gambling business delivered full-year financial results above market expectations. Publishing its Q4 and full-year 2021 results, CIRSA registered group revenues of €1.11 billion, up 30% on corresponding FY2020 results of €843 million. Improved revenue results were maintained despite continued COVID-19 restrictions …