Category Archives: Betting

Catena Media expands horse racing content with Spotlight Sports Group’s Superfeed

Catena Media will integrate Spotlight Sports Group’s Superfeed engine into its horse racing-focused websites after the two companies agreed a new partnership. Under the terms of the deal, CatenaMedia’s GG.co.uk and racingtips.com will benefit from the full international offering of data and content from more than 60,000 races annually, made available via the Superfeed engine. …

Smarkets: chances of Boris Johnson departure more likely after by-election blow

The prospect of Boris Johnson leaving Number 10 before the year is out look increasingly likely today, with Smarkets indicating a 35% chance of the Prime Minister being ousted – up from 28% last night. Following what can only be described as a challenging night for the Prime Minister’s leadership, Smarkets revealed that the results …

Steve Beason returns to Scientific Games as Digital lead 

Light & Wonder has confirmed the appointment of Steve Beason as President of Digital and Sports Betting for Scientific Games’ lottery unit.  The appointment sees Beason return to Scientific Games, where he previously served Chief Technology Officer (CTO) of the firm’s Lottery System division between 2005 and 2016. Following his executive tenure at Scientific Games, …

Pronet Gaming eyes up new opportunities in Asian markets

Emerging markets across Asia will become a key focus for Pronet Gaming after the company’s expansion plans have been completed “ahead of schedule”. At the turn of the year, Pronet noted that it had signed 35 new clients over the last 18 months which has enabled the company to roll out its sportsbook and casino …

Betfred invests in LottoStar to accelerate South African drive  

Betfred has significantly expanded its presence within South Africa, taking a ‘major shareholding’ in LottoStar to advance the market leader’s online betting offering.  Marked a major corporate initiative, Betfred will invest in LottoStar, which is recognised as South Africa’s leading brand for fixed-odds numbers betting and Live Games. “LottoStar has quickly developed itself as a …

Veikkaus postpones lottery ID checks to 2024

The Finnish gambling and lottery state monopoly Veikkaus Oy has called on lawmakers to delay the introduction of mandatory identification checks of coupon games, including lotteries. Veikkaus started to upgrade its sales terminals ahead of the introduction of Finland’s new Lotteries Act, which came into force on January 1, 2022, though some points in the law were granted a …

ANJ begins review of French betting media contracts

The media contracts of French-licensed bookmakers are to be examined and evaluated by a ‘working group’ reporting to l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) – France’s Unified Gambling Authority. This week, ANJ announced that it had established its ‘working group of experts’ that will examine bookmaker’s planned marketing campaigns as part of the regulator’s ongoing review …

SOFTSWISS debuts Hunting Tournaments campaign

SOFTSWISS Sportsbook has set out plans to enhance levels of gamification across its platform with the launch of Hunting Tournaments. The new promotion will feature “simple rules and captivating mechanics” which it believes will help its partners to drive further engagement. “We’ve made another move to expand our portfolio of exclusive bonuses to gamify sports …

Skyler Cheng: Champion Sports – Asia in the midst of its next betting evolution

Champion Sports Asia Business Development lead Skyler Cheng provides an on-the-ground perspective of Asian betting market’s development and growth prospects for global betting stakeholders.    Though opportunities are often misunderstood, Cheng tells SBC that Asia faces its next betting evolution as ‘grey markets’ begin their long journeys towards regulation… _____________ SBC: The industry seems laser-focused …

Fanatics zooms in on Tipico M&A to build Rubin’s new betting vision  

Tipico, the leading DACH markets bookmaker, has become a reported target of US apparel and entertainment company Fanatics Inc.  Yesterday, CNBC reported that dealmakers were at ‘an impasse on price’ as negotiations were ongoing to secure Fanatics’ takeover of Tipico Sportwetten. Fresh from offloading his 10% stake in Harris Blitzer Sports Entertainment, the US sports …