Category Archives: Betting

Betbazar partners with Altenar in product distribution deal

Betbazar has agreed to supply products from its exclusive partner BETER to Altenar’s clients across Latin America and Europe. The next-gen products, Betbazar said, will be integrated in “less than a month” and will include the provision of BETER’s EsportsBattle Football as well as its Table Tennis Setka Cup Tournaments. Alex Iaroshenko, CEO at Betbazar, …

Spelinspektionen shows new enforcement actions against Curacao operators  

Spelinspektionen – Sweden’s gambling inspectorate has taken direct action against a further 23 unlicensed operators deemed to be illegally targeting the country’s regulated online gambling marketplace  The inspectorate has informed its Swedish counterpart authorities and financial institutions of 23 Curacao-based businesses and their related websites that are undertaking illegal gambling activities. The public disclosure of …

Paddy Power ends RTÉ broadcast partnership 

Paddy Power has mutually ended its sponsorship of televised football matches with Irish terrestrial TV broadcaster RTÉ. The decision comes ahead of a new voluntary code of conduct that will be observed from 1 January by members of the Irish Bookmakers Association (IBA). The code’s headline measure will impose a ‘whistle-to-whistle ban on sports betting …

Cola.bet maintains African expansion strategy with ‘Zero Margin’ campaign

In a bid to strengthen its position in the African sports betting and gaming market, Cola.bet has launched its new ‘Zero Margin’ campaign for players on the continent. The first betting firm to launch this type of offer in Africa – where the company has detailed an ambition to consolidate its ‘strong position’ – Cola.bet …

Holland Casino boss van Lambaart to join Casinos Austria

Casinos Austria AG has appointed Erwin Van Lambaart as its new General Director, with the Holland Casino CEO replacing Bettina Glatz-Kremsner. Van Lambaart will join the Board of Directors on 14 March 2022, before taking over Glatz-Kremsner’s position as General Director on 1 April, with his new employer describing the appointment as ‘the conclusion of …

Georgia PM calls for the prohibition of online casino 

Irakli Gharibashvili, Prime Minister of Georgia, has declared that the government will enforce the toughest online casino protections of all Eastern European states.  Yesterday, Gharibashvili instructed the government to adopt a ‘two-phase approach’ to reform Georgia’s gambling laws, enforcing stringent protections that will mirror a near ‘prohibition status’ for online casino. Lasha Khutsishvili Georgia’s Minister …

SBC Leaders: Addressing the challenges facing US gaming

“Now that gaming has a seat at the table, we’re never giving it back” That was a strong assertion made by Bill Miller, President of the American Gaming Association (AGA), as he made sure that the US gaming industry “broke through and received fair treatment from the federal government” over the last two years. In …

Camelot attributes Tokyo Games for ‘highest-ever’ first-half lottery sales

Camelot has revealed that its first-half National Lottery ticket sales for the 2021/22 financial year were its ‘highest-ever’, attributing its success to the brand’s connection to the Tokyo 2020 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Publishing an update this morning, the National Lottery operator announced ticket sales of £3,961.4 million for the first six months of the …

Anders Ström fund bulks up shareholding in Kambi to 20%  

Veralda Group, the investment fund of sports betting pioneer Anders Ström, has executed a series of share buys increasing its ownership in Kambi Group Plc.  This afternoon, Kambi disclosed that Veralda had completed three back-to-back tranches of Kambi transactions on the Stockholm Nasdaq, authorised between 27 October and 19 November 2021. “Veralda Investment Ltd acquired …

Orenes and R. Franco merge to form new Spanish gambling giant 

A transformative union has been struck for Spanish gambling as Grupo Orenes and R. Franco have agreed to merge businesses. The merger will establish Spain’s biggest gambling machines manufacturer and distributor of games for casinos, arcades and café premises operating across Spain’s 17 autonomous communities. Dealmakers outlined that the merger was a necessary outcome for …