Category Archives: Betting

Anna Vikmane to drive new live casino era through BETER Live

BETER believes it is ready to transform the live casino vertical through the launch of its latest product, BETER Live. Established with a mission to provide the best selection of high-tech, entertainment-first gaming experiences available in the live casino space, BETER wants to surpass the expectations of the ‘new generation of player’. Led by Anna …

LeoVegas performance in key markets offsets regulatory hurdles

LeoVegas has maintained financial momentum, disclosing that successes in Italy, Sweden, Spain and Canada have allowed it to navigate a difficult year, with German and Dutch regulatory changes in particular posing major challenges. Updating stakeholders in its Q3 trading update, the Nasdaq-listed gambling group detailed that its total revenue had increased by 12% to €99.4 …

Codere showing signs of recovery following LatAm reopening

Codere is confident of bouncing back from COVID-19 induced headwinds, having identifying a resurgence in Latin American countries as the jurisdictions gradually reopen after months of lockdowns. Providing a financial update for the first nine months of 2021, the Spanish gambling group explained that it had generated total revenue of €499.6 as of September 2021, …

Entain launches EnTrain to place tech and inclusion at top of Global CSR Agenda

Entain Plc has launched ‘EnTrain’,  a new multi-million-pound CSR directive aimed at improving access to technology for underserved/underrepresented communities.  The FTSE100 gambling group’s new CSR directive aims to “positively impact the lives of over 1 million people around the world, either directly or through their families and dependents by 2030″. EnTrain is marked as the …

ASA upholds marketing complaint against 888

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against 888 UK Ltd with regards to a complaint made against the gambling group’s 777.com subsidiary. The advertisement in question included a countdown clock showing three minutes, featured underneath text reading “77 Free Spins (*T&C’s apply) ENABLED FOR ANOTHER”, which the complainant believed was misleading due to the …

Alex Leese, Pronet Gaming: Making up for lost time in Brazil

Pronet Gaming CEO Alex Leese looks towards the future as South America’s biggest country, Brazil, aims to get on track with regulated sports betting. While England and Brazil fans alike licked their wounds as losing finalists this summer, operators based in the UK could at least fall back on a very positive tournament in Euro …

Sportradar to provide UFDS services to FIBA 3-3

Sportradar has inked a new partnership with FIBA 3-3, the basketball-derived sport which made its debut at this year’s Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, to provide integrity services. The deal will commence under the terms of an initial-one year contract, and will see FIBA 3-3 leverage the Sportradar Integrity Services’ Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS) to …

 Raketech continues US expansion by acquiring ATS tipster communities 

 Raketech Plc has agreed to acquire the assets of US sports tipster group ATS Consultants for an agreed purchase price of $15.5 million (€13.5m). The deal will see Raketech expand its North American publishing portfolio to include the tipster communities of Winnersandwhiners.com, Statsalt.com and Pickpapa.com. Securing its latest US transaction, Raketech confirmed that it would …

IGT raises 2021 forecasts benefitting from $200m Q3 cost savings

IGT Plc has raised its full-year corporate forecasts, in light of peak performance results achieved during Q3 trading.  Publishing its Q3 trading statement, IGT more than doubled its operating income to $212 million (Q32020: $83m) as the NYSE gambling technology group registered +$200 million in from its ‘OPTIMA –  structural cost-savings program‘. Period trading saw …

Esports Technologies files MOBAs wagering IP

Esports Technologies Inc has filed a new patent application protecting the IP of its modelling system pricing multiplayer esports battle games. The patent asserts that Esports Technologies has assigned unique systems and methods utilising proprietary statistical tools to represent the exact score distribution of kills in multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBAs). Applying its modelling system, …