Category Archives: Betting

GiG moves to solidify market position with Sportnco acquisition

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has confirmed its acquisition of Sportnco, with the aim of strengthening its status as a platform and media provider to the betting and gaming industry. Full completion of GiG’s takeover of turnkey betting and gaming solutions provider is expected in February 2022, and will enable GiG to leverage the company’s in-house …

ParlayBay suite to debut on Ellmount Group’s CasinoRoom

Newly launched betting games studio ParlayBay has secured its first supplier agreement with Ellmount Group the operating company of CasinoRoom.com.  The agreement will see ParlayBay supply its entire suite of betting games, featuring the headline titles of STREAK, BOSS, GEKKO, CUT and RUSH – to help diversify CasinoRoom’s portfolio of games for sports audiences. ParlayBay …

Marc Pedersen, Better Collective: Capitalising on the US market boom

Better Collective will use its experience from Europe to lay the foundation for its US market expansion, Mark Pedersen – VP of Business Development, M&A and US – told SBC News. In this month’s Better Collective Spotlight, Pedersen discusses how the sports media publisher plans to drive acquisition and retention to its partners stateside, before …

Liv Biesemans, Kindred: No Google of gambling industry ‘anytime soon’

The past year has seen a number of major acquisitions – as well as some prominent failed ones – in the international betting and gaming scene, but the prospect of a ‘betting industry Google is not around the corner. This is according to Kindred’s Group Deputy General Counsel Liv Biesemans, who shared her views on …

Entain backed athlete Niall Treacy qualifies for Beijing Winter Olympics 

Entain Plc has announced a breakthrough achievement for its headline CSR Foundation’s partnership with SportsAid, as sponsored athlete Niall Treacy has qualified for the Beijing 2022 Winter Olympics (4-22 February).  Treacy (21) from Henley-in-Arden in Warwickshire, will represent Team GB as an elite short-track speed skater competing in Beijing’s 1000m race. Team GB announced Treacy …

Tebwin sportsbook named betting partner of Worcester Warriors

Online casino and sportsbook Tebwin.com has become the official betting partner of Gallagher Premiership Rugby club Worcester Warriors. In a bid to increase Tebwin’s support of UK sport, the company’s logo will be displayed at Sixways Stadium with other promotional material as part of the collaboration. “We look forward to working closely with Worcester Warriors …

Jumio moves to solidify market position via 4Stop acquisition

End-to-end identity verification, eKYC and AML provider Jumio has acquired 4Stop, a KYB, KYC, compliance and fraud prevention orchestration hub and data marketplace.  The full acquisition of 4Stop – which prior to the takeover was a strategic partner of Jumio – is expected to be completed early 2022, although financial terms have not been disclosed. …

Voxbet secures international investment to ‘drive international growth’

Sports betting software developer Voxbet has secured strategic funding from a number of international investors, led by Waterhouse VC CIO Tom Waterhouse and Tekkorp Capital CEO Matt Davey. The investments have been conducted via the two businessman’s respective firms, whilst Davey’s holding has leveraged the ‘expertise and experience’ of Rbon Chhabra and Andy Clerkson, former …

Russell Colvin, FSB: Raising the retail bar

It’s been a transformative year for FSB generally in 2021 with the launch and growth of their retail product a key part of this success. Here, the company’s Head of Retail Russell Colvin explains how the provider has raised the bar with its retail solution. SBC: FSB has been making great strides in the retail …

N1 Partners Group: Moving to master the sports betting field with SOFTSWISS

The only disadvantage was its relatively recent release on the market, said N1 Partners Group Chief Product Officer Yaroslav Laptev, as he reflected on choosing the SOFTSWISS Sportsbook to grow its online gambling business. 12 months on from launching the first of its sports betting projects through Joo Sports, he told us why the flexible …