Category Archives: Betting

SBC Summit Barcelona to mark return of major betting and igaming industry events

Next week’s SBC Summit Barcelona will mark the long-awaited return of major international business events for the sports betting and igaming industry with a high-level conference and exhibition attended by the sector’s major players.  With Barcelona open for large-scale events and free from quarantine requirements for visitors, the 2021 edition of the Global Betting and …

Raketech amplifies sports inventory with €16m QM Media buyout 

Raketech Plc has agreed to acquire QM Media, finalising a deal valued at €16 million, to boost the sports media inventory of its publishing network. This afternoon, Raketech confirmed that it had agreed to acquire QM Media and its P&P Vegas North American subsidiary outright.   Deal terms will see Raketech pay €9 million in cash …

BetVIctor links with Quantum Metric to ‘drive product and UX evolution’

BetVictor has enlisted Continuous Product Design (CPD) provider Quantum Metric to assist with driving its customer-focused product development. The partnership will see Quantum work to capture data on customer experiences and behaviour across BetVictor’s platforms, enabling the Gibraltar-based operator’s team to evolve its product in-line with player needs. Additionally, the Quantum Metric will be incorporated …

William Hill’s Evoke ordered to re-verify its Swedish customer base  

William Hill records further Swedish compliance struggles, as its Evoke Gaming subsidiary is demanded to re-verify player accounts registered during 2019 by gambling inspectorate Spelinspektionen. An investigation by Spelinspektionen outlined a number of verification discrepancies related to customers registered by Evoke brands during the period of January-to-July 2019. Spelinspektionen’s investigation focused on Evoke’s management of …

Pinnacle inks payments partnership with CashtoCode

Pinnacle has enlisted CashtoCode, with the aim of offering the igaming payment platform’s eVoucher service to its worldwide customer base of sports and esports bettors and boosting its payment conversions in international markets. Due to its ‘global mobile-first user base’, Pinnacle aimed to partner with a payments platform capable of providing secure and reliable online …

Parimatch and Juve to collaborate on ‘exciting campaigns’ for 2021-22 season

Parimatch has reiterated its commitment to its partnership with Italian football giant Juventus as the agreement marks its first year. As the 2020-21 Serie A season gets underway, Parimatch has detailed plans for ‘further ‘exciting campaigns’ with the club, building on a number of marketing initiatives carried out throughout 2020. So far, the campaign has …

Northern Ireland betting overhaul enters first Assembly stage

The planned overhaul of Northern Irish betting and gaming regulations took another step yesterday, as the Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill entered the Northern Ireland Assembly. Having successfully passed the first stage, the first phase of the regulatory adjustment focuses on land-based operations. If fully passed through the Stormont, the Bill will enact …

UKGC records stable July activity but concerns appear on higher slots engagement 

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has recorded a ‘stable July’ as it continued to track the activity of the online gambling sector under COVID-19 circumstances.  Publishing its latest online monitoring report gathered from operator data, the regulator revealed that July registered 11.3 million active players, matching June results. July’s active player numbers remain well below …

Innovation vs Growth: Taking a data-driven approach to delivering new solutions

In the first part of a mini-series by Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), Director Of Sales And Business Development Martin Collins (pictured, right) discusses the fine line between driving growth and excessive innovation, and how GiG is taking an iterative, data-driven approach to allow its customers to become accustomed to new solutions. Innovation is vital to …

ParlayBay ‘hits the ground running’ with Genius Sports deal

Genius Sports has agreed to power the ParlayBay portfolio of in-game accumulator solutions by providing its official sports data. As a result of the new partnership, which supports the launch of ParlayBay, Genius Sports will provide official data from its portfolio of competitions including the English Premier League, NFL, AFA, Liga MX and EuroLeague Basketball. …