Category Archives: 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 …

Flutter widens CSR portfolio by linking with Missing People

Flutter Entertainment has formed a partnership with Missing People in a strengthening of its Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, pledging to support the charity’s efforts to locate missing adults. The agreement, branded as the #TogetherforMissing partnership’ will see the FTSE100 gambling group leverage its range of brands and products in its backing of the organisation. …

KSA grants 11th KOA licence to Jacks.nl

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) – the Netherlands gambling authority – has granted an online gambling licence to JOI Gaming Limited, which will become the eleventh licensed incumbent of the KOA Regime.  JOI Gaming serves as the online gambling unit of JVH Gaming & Entertainment Group – the operator of 85 land-based Jack’s, Flamingo and Flash casino properties …

Dmitry Sergeev to leverage ‘huge potential’ in Russia and CIS markets for Parimatch

Parimatch Tech has confirmed that Dmitry Sergeev will take chare of its Parimatch Russia franchise-based partner, with responsibility for coordinating the firm’s growth strategy in the wider CIS and Eastern Europe region. Sergeev will lead Parimatch Tech’s franchise implementation in the area as the company prepares to separate Parimatch Russia from Parimatch CIS to operate …