Category Archives: Betting

Ronnie O’Sullivan has been named as the new brand ambassador for Delasport where he will work alongside the platform provider on a number of online and offline campaigns. As well as featuring in media drives, the snooker star will also wear the Delasport badge during key snooker tournaments. Oren Cohen Shwartz, Delasport CEO, commented: “We …

Social mobility has been outlined as underlining factor by the Health Research Board (HRB) of the Republic of Ireland which found those in deprived areas were more likely to suffer from problem gambling. Publishing its first report on ‘Irish Gambling Trends’, the HRB also found a direct link between those who have high-risk alcohol consumption with …

FSB has been named as the new sportsbook technology provider for the Hungarian State Lottery backed SZRT Slovakia. As part of the exclusive agreement, the firm will power SZRT Slovakia’s newly-launched betRing sportsbook, which aims to bring together “localised content, dedicated mobile apps, loyalty and gamification programmes and player forums”. “We’re delighted to team up …

Environmental, Sustainability and Governance (ESG) initiatives are a growing focus of corporations across all mass market sectors. Though cynics may argue that the policies function largely as a public relations exercise, for Robert Hoskin this is far from the case.  To date Hoskin’s career reflects the ever-changing landscape of igaming, witnessing first-hand PartyGaming’s transition through …

Betsson AB has published its fourth-quarter update and FY2021 snapshot report, citing a tough closing to Q4 trading, with the Stockholm online gambling group still managing to deliver on its financial and corporate objectives.  The group praised its diversified business model and a geographical make-up that helped ease trading difficulties within mature markets. Headline Q4 …

Kindred Group’s Board of Directors has made the decision to exercise the buyback programme first initiated last year, with the firm now able to repurchase up to six million of its own shares.  Running between 10 February and 12 May, the total share repurchases amount to a total of SEK 300 million and must not …

A new board of directors has been appointed to revitalise the business of heritage Spanish gambling group Codere SA.  An announcement made by ‘Nueva Codere’, the business identity of Codere under the ownership of bondholders, confirmed that Christopher Bell had been approved as Non-Executive Chairman of the company. The appointment of Bell, the former Chief …

The board of Svenska Spel has announced that it will pay a dividend of SEK 2.9 billion (€275m) back to the Swedish government.  The dividend was marked as the headline announcement by Svenska Spel publishing its full-year 2021 results, in which Sweden’s monopoly for lotteries and land-based gaming performed above expectations. Headline results saw Svenska …

GambleAware has published the list of operators which made financial contributions to the responsible gambling charity during the first three quarters of the 2021/22 fiscal year.  A total of £16 million was donated to the organisation by UK betting operators, which are requested to contribute 0.1% of their gross gaming yield to the group. Overall, …