Category Archives: Betting

Evolution Gaming has surpassed the €1 bn mark in operating revenues recorded during 2021 –  buoyed by record-breaking Q4 results that registered double/triple digit growth across all core trading metrics. Publishing its full-year 2021 financial results, the firm registered Q4 revenues of €300m, up 69% on corresponding 2020 results of €177m. Revenue growth was attributed …

Crypto sports betting brand Sportsbet.io has introduced direct human messaging to its platform in a partnership with 2mee, aiming to ‘bring sports personalities to life’. The firm has revealed some of the incorporated names as Aussie cricketer, Brett Lee, Brazilian World Cup winner, Denilson de Oliveira, and the ‘Romford Pelé’ Ray Parlour. Joe McCallum, Head …

Sky City has become the latest company to partner with Spotlight Sports Group in a deal which will strengthen the latter’s presence within the Asian market. The agreement, which is due to start in Q2 2022, will see Spotlight Sports Group build and manage specialist platforms for Sky City’s digital audiences via its turnkey technology, …

Two pieces of draft legislation have been submitted to the Hungarian Parliament with the goal of liberalising the country’s betting market, effectively ending the monopoly of the state-operated Szerencsejáték Zrt. The legislation, titled no. 2022/66/HU and no. 2022/67/HU respectively, seek to establish a licensing regime for private operators based on two previous European Court of …

Sportsbook and casino platform provider Soft2Bet has extended its Swedish footprint after partnering with Betinia.  As a result of the new agreement, Betinia will benefit from access to Soft2Bet’s live sports and pre-match offering as well as its range of virtual betting products. Boris Chaikin, CEO at Soft2Bet, said: “With Soft2Bet already accustomed to the …

Kindred Group has announced two enhancements of its sports betting product, leveraging Kambi Group’s sports betting services whilst working to boost the scope of its own Kindred Racing Platform (KRP).  The three-year deal between the Stockholm Nasdaq-listed gambling groups will see Kindred utilise Kambi’s B2B sports betting platform until the end of 2026 as it …

Kindred Group Plc has navigated the significant headwinds of a tough fourth quarter trading period to deliver investors what it cited as ‘its strongest year to date’.  Publishing its unaudited 2021 results, the firm has registered full-year corporate revenues of £1.259bn, up 11% on corresponding FY2020 results of £1.130bn. 2021 headline performance was maintained despite …

Sue Yoxall has ended her 20-year executive tenure leading mkodo, the business she co-founded alongside venture partner Stuart Godfree in 2001.  This week, Yoxall announced on LinkedIn that she had completed her ‘20-year journey with mkodo’ and would no longer be involved in the day-to-day running of the business.   Fresh to the gambling sector in …

The Executive Council of Gauteng (Gauteng MEC) has named top South African lawyer Anthea Platt SC as the new chair of the Gauteng Gambling Board (GGB).  The appointment of the GGB’s new leader was approved by Parks Tau, the executive member of Gauteng MEC’s committee for Economic, Environment, Agriculture and Rural Development. Established in 1995, …