Category Archives: Betting

Rank calls for venue gambling laws to be rebalanced 

Rank Group Plc has urged the government to radically overhaul the laws governing UK land-based gambling venues, as a remit of its ongoing review of the 2005 Gambling Act.  Yesterday, the LSE gambling group published its 2020/2021 results, which revealed statutory losses of £93 million – as Rank’s trading was gutted by Grosvenor Casino and …

VBET boosts Ukraine profile with FHU partnership

VBET has further enhanced its branding in the Ukrainian market, signing a partnership with the Ukrainian Ice Hockey Federation (FHU). The collaboration – which includes title sponsorship of the Ukrainian national ice hockey team – builds on the firm’s ongoing marketing activities, including Ukraine-focused partnerships with both the Ukrainian Premier League (UPL) and the Ukrainian …

Kindred nets maximum Allsvenskan exposure for WorldPride 2021 

Kindred Group has demonstrated its support for WorldPride 2021 – a global arts and cultural festival celebrating equality, inclusivity and human rights for all races, genders, and sexualities.  For the first time in its history, the WorldPride event (12-22 August) has been co-hosted by the twin cities of Malmö Sweden and Copenhagen Denmark. Kicking off …

ATG Live gets Allente push ahead of winter makeover 

AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) has agreed to broadcast its live ‘ATG Live’ channel on Scandinavian pay-TV platform Allente.  From 16 August, live racing and trotting fixtures from ATG syndicated racetracks will be broadcast on channel 23 of the Allente platform, made available to all free-view Scandinavian audiences. ATG Live will continue to be produced …

DelaSport secures Romanian market access

Delasport has gained access to the Romanian sports betting and gaming market after securing a Class 2 licence to provide full managed services in the country. The Gibraltar-based international operator will now be able to supply its Sportsbook iFrame product to Romanian B2C operators, along with a ‘full turnkey solution’ of sports betting, casino, live …

Better Collective: The data to reveal the industry’s best bookmakers

This year’s Better Collective Awards will deliver a market-by-market comparison to celebrate the performance of the best bookmakers, Shona Mackenzie O’Donnell told SBC News. For this month’s Better Collective Spotlight, Mackenzie O’Donnell – the company’s Head of Strategic Events – explained why it adopts a data-first approach to crowning its winners, before revealing that Spain, …

Sportradar secures FanDuel contract renewal to maintain US momentum

Sportradar has strengthened its position in the US sports betting industry by extending its existing partnership with prominent operator FanDuel. The contract renewal will see Sportradar continue to serve as the data and odds supplier for US sports for FanDuel until 2028, with the Swiss sports data and analytics company providing products and services including …

FDJ Gaming Solutions wins tender to revamp Eesti Loto games suite

FDJ Gaming Solutions the B2B lottery subsidiary of Groupe FDJ has won the exclusive rights to upgrade the digital games portfolio of Eesti Loto – Estonia’s national lottery operator. The agreed contract will see FDJ Gaming Solutions supply Eesti Loto with its new digital games suite powered by FDJ’s Interactive Factory platform. Eesti Loto, Estonia’s …

Going with the Flows: The building blocks to free up fast innovation

“If you can think it, you can flow it..” Mike Broughton, CTO for new igaming software as a service (SaaS) start-up, Flows, treated me to a demo of the technology, which aims to empower gaming industry employees with the agnostic building blocks to drive innovation quickly and at scale. Notice I chose the wider term …

Esports Technologies leverages AI to enhance tournament odds

Esports Technologies has filed a provisional patent to leverage artificial intelligence technology in order to generate odds models for an esports betting algorithm. The AI-driven odds model would be used for esports tournaments – leveraged prior to the commencement of a competition as well as various stages throughout the event. Generation of odds will be …