Category Archives: Betting

Entain upgrades 2021 expectations reaping sports growth benefits 

The board of Entain Plc has lifted the firm’s full-year EBITDA guidance to be in the range of £850-to-£900 million, citing a strong H1 performance. This morning Entain published its interim trading update, registering total group revenues up 11%, as the FTSE100 gambling group updates investors on its UK retail reopening and international expansion projects. …

Graphyte engineers first pin-point search engine for betting & igaming

Sports betting innovation studio Graphyte has proclaimed that it has developed the industry’s first ‘fit-for-purpose’ betting and gaming search engine.  Named ‘Smart Search’, Graphyte built its AI-powered search engine after noting the frustrations of operators, who had been utilising standardised search components to cater for customers querying complex terms related to betting markets, games, promotions, …

Affilka to drive affiliate turnover for Sportbet.one in latest partnership

Affilka, the affiliate management platform by SOFTSWISS, has announced its latest partnership, assisting crypto-currency betting platform Sportbet.one with driving its own affiliate programme. The collaboration will see Affilka assist Sportsbet.one’s SBETPARTNERS (SBET) platform with attracting potential players to its website, increasing overall traffic and maximising the brand’s affiliate turnover. Affilka will provide SBET with a …

Reawakened Rank secures options on £25m credit facility

Rank Group has entered an agreement with Lloyds Bank that will provide the LSE listed gambling group access to a £25 million (€29m) revolving credit facility. The facility has been made available to Rank for a period of two years , providing its business with additional liquidity and ‘the opportunity, when we are confident that …

GBGB strengthens animal welfare oversight with Angela Smith appointment

The Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) has enhanced oversight of its animal welfare initiatives by appointing former Labour MP Angela Smith as an Independent Director. As a former Shadow Environment Minister, Smith was heavily involved in issues relating to animal welfare throughout her parliamentary career from 2005 to 2019. In addition to her Shadow Cabinet …

Setka Cup partners with Prague Table Tennis Association

The Setka Cup, which is powered by BETER, has secured a new partnership with the Prague Table Tennis Association in the Czech Republic. The new agreement now means that Setka Cup’s daily tournaments will now be officially recognised and supported in the European Union.  “For the Setka Cup, a partnership with the Prague Table Tennis …

Sky Sports and TRP align with Newbury Racecourse in rights deal

Sky Sports Racing and The Racing Partnership (TRP) have secured a ‘significant’ agreement with Newbury Racecourse. Under the terms of the five-year partnership , all of Newbury’s 29 annual race meetings will be broadcast on Sky Sports Racing, adding a portfolio of prominent fixtures across both Flat and Jump to the broadcaster’s schedule from January …

888 confident that product growth will outride inbound headwinds 

888 Holdings has cited confidence in achieving its 2021 growth objectives, as the company enters a crucial H2 trading period aware of numerous dynamics impacting its commercial performance. This morning, the LSE-listed online gambling group published a pre-close Q2 trading update, anticipating group revenues of $257 million – up 20% on 2020 corresponding results of …

BetMakers further enhances racing content via SIS and RMG partnership

BetMakers has signed a multi-year partnership with Sports Information Services (SIS) and the Racecourse Media Group (RMG) covering live streaming of British and Irish horse racing vision and wagering content. As a result of the deal, BetMakers will act as an authorised supplier of vision and content held under rights by SIS and RMG to …