Category Archives: Betting

Disney CEO Bob Chapek has acknowledged that its sports broadcasting platform ESPN is the ‘perfect’ place for sports betting and as such the corporation has a ‘very significant opportunity’ in the gambling market. Speaking on Disney’s fourth quarter results call for the period ended 30 September, Chapek stated that the company will expand into the …

PandaScore has signed a new deal to provide online gambling operator FortuneJack with an extended portfolio of esports odds. PandaScore provides real-time data and odds across 10 game titles, including League of Legends, Valorant, Dota 2, Counter-Strike: Global Offensive and Call of Duty. Through this new deal, FortuneJack will obtain a wide range of odds, …

Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s gambling inspectorate has been issued its ordinance assignment to evaluate temporary online gambling safeguards imposed during the COVID-19 pandemic. The assignment has been sanctioned by Ardalan Shekarabi, Minister for Social Security as a condition of Sweden ending its temporary restrictions on online casinos on 14 November.  Since July 2020, Swedish licensed operators have …

There are significant lessons that sponsorship managers of North American sports betting brands can take from their European counterparts, writes Antourage CEO Johan Junker. Almost three years after the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, allowing states to legalise it if they wish, the industry is starting to gather some serious …

The start of the 2020s has seen a range of new challenges emerge for the gambling industry, as questions are raised over responsible betting and regulators across Europe overhaul frameworks governing the sector. This was the main topic of discussion of the opening panel of the Leadership track at this week’s Betting on Sports Europe …

Sisal SPA the operating firm of Italy’s SuperEnalotto lottery, has completed its corporate reorganisation, resulting in the separation of its gaming and payment operations. Updating its investors, Sisal noted that the deed of demerger was signed in favour of the newly formed SG2 SpA, a company to which the 70% equity interest in Mooney Group S.p.A. …

Spotlight Sports Group has released the inaugural edition of BetTech Ecosystem, a research piece reviewing the major suppliers across the sports betting and iGaming industry.  At the centre of this research piece, conducted by a team at Spotlight Sports Group with the support of independent industry experts, is a visual that showcases six segments and …

BETER believes it is ready to transform the live casino vertical through the launch of its latest product, BETER Live. Established with a mission to provide the best selection of high-tech, entertainment-first gaming experiences available in the live casino space, BETER wants to surpass the expectations of the ‘new generation of player’. Led by Anna …

LeoVegas has maintained financial momentum, disclosing that successes in Italy, Sweden, Spain and Canada have allowed it to navigate a difficult year, with German and Dutch regulatory changes in particular posing major challenges. Updating stakeholders in its Q3 trading update, the Nasdaq-listed gambling group detailed that its total revenue had increased by 12% to €99.4 …

Codere is confident of bouncing back from COVID-19 induced headwinds, having identifying a resurgence in Latin American countries as the jurisdictions gradually reopen after months of lockdowns. Providing a financial update for the first nine months of 2021, the Spanish gambling group explained that it had generated total revenue of €499.6 as of September 2021, …