Category Archives: Betting

EGBA secures sustainability reporting commitment from European leaders 

The leadership of Europe’s biggest online gambling firms have outlined their ‘collective ambitions’ to foster a stronger culture supporting safer gambling across all European markets. The leadership mandate was published by the European Gaming & Betting Association (EGBA) – the Brussels-based trade body charged with representing online gambling at an EU business and legislative level.   …

Rank stomachs £93m lockdown loss as leadership eyes strongest venue returns

Rank Group Plc has disclosed statutory losses of £93 million, as the LSE gambling group closes accounts on a year ravaged by COVID-19 headwinds.  Publishing its preliminary results for 2020/2021 trading (12-months ending 30 June) Rank registered a 50% decline in underlying net gaming revenues to £288 million. Year trading saw Mecca Bingo and Grosvenor …

Triggy teams up with Better Collective for live-score app launch

Triggy has secured a new partnership with Better Collective which will see the duo provide mobile apps across a range of markets.  The first app to be launched via the collaboration with Better Collective is a standalone native live-score app that connects live-score, sports statistics and user insights – all of which will help drive …

BtoBet consolidation helps Aspire to record Q2 returns

BtoBet’s proprietary sportsbook is becoming a key competitive advantage when talking to new as well as existing partners, said Aspire Global as it reacted to recording ‘all-time high’ revenues and EBITDA in Q2 2021 (April to June). Aspire’s platform and managed services business line grew by 7.7%, with the sub-segment Aggregation and Games (Pariplay) up …

From local to global: the story of Ukraine’s PokerMatch

A few weeks on from the fifth anniversary of PokerMatch, Ruslan Bangert – the company’s CEO – reflects on the journey from a modest local poker room to a globally recognised poker brand. Thanks to our innovative approach in marketing, we have climbed to the top of the highly respected popularity rating of poker resources, …

Aspire trades above expectations as group readies to turbocharge Btobet and Pariplay

Aspire Global remains confident in achieving all financial and operating objectives, after the Nasdaq Nordic igaming systems provider registered its sixth consecutive quarter of corporate growth.      Publishing its Q2 Interim Report (period ending 30 June), Aspire tracked year-to-date revenues of €104 million, up 34% on H1 2020 results of €77 million. Strong Q2 trading saw …

Ukrainian Gambling Council becomes Strategic Partner of SBC Summit CIS

The Ukrainian Gambling Council (UGC) is set to play a key role in October’s SBC Summit CIS, Presented by Parimatch, the brand new in-person conference and exhibition for the betting and gaming industry in the CIS and Eastern Europe.  A partnership between SBC and Sports Media Holding, the Summit will take place at the Parkovy …

Stats Perform extends duties as data keeper of Eredivisie football

Stats Perform has announced that it has secured a partnership extension, retaining its position as the official data partner of Eredivisie football for a further three years.  All Eredivisie matches and competitions will continue to be exclusively tracked and monitored by Stats Perform’s Opta football data collection service.    The sportstech group’s data feeds and advanced …

Genius Sports acquires Spirable to bridge convergence between media and betting

Genius Sports has acquired Spirable in a move to bolster its data-driven video engagement capacities for all sports stakeholders. The NYSE sportstech group intends to leverage Spirable’s video platform and combine this system with its official sports data collection and distribution operations and client network to reduce costs for partners and enable ‘deeper engagement’ and …