Category Archives: Betting

In a recent interview with RTE’s Prime Time program, Stewart Kenny, one of the co-founders of international bookmaker Paddy Power, labelled gambling a ‘massive social problem’ due to increased mobilisation and regulatory shortcomings. Kenny helped establish Paddy Power in 1988, having been a long-time fan of gambling as a pastime since placing a bet on …

Fun88 has signed West Indian cricket star Daren Sammy as a brand ambassador, strengthening its marketing and portfolio of professional sporting partners. Formed in order to ‘break new boundaries’, the agreement represents the betting brand’s first collaboration with a flagship cricket spokesperson, and seeks to build on the existing partnership between Fun88 and the Caribbean …

DIMAYOR, the governing body of Colombia’s professional football leagues, has overhauled its entire media management and data gathering provisions, expanding its existing relationship with Genius Sports. The partnership will see Genius Sports launch a ‘new betting engagement commercial strategy’ optimising the media and data rights for DIMAYOR’s Liga BetPlay, Torneo BetPlay, Copa BetPlay and Superliga …

The board of XLMedia has confirmed the resignation of Iain Balchin as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the London AIM listed igaming publisher.  Balchin, who will depart the company on 22 July, is set to be replaced as CFO by Rowan Ellis, who has served as a financial consultant to XLMedia since April 2020. XLMedia …

Sportradar has strengthened its foothold in European sports, announcing a ‘comprehensive extended agreement’ with France’s basketball league, the Ligue Nationale de Basket (LNB). Beginning at the start of the 2021/22 season, the multi-year agreement will see Sportradar become the official data partner of the LNB, collecting and distributing the league’s in-game data through Synergy Stats. …

Betsson AB cites that strong sportsbook performance driven by two major continental football tournaments, has helped the Stockholm-listed online gambling group overcome Norwegian and Swedish regulatory headwinds. Publishing a Q2 trading update, Betsson registered a significant increase in its sportsbook trading margin to 8.5%, indexing  above its eight-quarter rolling average margin of 7.4%. Sportsbook growth …

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. …