Building upon its presence across the esports sector, STS has extended its cooperation with CS:GO’s Paweł “innocent” Mocek as part of a year-long sponsorship agreement. The sponsorship deal comes as the esports market continues to attract punters across the world, and builds upon the duo’s current agreement which began in January 2018. The agreement signed at that time was the …

Stockholm-listed Kindred Group Plc has revealed that its gross winning revenues for Q4 2019 have been hampered by both weak sports betting margins and the costs of its US expansion efforts. As confirmed in a pre-market update, Kindred explained that its expected revenues will be in the region of £235m for the final three months of 2019, marking a decrease …

During 2019, the regulated betting market in Poland has generated a combined turnover of PLN6.7bn according to figures from legal association Graj Legalnie. The figure marks a 28.8% year-on-year increase in combined turnover, however the legal specialists highlighted that this figure remains significantly lower than the turnover generated by the grey market in Poland. Graj Legalnie found that the grey …

Operator of the UK National Lottery Camelot has strengthened its corporate responsibility and sustainability division after confirming that Louise Hanlon has been appointed as its Deputy Head of Corporate Responsibility. The appointment comes as Camelot looks to further implement its social responsibility strategy throughout 2020. Camelot’s Head of Corporate Responsibility, Alison Gardner, celebrated the new appointment: “We are delighted to …

Norwegian state-run operator Norsk Tipping has revealed that during 2019, it had allocated almost NOK700m (£60.2m) towards grassroots sporting initiatives as part of its Grasrotandelen initiative. The operator distributed a total of NOK698.2m last year, marking a 7.6% increase on the NOK649m handed out in 2018. Norsk Tipping revealed that via the Grasrotandelen project, over 35,000 grassroots initiatives secured funding …

William Hill Chief Financial Officer Ruth Prior has confirmed that she will be stepping down as CFO and as a Director of the Company to return to the private equity sector, where she will join Element Materials Technology as its new CFO. Prior joined William Hill in 2017 as a member of the Board and Group Executive team. She has been lauded …

Private bookmaker Fitzdares has committed to donating all winnings from the Australian Open 2020 to the Red Cross, supporting victims and emergency services countering the bush fires impacting the Gold Coast of Australia. The announcement mirrors that of tennis player Nick Kyrgios who has promised to donate $200 to the bush fire crisis for every ace he serves throughout the …

Sportsbook supplier BETBY has launched a number of new widgets which will be available to its operator partners looking to differentiate their offerings across their sportsbook platforms. The new widgets will allow operators to offer ‘bespoke promotions’ to users. The widgets will provide a complete bet cycle, where users can place a bet directly with the overlying widget without having …