Novomatic has made two new C-level appointments for its sports betting businesses, announcing new senior executives at Greentube and ADMIRAL Sportwetten. The senior shakeup sees Felipe Ludeña vacate his position as Managing Director at ADMIRAL Sportwetten to join Greentube as Chief Sportsbook Officer.  Greentube functions as the Novomatic Interactive casino entertainment division, but maintains an active interest in sports betting …

AB Trav och Galopp (ATG), one of Sweden’s more prominent and well-established operators, has revealed that its revenue remains lower than in 2021, but maintains faith in a continued bounceback.  As outlined in its interim trading report, the horse racing, sports betting and online casino operator experienced a net gaming revenue decline of 2% between January and June 2022.  The …

Successfully completing the demerger of its Lotteries and Keno business from the Wagering and Media unit, Tabcorp has provided an update on wider commercial success throughout the 2021/22 financial year (FY22). In its financial statement to the ASX, Australia’s largest betting and gaming enterprise reported revenues from both divisions separately, listing Lotteries and Keno as ‘discontinued operations’. Income for Wagering …

Affordability, marketing and a treatment levy have all been major talking points throughout the Gambling Act review – but the creation of an ombudsman has received less attention. Setting out its case last for why it should take on the role of official complaints and claims handler for the UK’s betting industry last week was the Independent Betting Adjudication Service …

PandaScore has been selected as the esports data and odds provider for William Hill, with the agreement described as a ‘breakthrough partnership’ for the supplier. Strengthening its esports betting product and proposition, William Hill will initially integrate PandaScore’s odds feeds for esports titles such as League of Legends and Dota 2, followed by CS:GO at a later stage. Additionally, the …

According to The Scotsman, free-to-play (FTP) games developer Incentive Games is planning on hiring an additional 30 employees.  The company – which develops its products for sports betting, fantasy sports and casino operators – has reportedly set  a goal of tripling turnover to £15m by December 2023.  To support this ambition,the Edinburgh and Newcastle-upon-Tyne based Incentive plans to expand its …

Companies across the betting and gaming space are continuing to build up their arsenals ahead of the FIFA World Cup later this year, including OpenBet and its SportCast division. Announcing a partnership with sports data provider StatsBomb, OpenBet explained that SportCast will integrate the sportstech firm’s data to enhance player props offerings with shots, shots on target, assists, passes and …

Sportradar and the International Golf Federation (IGF) have signed a multi-year partnership, centred around sporting integrity and match-safeguarding.  Initially covering a two-year period, Sportradar Integrity Services – the Swiss-based, Nasdaq-listed sportstech and data firms’ integrity division – will leverage its Universal Fraud Detection System (UFDS) across the IGF’s events.  The integrity service will analyse IGF tournaments for abnormalities, seeking to …

Better Collective has detailed strong progress in both Q2 and H1 2022, as the Danish betting and gaming media publisher experienced continued momentum in both Europe and North America.  For the first six months of the year, Better Collective’s revenue rose by 57% to €123.4m (2021: €78.8m) whilst group EBITDA grew by 37% to €35.3m (€25.9m), with a margin of …