Oddschecker has renewed its partnership with PA Betting Services (PABS) to continue leveraging the latter’s data and content services for horse racing. The five-year contract renewal will include race verdicts, comments and tips via the PABS racing distribution platform for domestic fixtures to support Oddschecker’s services around the sport. A leading odds comparison site serving the UK and international markets, …

Better Collective has expanded its international media portfolio with the acquisition of four Swedish websites from the Everysport Group. The four sites in question are SvenskaFans.com, HockeySverige.se, Fotbolldirekt.se and Innebandymagazinet.se, which have a combined monthly viewership of nine million in Sweden. Conducted at a total purchase price of €3.7m, the transaction will be paid for in three instalments and financed …

Sportingwin plans to ‘take market share’ away from the established big names in the Romanian sports betting sector after securing a licence in the country.  The Malta-based bookmaker will take its offering live in Romania in Q1 of next year under the domain name Sportingwin.ro, operating via a licence from the National Gambling Office. Having already established itself in the …

Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), has published an open letter, warning stakeholders of the “misrepresentation of gambling statistics”.   The letter sees Rhodes reiterate his previous warning that “opinions on the subject and they sometimes differ very greatly and can be equally strongly held. Sometimes this can boil over into personal comments and even conspiracy theories …

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has named Richard Carter as the CEO of its Platform and Sportsbook division ahead of a major restructuring of the business later this year. Carter’s background has extensive experience of international betting and igaming markets, which GIG believes has bestowed him with strong knowledge of its business operations and needs. The new hire was CEO of …

Paddy Power’s latest marketing campaign to mark the return of Premier League football has taken aim at the phenomenon of ‘sportswashing’, with a particular dig at ‘oil money’ in the English top-flight. Sportwashing has become a widely spoken term in the English lexicon in recent years amid a range of accusations of overseas governments using sport to whitewash allegations of …

The Entain that operates today has ‘no resemblance’ to its forerunner GVC Holdings, Chairman Barry Gibson informed investors this week after the group’s H1 trading results Britain’s HMRC tax office has been conducting an investigation into Entain for a dispute involving the Turkish online betting and gaming business operated by GVC Holdings which was dissolved in 2017. In 2020, GVC …

NeoGames’ BtoBet subsidiary further widened its operational reach this week via a partnership with PlayAlberta, rolling out the first legal sportsbook offering in the Canadian province of Alberta. Marking the sportsbook supplier’s North America debut, the deal with PlayAlberta and the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC) regulator will encompass full delivery of BtoBet’s betting solution to the provincial operator. …

GAN Plc’s B2C segment proved the standout performer during Q2 this year as its B2B division suffered some setbacks, causing an overall decline in group-wide revenue. The firm explained to its NYSE investors that total revenue dropped 3% during the quarter to $34m (Q2 2022: $35m), and adjusted EBITDA also fell substantially from £1.3m in 2022 to a loss of …

Kambi has kept up the pace with its commercial development in 2023, signing an extension agreement with Rank Group as the latest in a series of partnerships. Rank is a long-running client of the Stockholm-listed betting and gaming supplier, having utilised the firm’s sportsbook product since 2016, including AI-backed trading, a bet builder and horse racing product. The London-listed operator, …