DAZN has entered an agreement to acquire the media division of football streaming OTT competitor ELEVEN Group in a power play to dominate European football broadcasts.  The deal, announced this morning, saw DAZN declare that it will become the “largest holder of European sports rights”, as its business will net a further 40,000 live events per year taking control of …

Distinct opinions surrounding the next phase of US online gambling growth and market make-up were voiced during the morning session of day two of the SBC Summit Barcelona last week.  While expressing conflicting opinions and insights, the panel comprising current US stakeholders agreed on one underlying principle… “there is no go-to-market strategy” for North American incumbents. “I think it’s pretty …

EveryMatrix has delivered an end-to-end revamp of the online offering of La Marocaine des Jeux & des Sports (MDJS) – Morocco’s state-owned gambling operator.  The strategic project follows a landmark agreement signed in April with Intralot SPA, the lead technology systems provider of MDJS. The technology incumbents were tasked with redeveloping the online offering and product portfolio of MDJS, delivering …

Rank Group Plc has announced that its Rank Interactive unit has completed its final migration project, transferring the Grosvenor Online business onto the group’s proprietary platform.  Since 2020, Rank Interactive has been tasked with migrating all flagship, white-label and international brands to be housed under the Stride Gaming platform. The migration was announced as the cornerstone project of Rank Group’s …

bet-at-home AG has cited trading difficulties as its business continues to be impacted by a deluge of negative adjustments across core markets.  Publishing its H1 2022 financial update, bet-at-home disclosed the impact of the Frankfurt Boerse betting group exiting Austria and downsizing its business due to the termination of its Malta subsidiary. Period trading saw bet-at-home generate gross gaming revenues …

The Swedish regulator is working towards introducing a B2B licensing system from March 1, 2023, despite current legislative steps still having to be made regarding the process. Earlier this year, the country’s government submitted a number of proposals, which included B2B licensing, however, this has yet to be fully passed into law. The Spelinspektionen acknowledged that the requirement for a gaming software licence is …

Regulus Partners dissects the ‘mini-budget’ statement summoned by new Chancellor of the Exchequer Kwasi Kwarteng, as the closing months of 2022 will reveal the true impact of macro trends on UK gambling as consumers face a winter pinch. For the first time in over a decade, macroeconomic issues are likely to be the dominant drivers of revenue performance in more …

UK racing has launched its first integrity-led campaign “Respect in Racing”, to promote the collective ambition to establish “the highest standards of behaviour and a culture of respect across all levels of horseracing.” Announced by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), the campaign has been developed by a cross-industry working party comprised of UK racing’s major bodies, who share a unified …

Gambling’s convergence with sports and media launched the Leaders Track at the SBC Summit Barcelona, in a keynote discussion led by DAZN Chief Executive Shay Segev – a leader at the coalface of the industry’s next evolution. The former CEO of FTSE100 Entain Plc, Segev drew global headlines at the start of the year by joining DAZN, the OTT sports …

Twitch has announced that it will update its community guidelines to no longer allow the live streaming of unlicensed gambling websites on its platform. This morning, the live streaming platform issued a statement acknowledging that gambling content on Twitch had become a “big topic of discussion in the community”. As a result, Twitch has undertaken a further review of its …