Land-based gambling trade body, the European Casino Association (ECA), has branded the results of its first public communications campaign as “a positive outcome”. Launching the “Did You Know?” campaign last May, the ECA aimed to shed a positive light on the image of the licensed land-based casino incumbents operating across regulated European markets. During the course of the past months, the ECA …
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Michele Magro, General Counsel of the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA), has confirmed that the regulator will work with Italy’s ADM Customs Agency and further authorities to ‘eliminate criminal infiltrations in online gambling’. Magro confirmed to Italian betting news source AgiproNews that MGA officials had met with Italian counterparts in Rome to discuss regulatory cooperation and further information sharing to strengthen …
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Sports leagues and governing bodies have emphasised the distribution of their data rights through ‘official partnerships’, sanctioned by chosen tech partners. Adjusting to digital disruptions across all media and entertainment verticals, the debate on sports data rights should not be handled as a black-or-white matter… ________________ Arguments over sports data – who owns it, who distributes it, who uses it …
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Stockholm-listed sports betting systems provider Kambi Group Plc has set about dominating all wagering provisions for South American incumbents by expanding its existing commercial pipeline from Mexico’s borders to the “end of the world” in Tierra del Fuego Chile. Speaking to SBCNoticias, Kambi LatAm commercial lead Juan Barrachina underlined that the technology group is eyeing growth in Brazil and Buenos …
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Stockholm-listed online gambling group LeoVegas AB is seeking new engineering talent to join its IT hub in the Swedish city Vaxjo (Kronoberg county). This weekend, LeoVegas HR launched an innovative marketing campaign advertising in ‘code’ the vacancies the operator seeks to recruit, throughout Vaxjo’s city billboard. Operating since 2011, LeoVegas maintains three offices within its home market of Sweden located in …
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US gambling media publisher The Action Network has secured the enterprise backing of US real estate billionaire Stephen Ross – owner of the Miami Dolphins and Hard Rock Stadium. Ross’ private equity vehicle RSE Ventures confirmed this morning that it had undertaken a $17.5 million investment in The Action Network, an enterprise seeking to dominate all US wagering media disciplines in …
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The governance of Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG), Eastern Europe’s largest omni-channel gambling operator, has confirmed that it will reduce its active Lithuanian portfolio by closing down nine betting shops and two casino arcades. The decision follows on from the OEG performance review of its ‘Baltija’ (Baltic) subsidiary, in which governance underlined that inbound tax hikes on Lithuanian retail verticals had …
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MuchBetter, a provider of tailored igaming payment solutions, has confirmed a strong close to 2019 year-end trading as it secures German legacy sportsbook Interwetten Sports as a new client. Following successful negotiations at SIGMA 2019, MuchBetter announces that it will launch its instant ‘real-time’ payment services across Interwetten’s digital portfolio within the coming weeks. Operating since 2017, MuchBetter igaming payment solutions …
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Kiron Interactive, a specialist provider of virtual games has confirmed that it will enter the regulated Spanish online gambling marketplace, securing a partnership with R.Franco’s flagship digital property Wanabet. Updating the media, Kiron informs that its ‘BetMan RGS’ platform will be integrated within Wanabet’s sportsbook offering, deploying its full inventory of VS content including football, horseracing and greyhound content, as well …
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Slovakia’s gambling sector has been brought into disrepute, as executives of state-owned lottery operator ‘TIPOS SK’ are investigated on charges of money laundering. On the morning of Tuesday 26 November, officers of Slovak national crime agency NAKA raided the Bratislava headquarters of TIPOS Slovakia, detaining company Chairman Ján Barczi and IT Director Miloš Prelec. Breaking the arrests, Slovak news source …
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