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Colossus Bets signs landmark cash-out agreement with AmWager

SBC News Colossus Bets signs landmark cash-out agreement with AmWager

Colossus Bets, a supplier of next-generation pool betting markets, has announced a further major US coup, after confirming that simulcast racing services provider AmWest Entertainment (AmWager) will become the first US-licensed racing incumbent to offer cash-out capabilities. Maintaining multiple US racetrack partnerships, AmWest offers an extensive range of ‘Advanced Deposit Wagering ADW’ provisions for US racing customers. Beginning with UK and …

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Better Collective appoints Shona ODonnell as global events lead

SBC News Better Collective appoints Shona ODonnell as global events lead

Stockholm-listed industry affiliate Better Collective A/S has expanded its senior management team after appointing Shona ODonnell as Head of Strategic Events. A figurehead in B2B event production for the global gaming sector, ODonnell joins Better Collective from Clarion Gaming, where she most recently served as Event Director, leading the firm’s portfolio of international executive conferences. Confirming the appointment, Jesper Søgaard, …

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IGT ups sports integrity dynamics by joining GLMS

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New York-listed gambling technology and lottery systems supplier IGT Group has joined the Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) as an Associate Member. IGT will form part of the global association of lotteries, which was established with the objective to ‘safeguard the integrity and values of sports worldwide’. Becoming an Associate Member, IGT will be linked to the GLMS visual identity. It will receive …

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US ‘gambling modernisation’ sees AGA restructure leadership team

SBC News US 'gambling modernisation' sees AGA restructure leadership team

Leading US gambling trade body The American Gaming Association (AGA) has confirmed the promotion of three members of its senior staff, as AGA governance seeks to reflect an ‘enhanced focus on industry modernization, communications and advocacy’. The AGA confirms the promotion of Dan Bretl as Senior Vice President of Strategy & Operations, leading AGA’s strategic partnerships and business development disciplines. …

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Dafabet nets ‘principal sponsorship’ for Canaries EPL return

SBC News Dafabet nets 'principal sponsorship' for Canaries EPL return

Returning to the Premier League, Norwich City FC secures ‘a club record partnership’ confirming online bookmaker Dafabet as its ‘principal shirt sponsor’. Norwich City executives unveiled Dafabet as official shirt sponsor with the Norfolk football club presenting its new Premier League season 2019/2020 football kits. Dafabet marketing secures a three-season sponsorship deal and will replace online gambling group LeoVegas as …

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LeoVegas gets ready for Spanish market launch

SBC News LeoVegas gets ready for Spanish market launch

Stockholm-listed LeoVegas AB has confirmed that it will launch its services for the regulated Spanish online gambling market, as the European operator prepares to enter its ‘7th locally regulated market’. Issuing an update, LeoVegas governance confirms that it has secured DGOJ approved licenses for both Spanish casino and sportsbook provisions, with the company moving to launch its initial Spanish domain …

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Eugene Delaney: Racing Post B2B – Quality Control… Content as a betting discipline

SBC News Eugene Delaney: Racing Post B2B – Quality Control… Content as a betting discipline

2019 realities see bookmakers face the toughest operating and market demands, as incumbents fight for betting scale efficiencies. Operating in cut-throat times, Eugene Delaney Director of Racing Post B2B details to SBC readers the importance of treating ‘content as a discipline’, having secured Betfred as the first content partner of  Racing Post B2B provisions. _________________ SBC: Hi Eugene, can you detail …

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Better Collective powers NJ.com wagering content

SBC News Better Collective powers NJ.com wagering content

Stockholm-listed industry affiliate Better Collective AB has made new US market inroads after undertaking a ‘technology and content’ led partnership with NJ Advance Media LCC. The strategic partnership will see NJ Advance’s New Jersey news platform NJ.com integrate Better Collective content and technology provisions, delivered through Better Collective’s flagship bettingexpert.com platform. The collaboration sees Better Collective content and information power New …

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Betsson Spain sponsors After Brunch Pride Party

SBC News Betsson Spain sponsors After Brunch Pride Party

Betsson AB’s Spanish online gambling property Betsson.es has partnered with Madrid-based live music, youth culture and entertainment group After Brunch, becoming a lead sponsor of the upcoming ‘After Brunch Pride Party’. Hosted this Sunday 7 July, the After Brunch Pride Party is considered one of the major festive events of Madrid Pride, taking place at the City’s ‘Ventas Bull Ring’ …

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Tabcorp defends ‘POC position’ against Racing Queensland

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Australia ASX-listed gambling group Tabcorp Holdings faces a legal dispute with Racing Queensland related to Australian betting’s new point-of-consumption (POC) tax charge. Unable to reach an agreement on POC ‘additional payments’, the governance of Racing Queensland has moved to file a Supreme Court challenge against Tabcorp subsidiary UBET Queensland. Implementing its state budget mandate, in October 2018 the Queensland government …

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