Europe

Spanish gambling operator Grupo Codere begins 2018 by undertaking a leadership and governance restructure. Updating the market, Codere confirmed the appointment of Vicente Di Loreto as new Group Chief Executive, replacing current incumbent José Antonio Martínez Sampedro as the company leader. Di Loreto the former COO of Codere Latin America (2005-2010) will be supported by new Executive Chairman Norman Sorensen …

Tipico has agreed a sponsorship deal with the German Football League (DFL) until the end of the 2020/21 season. As part of the agreement, which was brokered with the Bundesliga International subsidiary of the DFL and is effective immediately, the online casino and sports betting provider will receive rights to use the leagues’ respective logos in its advertising campaigns. From …

Technology provider BetConstruct has announced an agreement to provide its sports betting service to newly regulated Spanish online operator jokerbet.es. The new agreement includes Jokerbet integrating the BetConstruct Sportsbook onto its gaming platform with full access to its pre-match and comprehensive live betting coverage. As part of the deal, customers of Jokerbet.es will have access to wagering options on up …

Liverpool and Manchester City served up a thriller in the latest wave of Premier League fixtures, a round which has seen Constantinos Pinillos strengthen his place at the summit of the SBC League of Legends. The trader at Greek firm OPAP, who rose to top spot during the hectic Christmas period, thundered along to 92 points in gameweek 23, with …

Publishing a corporate update, Stockholm-listed industry games developer NetEnt has detailed that its Q4 2017 results (period ending 31 December) will ‘lag behind market forecasts’. Updating stakeholders, NetEnt governance expects to deliver Q4 2017 corporate revenues of SEK 419 million (Q4 target: SEK 447 million), combined with a period EBIT of circa SEK 150 million (Q4 target: SEK 170 million). …

Spanish industry trade body, La Asociación Española de Juego Digital (Jdigital) has confirmed the appointment of Sportium Digital Director Mikel López de Torre as its new President. A key leadership stakeholder since 2016, López de Torre has formerly served as the trade body’s Vice President and will replace Jdigital founder Sacha Michaud as leader. Founded in 2012, amidst the imminent launch of …

UK based independent iGaming firm Genii is to team up with online gambling software suppliers Bede Gaming in a new content based partnership. As part of the link up clients of Bede Gaming, who process tens of millions of transactions per month, are to gain access to Genii’s extensive portfolio of in excess of 140 HD games, which incorporate a …

Highlighting industry innovation and effective product development combined with new operational disciplines, Kambi leadership details to SBC, a full product breakdown on delivering its Instant betting markets. Key stakeholders, Max Meltzer, Jonas Jansson and Simon Noy, detail Kambi’s fresh approach to developing instant markets and how this immersive product has tested all corporate dynamics of Kambi’s intricate value chain… ___________________ …

Affiliate Insider will host its first “niche boutique networking and learning event” at this year’s Betting on Football conference at Stamford Bridge (20-23 March). Held on the first full day of #bofcon2018 (Wednesday 21 March), the Affiliate Insider Bootcamp (AIB) is the first specialist forum for the new affiliate news, training and events focused business launched by SBC Global and …