Europe

Boosting its profile and coverage within the Russian betting market, Panserve Limited European online bookmaker Marathonbet has announced that it has signed an official shirt sponsorship with FC Dynamo Moscow. Marathonbet marketing has announced that it has secured a three-year ‘shirt branding’ deal, which will see the bookmaker’s brand displayed on the back of Dynamo Moscow’s Russian Premier League matches, …

Issuing a market update, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has published a joint industry consultation with the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) detailing forthcoming changes to EU-wide business policy relating to ‘anti-money laundering and combatting the funding of terrorism (AML/CFT) requirements’. The document highlights provisions set by the European Parliament and Council on new regulations relating to the prevention of …

Amaya Inc online poker subsidiary PokerStars has furthered its brand coverage partnership with new poker ambassador Usain Bolt, confirming that it will sponsor the upcoming  IAAF Monaco Diamond League athletics meeting at the Stade Louis II Stadium on July 21. PokerStars will provide the bibs for all eight athletes competing in the men’s 100m race, as they tune up for …

The Australian Competition & Consumer Commission (ACCC) has filed a federal court order demanding a ‘further judicial review’ of the AUS $11 billion merger of Tabcorp Holdings and Tatts Group Plc. The Tabcorp-Tatts combination to form the ‘outright Australian gambling market leader’ was approved on 20 June by the Australian Competition Tribunal (ACT). However, the ACCC who acted as the …

Updating the market, BetConstruct has secured an agreement to become lead sportsbook provisions supplier for new Spanish market online operator PASTÓN (PASTON.es). The agreement will see BetConstruct’s multi-market sports betting solution integrated within PASTÓN online gambling platform, boosting the operator’s pre-match and in-play betting offering. The new Spanish online gambling enterprise is serviced by Valencia-based gambling firm Euroapuestas Online SAU. …

John Pettit, Playtech BGT Sport’s UK, Ireland, Asia and Australia Managing Director speaks to SBC on his firm’s detailed approach to servicing independent bookmakers. Having secured new terminal contracts with a number UK independent bookmakers, Pettit details how Playtech BGT services and provisions can help ‘independents’ continue to make their mark within the ultra-competitive UK retail betting sector.    __________________________ …

Updating the market, Paddy Power has informed that it has signed a five-year broadcast deal with racing content supplier SIS (Sports Information Services), which will see the bookmaker upgrade to a ‘branded retail TV Network’ hosted by SIS services. The partnership will see Paddy Power become the first bookmaker to integrate SIS’s latest production technology, Complex Automated Production (CAP), which …

Last week, LeoVegas launched its LeoVegas Sport product into the Danish market. Having been granted a Danish licence, LeoVegas will now offer around 100,000 betting games daily in more than 40 different sports in Denmark. LeoVegas Group CEO Gustaf Hagman stated: “The launch of LeoVegas’ casino has been very successful and LeoVegas has established itself as a brand in Denmark. …

Online casino content supplier Ganapati will be showcasing its original game She Ninja SUZU and releasing new images of the upcoming Tokyo Saints at next week’s iGaming Super Show. At 12:15 on Wednesday 12 July, Ganapati Malta CEO Mitsuya Fujimoto will be presenting the games at iGnite, a new open conference area on the show floor in Amsterdam where software …

Sports betting integrity body ESSA has welcomed the regulatory interest in tackling match fixing via The Group of Copenhagen (Network of National Platforms), which held its 4th meeting in The Hague this week at the Department of Sport at the Dutch Ministry of Ministry of Health, Welfare and Sport. ESSA Secretary General Khalid Ali said the organisation: welcomed the increased focus on betting …