Europe

Continuing its planned European market expansion, US daily fantasy sports (DFS) operator DraftKings has launched its services in Germany. The DFS operator enters the German sports market, through its recently secured Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) ‘Controlled Skill Games Licence’ which was granted to DraftKings operations this March. Having officially launched its DFS services within the UK betting market in H1 …

Kindred Group’s £176 million outright cash offer for 32Red Plc assets has become ‘unconditional’ following its acceptance by 32Red majority shareholders and having gained approval by the Licensing Authority of Gibraltar. Updating the market this morning, the governance of 32Red informed corporate stakeholders that both its investors and directorship had accepted Kindred’s £176 million offer put forward on 23 February 2017. …

Following a year of mass industry consolidation, high-level panelists at Betting on Football 2017 will be discussing whether sports betting is still an attractive proposition for investors. The ‘Managing Risk’ panel at Stamford Bridge on 3 May will feature Valhalla Investments Chairman Mark Blandford, GVC Holdings COO Shay Segev and Dreamworx Online Founder & Investor Christian Edler, alongside Marek Šmrha, …

This March industry software and platform developer EveryMatrix, announced the launch of its new industry payment service MoneyMatrix, a payment and risk management system designed and developed for industry stakeholder needs. SBC speaks to MoneyMatrix’s main project lead Sandra Barton (CEO MoneyMatrix) on the development and launch of EveryMatrix’s new service and its ambitions in 2017… _________________ SBC: Hi Sandra, …

There’s not long to go until Betting on Football 2017 (3-5 May), the fourth incarnation of the largest international football and betting trade conference. We caught up with Martin Wachter, the CEO and Founder for Platinum Sponsor Golden Race, to discuss new technology in virtual betting, and how virtual sports based companies can work better and more effectively with football …

As Prime Minister Theresa May prepares to Trigger Article 50 on Wednesday 29 of March, British pop music may become the first victim of Great Britain’s fractured relationship with Europe. Opening ‘Eurovision 2017’ markets, the majority of bookmakers have placed UK entry Lucie Jones ‘Never Give Up on You’ at a longshot 35-40/1 to win the 62nd pan-European song contest. …

Earlier this month, Kindred Futures co-hosted a roundtable session in London exploring opportunities around how artificial intelligence (AI) can be used to detect early signs of problem gambling. Kindred Futures, the innovation arm for Kindred Group (formerly Unibet Group), initiated discussions between leading academics, technology pioneers, addiction psychologists and Kindred’s team of responsible gambling experts. The focus was on the …

UK-based sports betting data provider TXODDS has confirmed its first ever sponsorship deal with undefeated British and Commonwealth middleweight champion, Tommy Langford. Already a supplier of real time odds data and statistics to leading betting organisations and professionals, TXODDS hopes that the agreement will highlight its specialist data to an even wider audience, and promote an advanced portfolio of products …

Sports media rights distributor Perform Group (Perform), has announced the launch of its ‘In-Play Facts’ product in partnership with betting markets software supplier Bettorlogic. Adding new features to its client betting portfolio and powered using Perform RunningBall, the new In-Play Facts products provides punters with data-driven reasons for in-play betting, whether they are watching a game for a limited time …

Ahead of this weekend’s start of the 2017 Formula One season (Australian Grand Prix – 26 March), European bookmaker Unibet (Kindred Group) has appointed former F1 World Champion racer Mika Häkkinen as its new Brand Ambassador. Known as ‘the Flying Finn’, Häkkinen is considered one of F1’s greatest ever drivers having secured back-to-back world championships in 1998 & 1999. The twenty-time …