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Unibet will support the scheduled stable visits of its principal horseracing charity partner #GoRacingGreen during ‘Mental Health Awareness Week’.  For the past two years, Unibet has served as the lead fundraiser to #GoRacingGreen – a charity established by Debbie Matthews to make racing more accessible for those who suffer from mental health problems. Unibet’s support has allowed #GoRacingGreen to expand …

EPIC Risk Management has appointed Dr Donna Nicholas to take on its newly created role of Research and Evaluation manager, supporting the group’s wider strategic goals and objectives. Nicholas’ responsibilities at the independent gambling harm consultancy organisation will revolve around providing research and evaluation expertise to operational staff, and assisting with the development of effective research and evaluation strategies. The …

LeoVegas AB has announced the completion of its €5 million acquisition of legacy online sportsbook Expekt from Betclic Group – a deal announced last March.  The Stockholm-listed online gambling group will move to revamp Expekt’s platform and further rebrand the heritage firm’s identity, which had formerly traded as one of the Nordic markets most popular online sportsbooks during the 2000s. …

Grupo CIRSA, the Blackstone-owned Spanish gambling group, revealed that 2021 trading is ‘on par with company expectations’ as its global land-based units continue to be impacted by COVID circumstances.  Publishing a Q1 2021 trading overview, the CIRSA registered group operating profits of €28.6 million, generated from corporate revenues totalling €156 million. CIRSA underscored that period operating profits were generated against …

OPAP has reported a ‘record quarter’ for online revenue in its Q1 2021 report, offsetting significant revenue reductions in the retail sector as a consequence of continued pandemic-related lockdowns. The Athens-listed group’s online verticals ‘demonstrated significant growth’, attributed by the company to to both the COVID-19 pandemic in addition to the increased contribution made by Kaizen Gaming – the operating …

A complaint against Marathonbet regarding two separate Facebook features has not been upheld by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), after consulting with the sports betting operator and the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). The operator posted a Facebook update on 12 August 2020 stating ‘we’re offering 0% margin on the Champions League’, whilst providing a link, with a featured image depicting …

Kindred Group Plc has launched a new ‘All Employee Share Plan’ (AESP) which will allow its workforce to benefit from the success of the group through share ownership. The new AESP scheme will be made available to all current and future Kindred employees, with the exception of personnel registered as executive management of the Stockholm-listed online gambling group.  The scheme …

Sports betting software provider Metric Gaming has strengthened its partnership with Turbo Vegas in a move that will boost its presence in the Swedish market. The agreement builds on the existing partnership between Metric and Turbo Vegas operator Spiffbet AB, marking the second collaboration between the two companies and the second new launch in the past month with a Swedish focus, …

The leadership of Entain Plc is closely monitoring the planned sell-off of William Hill’s UK and European assets by new owner Caesars Entertainment.  Group CEO, Jette-Nygaard Andersen, disclosed to Bloomberg that the FTSE100 firm was looking at the possibility of acquiring William Hill’s UK/European divisions, which are set to be divested by Caesars Entertainment as new owner of the heritage …