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HBA Media (HBA) has secured sports-network coverage in every major continent for the Breeders’ and Melbourne Cups. This weekend, the two-day Breeders’ Cup World Championship (3 – 4 November) returns to Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif, marking the 40th year of the event.  Meanwhile, Australia’s greatest horse racing festival – the Melbourne Cup Carnival – also begins at Flemington …

Amid looming consolidation across Western European betting markets, Portugal stands out as a fresh market for online sportsbook competition. SBC taps into the expertise of Tiago Pereira, market lead for LeBull.pt, who cites bright prospects for new challengers in the Portuguese arena. SBC: Hi Tiago, thanks for this interview. Having worked for Betano and Entain, you are a seasoned executive …

Regulatory difficulties have dogged Entain’s Q3 performance significantly according to the group’s leadership, particularly in Germany and the UK with the group facing an ongoing HMRC investigation in the latter. Expect headlines…. In his address to investors following publication of the company’s Q3 results, group Chairman Barry Gibson informed that Entain will go before the courts during Q4 and expects …

BetMakers Technology Group has extended its agreement with William Hill, further strengthening the Australian betting solutions provider’s connections to the European sector. The deal will continue to encompass delivery of BetMakers fixed odds solutions, content, and data services to the legacy UK bookmaker, part of the 888 Holdings international gaming group since acquisition in late 2021. This includes its Price Manager …

Global betting platform provider Playbook Engineering, has announced the expansion of its executive team this week with the appointment of Jonathan Chilton as its new Chief Operating Officer (COO). In a statement confirming the move, the firm said that the hire marks the latest in a series of appointments within the business over the past few months. Chilton’s arrival follows …

Shape Games will provide its front-end services to SunBet under the terms of a deal enabled by its parent company’s Kambi’s partnership with the operator. South African firm SunBet, which is owned by the Sun International group, is aiming to enhance the customer experience by integrating Shape Games’ native frontend solution. The Copenhagen-based developer is rolling out its services across …

Artificial Intelligence is the next major growth driver in the betting space according to  Kambi’s CEO Kristian Nylen following the group’s Q3 earnings presentation, and is an area the company intends to take strides in. As well as announcing its achievement of significant financial targets, such as a 15% increase in revenue to €42m, Kambi today revealed a new name …

 Spelinspektionen, the Gambling Inspectorate of Sweden, has issued a warning and penalty fee of SEK 9m (€750k) on Videoslots for failure to uphold protections of Sweden’s Money Laundering Act. The Inspectorate had placed Videoslots under supervision on 2 November 2021, citing “shortcomings in the work against money laundering and financing of terrorism”.  Under scrutiny, Videoslots is reported to have insufficient …

Lottomatica SPA has informed the Borsa Milan that it has settled on terms to acquire SKS365 Malta, the operating company behind the PlanetWin365 (sportsbook) and PlanetPay365 (arcade) brands, for an enterprise value of €639m. The acquisition, confirmed today, means that Lottomatica SPA is set to become the outright largest omnichannel gambling group in the Italian market.  Lottomatica’s deal entails taking …

EveryMatrix has taken Szerencsejáték (SZRT) live on its sportsbook platform after first partnering with the Hungarian National Lottery back in January. The Malta-based supplier is supporting the lottery’s sports betting operations using its OddsMatrix sportsbook division, after completing what EveryMatrix described as one of its ‘most complex integrations to date’. As well as providing its betting software solutions and services …