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Steven Salz, Rivalry CEO: Turning a bookmaker into ‘the Red Bull of the internet’

Steven Salz, Rivalry CEO: Turning a bookmaker into the 'Red Bull of the internet'

Finding the right niche and audience is a challenge for any entrepreneur in betting, but esports operators such as Canada’s Rivalry have been gifted with a unique advantage in some respects. This is due to the audience for such products being largely from the Gen Z and millennial age brackets. As the firm’s CEO Steven Salz explained, effective engagement with …

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Rank issues profit warning on Grosvenor frozen performance 

SBC News Rank issues profit warning on Grosvenor frozen performance 

Rank Group Plc has issued a profit warning, alerting investors of weaker-than-anticipated results impacting its Grosvenor casino venues. Providing an update on its trading performance for the five months to 30 November, the LSE gambling group reported that a decline in Grosvenor performance had wiped out group growth.  “Whilst there has been some improvement in Grosvenor’s trading over the last …

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NSoft: understanding the changing betting habits in the Balkans

SBC News NSoft: understanding the changing betting habits in the Balkans

Writing for SBC News, NSoft journeys through the emergence of the online gambling space and the unique betting behaviours observed across the Balkan region. Until recently, there was a certain stigma associated with the gambling industry. But with advances in technology, a rising popularity of sports in mainstream media, the emergence of a sports-centric culture and rapid improvements in internet …

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GiG acquires AskGamblers for €45m as Catena sheds Euro assets

SBC News GiG acquires AskGamblers for €45m as Catena sheds Euro assets

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has this morning announced that it has reached a binding agreement to acquire online gambling community AskGamblers.com from Catena Media Plc.  The buyout is agreed for a total consideration of €45m, with GiG acquiring the additional online casino assets of JohnSlots.com and NewCasinos.com, alongside “further smaller European domains”. The €45m deal will be paid as a …

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GGL takes charge of German gambling’s interstate duties

GGL

Gluecksspiel (GGL) has taken full control of the regulatory duties of Germany’s Fourth Interstate Gambling Treaty (GlüNeuRStv) – assuming its responsibilities as the “common authority for German gambling”.  Yesterday, at a meeting in Halle, representatives of the nation’s 16 federal states met for the last time to dissolve the ‘Gambling Collegium’ a state-sanctioned body which served as GlüNeuRStv regime’s ‘temporary …

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Metric Gaming’s Marc Thomas: delivering ‘an unmatched racing product’

metric gaming delivering an unmatched racing product

With the ink barely dry on its latest deal with RacebookHQ, Metric Gaming is already looking forward to a fruitful collaboration that will deliver a higher yield for operators, enhance retention and revolutionise the way stakeholders can perform. Marc Thomas, CCO of Metric, explains all in this SBC exclusive. You recently announced a strategic partnership between Metric and RacebookHQ (RBHQ); …

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VIXIO welcomes Perwyn as new owner to expand global profile 

SBC News VIXIO welcomes Perwyn as new owner to expand global profile 

VIXIO (VIXIO.com) has come under new ownership, as European private-equity firm Perwyn has acquired the global gambling business and regulatory intelligence provider from Kester Capital.  The deal was announced this afternoon, with Perwyn taking full ownership of VIXIO’s flagship GamblingCompliance and PaymentsCompliance business intelligence portals. Perwyn informed that it will invest in VIXIO’s management team to further expand the depth of …

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GWL letter turns heat on Sunak to reform RET duties

SBC News GWL letter turns heat on Sunak to reform RET duties

Gambling with Lives (GWL) has handed PM Rishi Sunak a letter signed by six mothers bereaved of their children by gambling-related suicide.  The mothers handed the letter to the PM at Downing Street, accompanied by leading reformist Sir Iain Duncan Smith (MP), demanding that the “gambling industry should not control research, education or treatment” of problem gambling in the UK.  …

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Bringing crypto back through betting: Varun Sudhakar on BetDEX’s real money debut

SBC News Bringing crypto back through betting: Varun Sudhakar on BetDEX’s real money debut

All the world’s a stage, a certain playwright once famously penned down, and in contemporary society, the FIFA World Cup is arguably one of the biggest.  This viewpoint was not lost on Varun Sudhakar, CEO and Co-Founder of BetDEX Labs, who outlined how such tournaments can provide a strong PR boost to crypto-betting firms, and other actors in the wider …

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