Affiliate marketing publisher XLMedia has moved to restructure its executive leadership team in support of the company’s ongoing transformation programme. XLMedia has identified a number of functions and roles which it believes ‘could be streamlined’. It comes as the company looks to ‘leverage both automation and outsourcing, whilst also gravitating towards increased editorial’. Sarah Clark, who joined XLMedia as the …
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Italian betting leadership has issued a response to parliamentary discussions on introducing a new 0.75% tax on betting and virtual sports wagers aimed at raising funds for ‘distressed Italian sports’. Italian Parliament continues to discuss the terms forming its ‘Revival Decree’ – a critical mandate which seeks to support the recovery of business and society from the long-term effects of COVID-19. …
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The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has written to the Welsh government, urging for a rethink on the terms attached to its business relief programme, which have excluded bookmakers and gambling enterprises from retail reprieves. BGC CEO Michael Dugher has written to Welsh First Minister Rebecca Evans warning the government that more than 2,000 jobs will be placed at risk …
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Industry market insights provider H2 Gambling Capital has agreed to extend its ‘Global Betting Summary Dataset’ market data coverage to include data on suspicious betting reported by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). The new dataset tracks back to 2017 when 266 alerts were logged, to the 183 reported last year. H2 updates its breakdown coverage on a quarterly basis, …
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Kiron has boosted its presence across core European markets after agreeing to supply its virtual racing products to Kindred Group subsidiary, Unibet. Under the agreement, Kiron has made its horse racing and greyhound racing products live on the sportsbook’s main racing page via the company’s partnership with ATR, which is expected to deliver rapid-play betting experiences for Unibet customers. Ben …
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HD virtual sports specialist Highlight Games has secured a new agreement with SuperSport to supply its Soccerbet product. The agreement sees Highlight Games supply both single match and league versions of its Soccerbet product across SuperSport’s online, mobile and retail divisions – both of which will be made available in both English and Italian. Soccerbet will feature footage from English …
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Leading CIS markets bookmaker Fortuna Entertainment has completed the full migration of its Polish sportsbook property onto the Playtech ‘IMS platform’. Optimising its group omni-channel capacities, Fortuna has sanctioned Playtech to deploy new systems integrations across its active market portfolio, which sees Poland join Fortuna’s home markets Slovakia and the Czech Republic in upgrading to IMS. Completing its Polish deployment, …
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Betsson Group has upped its commitment to industry diversity and inclusion after revealing that it has become a Founding Member of the All-In Diversity Project (AIDP). The announcement follows on from the launch of Betsson’s DIB initiative earlier this year, which features a number of activities aimed at highlighting ‘Diversity, Inclusion and Belonging’. Lena Nordin, Chief HR Officer at Betsson …
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The coronavirus has halted a variety of industries, whilst pushing others into a period of financial instability. Yet as the world adapts to the ‘new normal’, so does the betting industry. Operators and suppliers alike are getting creative to mitigate long-term business repercussions. With that in mind, Max Dubossarsky, Chief Operating Officer of Betinvest, wrote for SBC News to explain …
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Under normal circumstances, April and May should have been key campaign months for the US 2020 Elections (3 November), with the Democratic Party crowning Joe Biden to challenge President Trump. However, US 2020’s script has been flipped by COVID-19 consequences, adding further divisive factors to the campaign trail, as bookies tell SBC to buckle up for this year’s biggest wagering …
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