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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 …

Dafabet has formed a partnership with Brazilian professional football club Santos FC, boosting its marketing and branding efforts in the Latin American sports betting sector. The sponsorship arrangement will run until 31 December 2021, and will see Dafabet branding appear on the Brasileiro Série A team’s shoulder blades. “Dafabet is one of the biggest online betting companies in the world, …

Kenya’s sports betting sector awaits a critical judgement on whether the National Treasury will restore its controversial 20% blanket tax across all wagering verticals.  The tax proposal has been submitted to be considered as a directive of Kenya’s 2021/2022 National Budget, the final amendments of which are currently being reviewed by Treasury Secretary Ukur Yattani. Yattani will present the National …

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 …