Aspire Global has agreed to power Luckster.com entry into regulated European and Latin American markets ahead of the multi-vertical brand’s upcoming launch. The partnership is said to be the ‘first that covers the entire Aspire Global proprietary offering – platform, sports and casino games’. Mike Batenburg, owner and Managing Director at Luckster.com, said: “When we were searching for a platform for …
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ANJ appoints Xavier Asperge as French gambling’s IT supervisor
Strengthening its compliance remit, l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), France’s unified gambling regulator, has confirmed the appointment of Xavier Asperge as its Director of Technical Expertise and Systems Supervision. Asperge will be tasked with developing the ANJ’s new tech supervisory unit, the division charged with monitoring and registering all tech-related components of licensed French gambling businesses. A qualified telecommunications engineer, …
Read More »British sports bodies ‘see the benefits’ of vaccine passports
The BBC has reported that a group of elite-level British sporting bodies have backed the use of vaccine passports as a possible measure for supporting the return of spectators to stadiums. In a letter addressed to the leaders of the major political parties, the FA, Premier League, English Football League (EFL), England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB), the Rugby Football …
Read More »Catena notifies investors of a record Q1 opening performance
Catena Media has revealed an ‘exceptionally strong opening’ to its 2021 trading, as the company anticipates Q1 2021 revenues to top the €40 million mark. This morning, the Stockholm-listed affiliate marketing publisher released its Q1 pre-close trading statement, alerting investors that Catena would deliver a record quarterly revenue performance. Updating investors, Catena estimated that its Q1 adjusted EBITDA will fall …
Read More »BETFEST set to connect sports fans and betting brands
The first edition of BETFEST is set to offer brands in the U.S. sports betting sector a valuable new way to reach and engage with both seasoned bettors and fans ready for their first experience of this exciting new industry. Organised by Sports Betting Community (SBC) in partnership with SeventySix Capital Sports Advisory, the online event on Saturday, May 15, …
Read More »Why closing the gender gap can help igaming reach its full potential
As with many other industries, online gambling can be considered guilty of fostering a gender imbalance, writes Jack Holmes, Affiliate & SEO Marketing Manager at Bettor Media. But while there are similar levels of females and males within many positions, certainly those in the entry and middle levels, the same cannot be said for the ‘positions of power’ higher up …
Read More »Entain: Ladbrokes and Coral will be Grand National’s top tech studs
Entain has outlined the significance of this Saturday’s Grand National race for its flagship UK brands of Ladbrokes and Coral. Aintree’s heritage fixture will mark the first occasion in which both customers of Ladbrokes and Coral will be supported by Entain’s proprietary technology systems. Despite facing COVID-19 headwinds, during the first half of 2020 trading Entain fulfilled its technical objectives …
Read More »Parimatch opts for joint leadership in corporate overhaul
Parimatch has overhauled its corporate leadership structures, in order for the CIS betting group to take advantage of new commercial opportunities. This afternoon, Parimatch confirmed that Sergey Portnov had relinquished his role as Group CEO to become Chairman of the Board. Portnov’s leadership duties will be shared with Parimatch senior partners Roman Syrotian and Maksym Liashko, serving as the firm’s …
Read More »BCCI Anti-Corruption Chief affirms that ‘betting encourages match fixing’
Shabir Hussein Shekhadam Khandwawala, the Board of Control for Cricket in India’s (BCCI) new Chief of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has taken a strong stance against legalised betting. The new anti-corruption leader’s opinions are in stark contrast to former BCCI ACU head Ajit Singh, who believed that stricter regulations of India’s betting industry would assist with controlling and combating corruption …
Read More »GamCare to expand specialised support for the Criminal Justice System
GamCare is ready to undertake a critical project in relation to improving problem gambling treatment support across the UK’s penal systems. The Charity has secured two-years funding to scale up the delivery of its ‘Nationwide Programme’, in which it plans to expand treatment and the pathways to support, made available within the UK Criminal Justice System (CJS). GamCare has long …
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