Grupo CIRSA, Spain’s largest gambling operator, has published its 2020 financial accounts, revealing group-wide operating losses of €255 million. CIRSA, which is fully owned by US private equity fund Blackstone Group, cites that its financial performance had ‘rebounded’ during the second half of 2020 trading, as the company posted a better than anticipated full-year EBITDA of €126 million. Nevertheless, CIRSA …
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Internet Vikings has grown its footprint within the South East Asian market after launching a new cloud hosting platform in Singapore. The new platform will enable Internet Vikings to strengthen its offering to Internet Service Providers (ISPs), iGaming operators and ecommerce platforms across the region. “We are very excited to expand our network into one of the largest tech hubs …
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Automation, personalisation and that all important Netflix-style experience are hot topics on this year’s operator agenda. With that in mind, we sat down with Alex Kornilov (pictured), Managing Director for Parimatch’s new global innovation partner, Betegy, to talk through how his company is bringing the latest in tech to the B2C marketing space. SBC: Your recent landmark ‘global innovation’ deal with …
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Betting shops are hoping to reopen their doors in mid-April after Prime Minister Boris Johnson laid out his ‘roadmap’ for the UK’s COVID recovery, with adult gaming centres, bingo halls and casinos scheduled to follow on 17 May. In a press conference last night, Johnson outlined his ‘cautious but irreversible’ four-stage COVID recovery plan where he set out provisional dates …
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Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has achieved all corporate transformation objectives laid out in 2020, helping the company achieve its long-term goal of becoming online gambling’s most valuable B2B technology supplier. Citing continued operational efficiencies during Q4 trading, GiG recorded group revenues of €17.3 million – up 66% on corresponding Q4 2019’s €10.4 million. Q4 trading saw the Stockholm-listed technology group …
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BetVictor has confirmed that it has renewed partnership terms with LeanConvert as its lead digital optimisation and conversion agency. The Gibraltar betting group will continue to work with LeanConvert for a fifth consecutive year, enhancing its digital marketing campaigns and all-round UX experience. Upon confirming the renewal of the contract BetVictor noted that LeanConvert had achieved its partnership objective of …
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The UK government has released the second tranche of funding as part of the Sport Winter Survival Package, which will designate women’s sport as a priority. In November last year, the government assembled a winter rescue package – consisting largely of loans – worth £300 million for 11 sports suffering financially due to the coronavirus crisis. In the latest tranche, …
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When considering what makes a ‘typical bettor’, many often imagine a male aged between 18-35, but – according to Slotegrator – “there’s more and more reason to consider female gamblers and those in other age brackets as well”. A new guide published by the iGaming software provider highlighted the importance of operators having an in-depth knowledge of their customers – …
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Superbet has launched ‘The Magic Feeling of #SuperSport’ as its new lead advertising campaign within its home market of Romania. The campaign, developed by Bucharest creative marketing agency Rusu+Bortun, sees Superbet promote its full range of live betting markets covering Romania’s most popular sports. Adjusting to a period with no sports activity during the 2020 pandemic, Superbet – Romania’s biggest …
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The National Lottery Heritage Fund will provide £13.5 million in local grants through its ‘Heritage Capital Kickstart Fund’ to help revive 22 heritage sites across the UK impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic. Planned regeneration and maintenance projects from before the pandemic, which are facing delays or increased costs, can now resume thanks to this funding. The Heritage Capital Kickstart Fund is distributed …
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