The board of 888 Holdings has confirmed the inbound appointment of Yariv Dafna as its new Group CFO, replacing long-term incumbent Aviad Kobrine. Back in January, Kobrine confirmed that he would end his 15-year tenure as an 888 corporate and governance executive. Issuing a filing with the London Stock Exchange, 888 stated that Dafna will join the firm’s executive leadership …
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Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has been forced to reorganise its legislative schedule in relation to the Netherlands launching its regulated online gambling marketplace. Issuing a short statement, the regulatory authority for Dutch gambling confirmed that the formal ascension of the ‘Remote Gambling Act’ (KOA Act) would be delayed by a further two months to 1 March 2021. The delay sees the KSA …
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New football trading platform Footstock has announced its UK launch ahead of this weekend’s start of the 2020/2021 Premier League season (Saturday 12 September). Spearheading its UK debut, Footstock announced ‘trading first’ as it launched a ‘£100K freeroll contest’ which will be open to all EPL fans that register with its player trading exchange. The freeroll contest will run throughout …
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Irish bookmaker BoyleSports has confirmed that it has acquired ‘almost all’ of the HughesBet retail estate from Northern Irish bookmaker Gregory Hughes. As part of the acquisition, BoyleSports will take over six of the seven shops in the HughesBet chain of stores, all of which will be rebranded as BoyleSports outlets. Conor Gray, chief executive of BoyleSports stated: “Since BoyleSports …
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TOTO, the Netherlands lottery sportsbook brand, has secured a sponsorship agreement with four football clubs in the Women’s Eredivisie. PSV, ADO Den Haag, sc Heerenveen and FC Twente have all signed a three-year agreement with the sportsbook brand. This latest agreement, according to TOTO, elevates the brand’s support for Dutch football. Commenting on the new partnership, Arno de Jong, Chief …
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DraftKings has gone live in Ireland after launching a new online sportsbook as its first international test for its new in-house SBTech platform provider. The soft launch of Sportsbook.draftkings.ie marks the operator’s first launch outside of the US. The sportsbook is registered by Crown Gaming Malta Ltd under a remote bookmaker’s licence issued by the Office of the Revenue Commissioners. …
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Not that long ago, gambling advertising was far from the highly controversial subject it has become in more recent times. Re-reading findings from 2014 research into “public perceptions of gambling advertising in the UK”, commissioned by the Advertising Standards Authority, makes me realise just how much both public sentiment and the regulatory mood have changed since then. Six years ago, …
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The focus for operators in the European market should be on reactivation and retention, explained Victor Sevciuc, Head of Sales for Sports Betting and Gaming at Xtremepush, as he discussed the global betting landscape for operators looking to finish 2020 on a high. Ahead of the upcoming SBC Summit Barcelona – Digital, where Xtremepush will be exhibiting, we spoke with …
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Omni-channel content provider Vermantia has secured a new agreement with SISAL to provide its global racing content to the Italian operator. Under the terms of the agreement, SISAL will be able to elevate its offering of international racing content, with coverage from tracks across the UK, Australia, New Zealand, India and South Africa via Vermantia’s A-TV channel and Arena Racing …
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Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has formed a strategic partnership with Betgenius to boost its sports data, trading and risk management provisions, and further the sportsbook capacity of its flagship B2B platform. The agreement will see GiG utilise Betgenius’ end-to-end live data, trading and risk management services to upgrade all sportsbook provisions for regulated market partners. 2020 has marked a year …
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