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As it prepares to take on UK National Lottery management duties, Allwyn has agreed to acquire the Camelot Lottery Systems Group (Camelot LS) from the Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan (OTTP). The deal builds on Allwyn’s decision to outright buy Camelot UK, which has been the operator of the National Lottery since 1993 and was the firm’s main competition in the …

Any doubts about sportsbooks’ performance during the World Cup were put to rest during the tournament thanks to a ‘high level of engagement’, according to OpenBet. The sportsbook technology and content supplier processed 200 million bets across its channels, totalling $2bn across the four-week tournament, representing a 13% uptick on the 2018 World Cup. The improvements were driven by a …

Genius Sports has taken another step in its roadmap for US expansion, securing a Sports Gaming Supplier License in the state of Ohio this week. Issued to the London-based company by the Ohio Casino Control Commission (OCCC), the licence enables Genius to offer its sportstech and data services to operators active in the state once the regulated betting market goes …

Concluding 12 months of international activity, marked by a series of key partnership integrations, Betby is well positioned to capitalise on opportunities in the new year. In this second part of his interview with SBC News, Chris Nikolopoulos, the company’s Chief Commercial Officer offered some insights into Betby’s strategic overview of four key established and emerging continental markets.  The betting …

Finding the right niche and audience is a challenge for any entrepreneur in betting, but esports operators such as Canada’s Rivalry have been gifted with a unique advantage in some respects. This is due to the audience for such products being largely from the Gen Z and millennial age brackets. As the firm’s CEO Steven Salz explained, effective engagement with …

FSB Technology has unveiled an updated strategy for 2023, including new leadership and a refocusing of its international operations away from the US. Describing its new year outlook as a ‘de-prioritisation’ of stateside activity, the London-based betting and igaming supplier will instead target the UK and Ireland, Europe and Africa.  Coordinating this strategy will be Adam Smith, who will take …

Super Group, the owner of the Betway and Spin brands, has announced its decision to cancel private warrants and earnout waivers related to its NYSE listing.  Following a revision of its NYSE shareholdings and stock compensation, the governance of Super Group has decided to remove the potential issuance of approximately 78.8m company ordinary shares. The decision will lower Super Group’s …

Eyeing up stronger planning for financial and investment decisions, Future Anthem has appointed Laura Bird as its Chief Financial Officer. Bird is the artificial intelligence (AI) and data start-up’s first-ever CFO, and will be tasked with ‘spearheading’ financial strategy and coordination alongside other board members. She joins London-based Future Anthem six months after a Bettor Capital-led Series A funding round …

Sportradar Group AG has strengthened its commitment to athlete well being with the release of a new educational video which will be made available to its Integrity Services league and governing body partners. The documentary-style video aims to explore how legal sports betting may have an effect on the mental health and wellbeing of athletes. Athletes including former professional soccer …

All the world’s a stage, a certain playwright once famously penned down, and in contemporary society, the FIFA World Cup is arguably one of the biggest.  This viewpoint was not lost on Varun Sudhakar, CEO and Co-Founder of BetDEX Labs, who outlined how such tournaments can provide a strong PR boost to crypto-betting firms, and other actors in the wider …