North America

Low6 has reported it has achieved commercial targets for its UltimateFan offering, an app that operates fantasy sports platforms across a range of international sports. Launched last summer before the rescheduled UEFA 2020 European Championships, UltimateFan has now been installed over 150,000 times, and was further bolstered by the beginning of the 2021/22 National Football League (NFL) season. In the …

Gamban has expanded the international scope of its blocking software, launching an official Spanish language service available in multiple countries.  The service can be downloaded in all Spanish-speaking nations, but the online gambling blocking company has noted that in Spain, the gambling authorities and government have become increasingly focused on safer gambling.  Notably, the Spanish Competition & Markets Commission (CNMC) …

888 Holdings has significantly bolstered its North American growth prospects, confirming this morning that it is amongst the first foreign operators to secure an Ontario province licence.  Updating investors, the FTSE250 online gambling group confirmed that its B2C online gambling platform had been awarded an igaming licence by the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO). Ontario’s online gambling market …

Sports data, streaming and AI pioneer Stats Perform has today unveiled what it described as a “blockbuster range of new products for sports betting operators” at an online event entitled ‘Light Up Your Sportsbook’, which can be replayed here. The five new products include industry-first innovations designed to make live streaming, player stats bets, same-game multis and other popular sports …

Brandt Iden, Head of Government Affairs at Sportradar, shares his views on how states that originally legalized sports betting at the retail level only are now starting to reverse course to include mobile/online wagering. It’s a trend he expects to continue as more numbers point to the dominance of mobile/online wagering in the US market… SBC: We’re starting to see …

IGT Plc has underlined the group-wide strategic progress achieved by its corporate transformation programme, as all business units surpass trading expectations.  Posting its full-year 2021 results, the NYSE gambling technology group registered corporate revenues of $4.1 billion, up 31% on corresponding FY2020 results of $3.1 billion. The firm’s Global Lottery unit achieved a 29% increase in revenues to $2.8 billion …

SBC Summit North America, the leading conference and tradeshow for the sports betting and igaming industry in the U.S. and Canada, is set to return to New Jersey in its new summer date of July 12-14, 2022. The 2021 edition of the Summit was the best-attended dedicated event yet staged for the high-growth sports betting and emerging igaming sectors in …

Sports data and analytics provider Stats Perform will host its biggest launch event of the year next week, showcasing five major new products designed to ‘Light Up Your Sportsbook in 2022’.  The big reveal will take place live online on Wednesday 2 March and can be watched by registering at https://bit.ly/LUYS_STATSPERFORM. Presenting will be Andrew Ashenden, Stats Perform Chief Betting …

Betway and Spin parent company Super Group has predicted a strong financial performance in its debut trading results as a New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) listed company. Releasing a preliminary trading report for the full year 2021 – the actual report is expected in the first half of April – Super Group anticipates net gaming revenue of $1,520 million, a …

Esports Entertainment Group Inc (EEG) has outlined significant progress on its commercial and tech objectives following the expansion of its global gaming portfolio.   Publishing its interim 2022 trading update (six month period ending 31 December) – the US Nasdaq online gambling and esports wagering group registered a 12x jump in revenues to $31 million (H12020: $2.6m). Period trading accounted for …