North America

 Raketech Plc has agreed to acquire the assets of US sports tipster group ATS Consultants for an agreed purchase price of $15.5 million (€13.5m). The deal will see Raketech expand its North American publishing portfolio to include the tipster communities of Winnersandwhiners.com, Statsalt.com and Pickpapa.com. Securing its latest US transaction, Raketech confirmed that it would pay an upfront $12 million …

Esports Technologies Inc has filed a new patent application protecting the IP of its modelling system pricing multiplayer esports battle games. The patent asserts that Esports Technologies has assigned unique systems and methods utilising proprietary statistical tools to represent the exact score distribution of kills in multiplayer online battle arenas (MOBAs). Applying its modelling system, Esports Technologies underscores that it …

Enrico Bradamante has joined Pariplay as the igaming aggregator and content provider’s latest Chief Commercial Officer, with the firm identifying a goal to ‘boost Pariplay’s expansion strategy’. Bradamante will be responsible for coordinating Pariplay’s global growth plans as the company looks to strengthen its position in international regulated markets, including in the burgeoning North American gaming sector where the company …

EPIC Risk Management has appointed Les Murray as its new Managing Director, with responsibility for coordinating the group’s European and US-focused efforts as it goes through ‘a period of rapid expansion’. As Managing Director, Murray will work closely with Paul Buck, the CEO of the gambling harm reduction consultancy, to ‘maximise awareness’ of its education programmes and ‘thought leadership’ surrounding …

Better Collective has taken the decision to acquire the remaining 40% shares in RotoGrinders Network for a purchase price of €33 million, in a bid to strengthen its position in the US sports betting market.  To complete the transaction, the Copenhagen-based firm will pay €22 million in cash and the remainder in either shares or cash, with both components transferred …

Sportradar has earned recognition for its data-driven betting integrity operations, having secured the International Betting Integrity Association’s (IBIA) Data Standards Kitemark. First launched in October of last year, the Data Standards Kitemark is a set of standards and guidelines relating to the collection of data for the purpose of protecting sporting integrity against betting corruption.  In issuing the Kitemark, described …

Entain is providing customers of its gaming brands with ‘unique’ experiences and media content, whilst promising special access for Formula 1 fans through its PartyCasino and partypoker brands. International TV ads will run from now to the end of the season in mid-December, initially in the UK, promising customers special access to the McLaren F1 team through PartyCasino and partypoker, …

Evolution Gaming reports a period of high activity, as its gaming business continues to benefit from an expanded product catalogue and games selection.  The Stockholm Nasdaq games studio has attributed a ‘very strong global demand’ for live casino offerings as the primary factor behind its Q3 growth, which has seen its total operating revenues increase by 97% to €276 million …

Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has announced this morning that it will sell its SG Lottery unit to Brookfield Business Partners and its institutional partners for a total sum of $6.05 billion.  The consideration will consist of $5.825 billion in cash and an earn-out of up to $225 million dependent on the achievement of specified EBITDA targets in 2022 and 2023. …