North America

The British Columbia Lottery Corporation (BCLC) will begin offering single-event sports bets and bets on racing and fighting on its website, PlayNow.com, when Bill C-218 – the Safe and Regulated Sports Betting Act – comes into effect today. PlayNow.com players can now place a single wager on the outcome of a football game, such as Saturday’s meeting between the BC Lions and Ottawa Redblacks, or the …

Real Luck Group maintains that its business remains in a stable position, supported by a strengthened balance sheet of CAD $17.2 million (€11.5m)  as the company moves to transform its flagship Luckbox esports wagering platform.  Luckbox 2021 interim trading results were published on the SEDAR registry of the Alberta Securities Commissions (ASC), showing that the firm realised revenues of CAD …

Scientific Games has signed an agreement to acquire instant games studio Sideplay Entertainment, bolstering its games content and advancing the development of its iLottery platform. The Nasdaq technology group chose not to disclose financial terms of its agreement, in which it will acquire Sideplay’s full suite of +270 instant win games, boosting its services for the digital lotteries market. Sideplay …

Better Collective said that it has executed peak H1 trading, driven by record US results combined with a breakthrough period for its media partnerships. Publishing its 2021 interim results (period ending 30 June), Better Collective registered record Q2 revenues of €40 million, up 162% on corresponding Q2 2020 results of €15.2 million. Period growth was maintained by Better Collective’s publishing …

Net gaming revenue for Super Group, the parent company of Betway and Spin, is on track to match full-year expectations of $1.5 billion, accounting for over $350 million in EBITDA. The projections were disclosed by Super Group in an update to its investors on the progress of its F-4 registration with the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC), as corporate governance pursues …

Sportradar has strengthened its position in the US sports betting industry by extending its existing partnership with prominent operator FanDuel. The contract renewal will see Sportradar continue to serve as the data and odds supplier for US sports for FanDuel until 2028, with the Swiss sports data and analytics company providing products and services including pre-match and live betting services …

Esports Technologies has filed a provisional patent to leverage artificial intelligence technology in order to generate odds models for an esports betting algorithm. The AI-driven odds model would be used for esports tournaments – leveraged prior to the commencement of a competition as well as various stages throughout the event. Generation of odds will be informed by machine learning and …

Genius Sports has acquired Spirable in a move to bolster its data-driven video engagement capacities for all sports stakeholders. The NYSE sportstech group intends to leverage Spirable’s video platform and combine this system with its official sports data collection and distribution operations and client network to reduce costs for partners and enable ‘deeper engagement’ and ‘higher performance’. Mark Locke, CEO …

Sportradar has filed a registration statement on Form F-1 with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) relating to an Initial Public Offering (IPO) of its ordinary shares, as it looks to list on the NASDAQ Global Market under the ticker symbol SRAD. The sports data technology company has filed a statement relating to the proposed sale of its securities with …