Betsson AB has continued its strategic expansion into new markets by disclosing that it has acquired a 28% stake in Canadian start-up Slapshot Media Inc. The investment led by subsidiary ‘Betsson Perch AB’ will provide Slapshot Media with CAD $3 million (€2m) in enterprise funding as the wider Betsson group commits to becoming a participant within Canada’s transformed gambling marketplace. …
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Entain has laid out a blueprint in a bid to achieve its goals of becoming “a world leader in sports betting, gaming, and interactive entertainment,” spearheaded by the acquisition of the technology platform, products and team of Unikrn. The purchase of the esports betting and entertainment media firm is expected to be finalised later in the year, and comes amid the appointment …
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Twitch has updated its content creator policies in a bid to restrict gambling adverts and advertorials being broadcast on its live video streaming platform. During the summer, the Amazon-owned platform faced backlash for its failure to police the promotion of gambling content to audiences on live streams. Notable controversies saw video game streamer Tyler ‘Trainwrecks’ Niknam called out for promoting …
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“Technology is all about what it can do to the player experience, how it generates excitement and even the social elements that it creates,” Jette Nygaard-Andersen, CEO of Entain, told SBC Leaders as she highlighted the ways technology can enable new consumer behaviours. In an exclusive interview with SBC Leaders, Nygaard-Andersen shone a light on the first six months as …
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Gamesys Group Plc has ‘continued to execute successfully’ across its KPIs, noting encouraging results in the UK and Asia, but it has encountered regulatory challenges in mainland Europe. Publishing its H1 trading report, the firm revealed that ‘good momentum’ in the UK and Asia had been the primary driving force behind a 17% increase in group evenues to £398 million …
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Global Gaming Women (GGW) has confirmed the appointment of Cassie Stratford as new president of its non-profit organisation supporting the development of women across all disciplines of the global gambling sector. Stratford currently serves as Vice President of Legal Affairs and Assistant General Counsel for Boyd Gaming and began her new role as President of GGW in July 2021. Taking leadership of GGW, …
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Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) pointed to positive group-wide commercial gains, as the firm accelerates plans to divest the technology group’s lottery and sports betting units disclosed during the quarter. Publishing its Q2 trading results, SGC registered consolidated group revenues of $880 million, up 63% on corresponding Q2 2019 results of $539 million. Period growth was primarily attributed to the …
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Intralot SA has secured a final settlement on its debt-note and capital restructure, undertaken to deepen its financial resources and accelerate the growth of its North American Intralot Inc unit. The Athens-listed gambling technology group reports that on 3 August it was allowed to issue new debt-notes totalling £242 million, which will be maintained under the Intralot Inc domain. …
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A seasoned marketing executive who previously headed up the sportsbook division at 888 Holdings, Yuval Benyamini joined content platform WSC Sports in February 2021 as Head of Betting Business Development. Fast forward just a few months and we learned that WSC Sports had teamed up with Sportradar to launch the sports betting sector’s first ‘Live Video Notification’ push service. We …
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Dan D’Arrigo has joined the Board of Directors at Gambling.com, conducting oversight of its auditing, nominations and governance. His appointment became effective following the firm’s successful completion of an initial public offering on the Nasdaq Global Market on 27 July. The new appointee will serve as Chairperson of the Nominating & Governance Committee and as a member of the Audit …
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