Retail

IGT & Scientific Games enter North America games cross-licensing agreement

SBC News IGT & Scientific Games enter North America games cross-licensing agreement

Industry technology providers’ IGT Group and Scientific Games have informed the market that they have signed a ‘landmark patent cross-licensing agreement’. Updating stakeholders, IGT and Scientific Games detail that moving forward each company will have access to each other’s slot portfolio for the North American market. Fierce rivals within the land-based gambling systems and lottery terminals sectors, it appears that …

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La Liga announces partnership with Perform Group to ‘enhance the delivery of competition data’

SBC News La Liga announces partnership with Perform Group to 'enhance the delivery of competition data'

In a deal designed to broaden the availability of data from Spanish football,  La Liga and Perform Group has announced the creation of the ‘La Liga official data centre’. Jointly led by Perform and LaLiga, the newly created LaLiga official data centre will be responsible for ensuring La Liga maximises the use of official match data across multiple sectors and channels. …

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Kiron Interactive secures Romania ONJN Class II licence

SBC News Kiron Interactive secures Romania ONJN Class II licence

Industry virtual sports game and systems provider Kiron Interactive has today confirmed that it has been approved a Romania Class II licence by national regulator Oficiul Naţional pentru Jocuri de Noroc (ONJN). The Class II licence will allow Kiron to distribute its premium suite of 20 virtual sports titles and further games to licensed bookmakers and gambling operators within Romania’s …

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Tipbet upgrades in-store systems & software

SBC News Tipbet upgrades in-store systems & software

Malta-based German sports betting group Tipbet has informed that it has upgraded its in-store terminal systems across its entire retail portfolio, with a view to enhancing ‘customer usability and staff efficiency’.  The upgrade follows the launch of the Tipbet 2.0 software across all platforms; terminals, cash-points and websites. Announcing the launch, Tipbet management stated that it wanted its franchisees to …

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Codere integrates SIS racing streams

SBC News Codere integrates SIS racing streams

Racing content and data supplier Sports Information Services (SIS) has expanded its European footprint, by agreeing on a five-year deal with Spanish gambling operator Grupo Codere to upgrade in-store racing streaming services. As part of the agreement, SIS will supply live pictures, commentary and data for horseracing and greyhounds across the operator’s entire retail estate. SIS’ new international service has …

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Tipico ends retail presence within Denmark selling assets to Cashpoint Gauselmann

SBC News Tipico ends retail presence within Denmark selling assets to Cashpoint Gauselmann

Austrian sports betting firm Cashpoint (Gauselmann Group subsidiary) has confirmed that it has agreed to acquire Tipico’s Danish retail betting portfolio. The deal will see Tipico end its retail presence within Denmark, with Cashpoint acquiring its three betting shops in Copenhagen and a further retail point on the island of Funen in Odense. Tipico will continue to service the Danish …

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Hong Kong Jockey Club appoints Square in the Air as UK PR lead

SBC News Hong Kong Jockey Club appoints Square in the Air as UK PR lead

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has informed that industry marketing and communications firm Square in the Air has been appointed its PR lead representative for UK activity. HKJC appoints Square in the Air ahead of the start of a new Hong Kong racing seasion this Sunday 3 September. Updating stakeholders, George Irvine, Commingling Development Director at Hong Kong Jockey …

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Jim Mullen – Proven Theory! Ladbrokes Coral is now delivering for investors

SBC News Jim Mullen – Proven Theory! Ladbrokes Coral is now delivering for investors

Speaking to Ladbrokes Coral Plc investors on H1 2017 performance, group CEO Jim Mullen has detailed that the FTSE gambling firm is ‘now delivering on its pre-merger promises’. Presenting H1 2017 results, which saw Ladbrokes Coral declare group operating profits of £51 million, Mullen stated that the enlarged operator’s ambitions and scalability were ‘no longer theoretical’. Throughout his tenure as …

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Fortuna Entertainment records H1 2017 revenue & KPI growth despite enlargement costs

SBC News Fortuna Entertainment records H1 2017 revenue & KPI growth despite enlargement costs

Presenting its H1 2017 interim results (period ending 30 June), Eastern European gambling operator Fortuna Entertainment Group has detailed a strong revenue performance combined with KPI gains driven by the growth of sports betting and gaming divisions. Updating the market, Fortuna would record a 40% group revenue increase to €720 million (H1 2016: €511 million), of which €650 million would …

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GBGB praises Ladbrokes Coral’s commitment to ‘rebuilding greyhound racing’

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Barry Faulkner the Chief Executive of the Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) has praised Ladbrokes Coral’s governance for committing to pay a voluntary levy on greyhound turnover taken from remote wagers. Yesterday, FTSE-listed Ladbrokes Coral issued a corporate statement detailing that it would pay a ‘voluntary levy to greyhound racing based on off shore greyhound turnover from the start of 2018.’ …

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