South America

 Warwick Bartlett, CEO of Global Betting and Gaming Consultants, discusses how government’s approach taxation means that rates are more likely to go up than down. The most pleasing sight at ICE 2015 was to see some of the younger companies which two years ago took the smallest booths are now spending upward of £250,000 on impressive stands.  Such companies have …

Kiron Interactive has signed an agreement with pool and tote betting technology provider Sportech Racing and Digital, a division of Sportech Plc, to supply virtual racing to racetracks in Latin America. The three-year deal will see Kiron’s virtual racing products incorporated into the Sportech Racing and Digital Quantum System wagering platform to complement the live on-course action. An initial roll-out …

New York based social media sports start-up Sport195 is being sued for almost $500,000 by 38 former employees with regards to unpaid wages and accumulated expenses. The former employees have filed court actions against Co-Founders Rob Petty (CEO) and Kevin Williams (CTO), claiming that they were deceived with regards to their wages, health insurance and pay. Aaron Gordon journalist for …

Ladbrokes continues its strategic expansion into Spanish speaking markets through Sportium its joint venture with Spanish gambling operator Cirsa. This week the UK betting operator announced that it had launched Sportium sports betting and gaming products under Cirsa Mexican casino brand Casino Life. Mexican igaming consumers will be able to play Sportium betting products on the CasinoLife.com.mx website. Ladbrokes will …

ICE Totally Gaming, the world’s biggest b2b gaming exhibition which runs across the 3rd, 4th and 5th February at London’s ExCeL Centre, has teamed up with Sports Betting Community (SBC) to provide two Sports Betting Tours of the exhibition floor. The tours, which are part of Betmarkets, one of the eight ICE Conferences being held alongside the exhibition, will give …

Lottery and gambling technology provider GTECH has secured a six year full service provisions contract with Pronósticos para la Asistencia Pública, the Mexican national online lottery operator. The agreement will see GTECH supply the operator with a full range of provisions including draw based lottery terminals, communications networks and operational support systems. GTECH further announced that it would begin to …

Mexico has moved closer to allowing a regulated online gambling market, as its political parties have agreed on the legal framework for regulating online gambling services to its citizens. Mexico’s two leading political parties, Partido de la Revolución Democrática (PRD) and Partido Acción Nacional (PAN) have agreed on the general context and framework of the proposed Mexican online gambling bill. …

This week we have interviewed Joao Gomez, Bet Advisor’s finest expert in the Brazilian Football Leagues as well as Copa Libertadores and European Team Cups.  Since he joined Bet Advisor in October 2011 his clients enjoyed 1775 tips with 6789 points of profits for an impressive yield of 5.83%. Click here to view Joao’s Bet Advisor Profile _________________________ SBC: How did you …

CG Analytics, the data analytics subsidiary of CG Technology and Sportradar, today announced that Sportradar data and betting insight tool Betradar is set to provide CG Analytics with access to a comprehensive package of pre-game and live odds data. Under the terms of the agreement, CG Analytics will utilize the speed, accuracy and breadth of Betradar’s data and digital content …