South America

Sports data and analytics provider Stats Perform will host its biggest launch event of the year next week, showcasing five major new products designed to ‘Light Up Your Sportsbook in 2022’.  The big reveal will take place live online on Wednesday 2 March and can be watched by registering at https://bit.ly/LUYS_STATSPERFORM. Presenting will be Andrew Ashenden, Stats Perform Chief Betting …

Vicente Di Loreto has chosen to end his leadership tenure as Chief Executive of Spanish gambling group Codere.  This morning, Nueva Codere – the business identity of Grupo Codere SA under the ownership of bondholders – published a leadership succession plan informing the market that Di Loreto would be replaced by the new leadership duo of Alberto González del Solar …

Sportradar Integrity Services (SIS) has secured an extension of its contract with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) for a further three years. The integrity unit of Nasdaq-listed sports data and technology firm Sportradar, SIS – which first partnered with the CBF in 2017 – will also provide bet monitoring of a wider range of Brazilian football tournaments via its Universal …

Grupo CIRSA has praised the ‘robustness of its global operations’ as the Blackstone-owned Spanish gambling business delivered full-year financial results above market expectations. Publishing its Q4 and full-year 2021 results, CIRSA registered group revenues of €1.11 billion, up 30% on corresponding FY2020 results of €843 million. Improved revenue results were maintained despite continued COVID-19 restrictions impacting operations across Spanish provinces …

To the surprise of observers, Thursday, February 24, 2022, will go down in history as the day Brazil finally approved a gambling regulation. In the final hours of a discussion that began on Wednesday afternoon, the Chamber of Deputies took Bill 442/91 to a vote with 246 votes in favour, 202 against and 2 abstentions. The result will allow South …

According to plans submitted by Arthur Lira Brazil’s President of the Chamber of Deputies–  Bill-442/92  that seeks to implement a federal framework to Brazil’s fragmented gambling laws has been included in this week’s agenda and will be debated today.  Though the legislative text is fourth on the list, gambling reformists are positive of progress. Felipe Carreras, the Deputy who drafted …

Sportingtech has entered into a new agreement with Pariplay, allowing the latter to distribute its content via the Quantum platform. The collaboration revolves primarily around Pariplay’s Fusion suite of content, with the aggregation platform’s 12,000 titles due to be distributed across Europe and Latin America, as it seeks to enhance its presence after establishing a foothold in both regions with …

SBC Summit Latinoamérica is set to return to Florida on 1-3 November, 2022, when the betting and gaming industry conference and tradeshow heads to the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood for its second edition. The event will again bring together executives and product specialists from sports betting, igaming, land-based casino, and lottery businesses already active in Latin …

2022 could be the year when the ‘dormant giant’ that is Brazil finally wakes up, paving the way for the jurisdiction to become one of the largest betting markets in the world. In its latest country report, BtoBet dives into the growing potential for the Brazilian market should regulations be finalised in the near future. With the biggest consumer bases …

bet365 has laid a further marker for its ongoing South American expansion, as this week sees the official launch of its dedicated online gambling domain in Buenos Aires – www.bet365.bet.ar.  The UK’s leading online bookmaker has secured dual BA licenses  granted by the Provincial Institute of Lottery and Casinos (IPLyC) and city regulator Loteria de la Ciudad (LOTBA). As a …