The 2025 PDC World Darts Championship was a huge success, especially in terms of both engagement and sponsorship. Following Luke Littler’s 7-3 win against Michael Van Gerwen in the final on Friday, main partner Paddy Power revealed that its 180 initiative impressively raised over £1m for Prostate Cancer UK. Speaking of the sponsorship’s performance, Jack Wilson, Paddy Power Head of …
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Codere Online must address its urgent corporate liabilities to maintain its status as a Nasdaq-listed enterprise. The warning comes as the Global Nasdaq Exchange notified markets that, on 20 December, Marcum LLP had resigned as the independent auditor of Codere Online, a company that has yet to file its corporate accounts for the year ending 31 December 2023. Marcum resigned …
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The Senate of Brazil has received its first update from rapporteurs who will evaluate the economic and integrity threats posed by Brazil’s new federal regime for online gambling. Commonly referred to as ‘Bets’, on 1 January, Brazil launched its federal online gambling marketplace. The Ministry of Finance has granted licence authorisations to 70 businesses, with 14 licences approved to operate …
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Vermantia Chief Business Officer Spyros Stavropoulos chats with SBC News to reflect on a productive 2024 for the supplier, which is bringing omnichannel betting solutions to the market. Stavropoulos stresses the importance of implementing an omnichannel strategy and offering a personalised and localised betting experience and rounds up some of the company’s biggest achievements of 2024. SBC News: What have …
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Ed Craven, the co-founder of Stake and Kick, has stated that 2025 will usher in a new era of high performance and shared consciousness for the online platforms under the management of Easygo. Writing on Medium, Craven reflected on the growth of Stake and Kick as two businesses that have expanded the boundaries of gaming and entertainment for global audiences …
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The Ministry of Finance of Brazil has revealed that 68 businesses have completed full license applications for the launch of the Brazil Bets market on January 1, 2025. The update comes as the Bets regime enters its final 24 hours, ushering in the federal framework for Brazil to regulate its online gambling and sports betting marketplace starting in 2025. Referring …
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Completing our countdown, the number 1 position in the SBC Leaders magazine most-read stories of 2024 chart was an interview with Steve Birch, Chief Commercial Officer of Sky Betting & Gaming from Issue 29. ———————————————- “We want to do the right thing for customers. We want to do the right thing for staff. We want to make things better – …
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In the competitive world of sports betting and igaming businesses with significant growth ambitions need to develop highly-effective hiring and staff retention strategies. To find out how one of the market leaders tackles that challenge, SBC News spoke to Stella Voulgaraki, Chief People Officer of Betano’s parent company Kaizen Gaming. ———————————————————————— How have you found working for a company in …
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The global betting sector had a lot to contend with during the peak of summer 2024 with a plethora of major sporting events taking place whilst partnerships, M&As and regulatory developments continued. July started off strong with Kambi announcing its new CEO, Werner Becher, succeeding incumbent Kristian Nylén, who ended his 14-year tenure as Chief Executive. Meanwhile, during a time …
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Allwyn International has entered into a ‘definitive agreement’ to acquire a 51% stake in Novibet, a strategic investment aimed at expanding its iGaming presence and capabilities across multiple markets in Europe and South America. Announced this morning (30 December), Allwyn has proposed a €217m cash consideration, combined with €110m in future performance earnouts put to the investors of Logflex MT …
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