Sportsbook

Tomorrow, Thursday, September 19th and airing live at 14:00 BST, SBC Webinars is joined by Algosport for a session analysing the current state of sports betting innovation in Europe, and a frank discussion on the ‘slower and less exciting’ developments in iGaming and technology when compared to the North American counterparts. In this live webinar, which features a strong lineup …

Kindred Group – home to Unibet and 32Red brands in the UK – has announced a new front-of-shirt sponsorship deal with Rangers FC. The news cements the collaboration as the ‘longest running in British football’, with Kindred having already partnered with Rangers for 10 seasons and investing into the club’s outreach work in the local community.  The deal will continue …

Igaming platform provider 4Play Gaming has confirmed it will launch its latest offering to the market this September in the form of Lora, described by the firm as the first AI casino expert. The solution has been created to help casino and sportsbook operators make smarter decisions by using advanced AI to analyse player behaviour, game performance, and operational data.  …

The Netherlands’ new Conservative Coalition government has confirmed that it will apply a two-step approach to raising income taxes generated by gambling businesses. This afternoon, following the customary processions of Prinsjesdag (Prince’s Day), Netherlands Finance Minister Eelco Heinen and Prime Minister Dick Schoof presented the Budget 2025 to the Kamer. As anticipated, the Budget confirmed that the Coalition will increase …

FeedConstruct – BetConstruct’s sports data and streaming firm – has renewed its partnership with the German Handball Bundesliga Women (HBF). In securing exclusive global betting streaming rights for the league’s competitions, the multi-year deal covers the German Handball Bundesliga Women, the second Handball Bundesliga Women and the DHB-Pokal Women. Narek Harutyunyan, FeedConstruct CEO, commented: “We are proud to extend our …

Affiliate firm QiH Group has welcomed new Chief Technology Officer Sachin Saxena as part of its four-year growth plan.  Saxena is the latest addition to QiH’s C-suite level of appointments, with the CTO joining David Murphy, the group’s new CMO, as well as Andrew Lee in his promotion to COO.  In his role, Saxena will oversee technology initiatives, policies and …

Spotlight Sports Group (SSG) has rebranded its content site builds to ‘Halo Content Destinations’. Halo is the company’s content destinations built for sports betting, horse racing and fantasy sports – evolved from the ‘ever-growing’ need for sports-related content.  Sam Houlding, Director of B2B at SSG, noted: “Content has become a non-negotiable for operators, affiliates and rights holders in the current …

Flutter Entertainment has reached definitive terms with Playtech Plc to acquire Snaitech SPA for €2.3bn, aiming to take the “gold medal podium position” in Italian gambling. This morning, the boards of Flutter and Playtech notified markets that an all-cash offer of €2.3bn had been accepted for Snaitech, the Italian market’s third-largest online gambling operator, with a market share of 9.9%. …

LiveScore Group has appointed Dominic Vye as the new Marketing Director for its LiveScore and Virgin Bet brands. Vye previously served as Marketing and Strategy Director at Entain Plc for Latin America and Iberia (2021-2023). Notably during his tenure at Entain, Vye led the launch of new brands in two new markets. Under his leadership, the brands achieved year-on-year double-digit …

La Française des Jeux’s (FDJ) acquisition of Kindred Group has officially been cleared by the country’s competition regulator, the Autorité de la concurrence. The authority was notified of the plan in May but subsequently identified some potential risks to competition in the French gaming market. FDJ has now provided the regulator with behavioural remedies to these concerns. The proposed transaction …