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Pronet Gaming ‘significantly ahead’ of three-year growth plan

SBC News Pronet Gaming 'significantly ahead’ of three-year growth plan

Pronet Gaming has maintained confidence in its long-term expansion strategy, detailing a number of commercial successes and corporate goals achieved over the two years. Reporting that it remains ‘significantly ahead’ of its three-year growth plan after an initial 18 month period, the platform provider informed that it had signed 35 new clients. Additionally, the firm has secured content integrations and …

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BoyleSports Eddie Bennett confirms exit as Digital MD

SBC News BoyleSports Eddie Bennett confirms exit as Digital MD

BoyleSports is seeking a new leader for its online division, after incumbent Eddie Bennett announced his departure from the Irish betting group.  Posting a LinkedIn update last Friday, Bennett confirmed that he had chosen to end his six-year tenure as Digital MD of BoyleSports. “Today is my final day at BoyleSports, drawing a close to an exciting and challenging chapter in …

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Codere Online to commence Buenos Aires operations

SBC News Codere Online to commence Buenos Aires operations

Codere Online has confirmed that it will offer its web-based sports betting and casino products in Buenos Aires after receiving a licence from the city’s gambling regulator. Under the terms of a five-year licence approved by the Lotería de la Ciudad de Buenos Aires (LOTBA), Codere Online will be able to provide online gambling services via computer, tablet and mobile …

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UKGC finds ‘increasing instances’ of AML failings in compliance report

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The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published its Compliance and Enforcement Report, providing an overview of its casework over the financial year and identifying areas where the industry needs to ‘raise standards’. Throughout the 2020-2021 financial year, the UKGC revoked the licence of one operator and nine personal management licence holders, whilst also suspending the licences of five additional operators.  …

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Flutter to continue leveraging OpenBet for Sportsbet brand

Sports betting games provider ParlayBay has formed an alliance with GRID Esports as it looks to power its next-generation gaming experience.

Flutter Entertainment has signed a four-year contract renewal with OpenBet, continuing to leverage the company’s services for its Australian Sportsbet subsidiary.  Under the terms of the agreement, Sportsbet will utilise OpenBet’s technology and services with the aim of delivering ‘best-in-class sports betting entertainment’ to new and existing customers until 2025. Sportsbet has reported ‘record volumes’ in the Australian sports betting …

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Aspire Global lauds ‘important step’ in completing BtoBet brand migration

SBC News Aspire Global lauds ‘important step’ in completing BtoBet brand migration

Aspire Global has announced that all of its partner brands have now fully migrated to the BtoBet proprietary sportsbook platform, marking an ‘important step’ in achieving group synergies. The B2B gaming platform and software provider predicts that the completed migration of its partner brands will contribute to increased revenues, reduced costs and improved profitability.  Additionally, the company has lauded the …

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DSWV expands membership with BildBet and sportwetten.de additions

SBC News DSWV expands membership with BildBet and sportwetten.de additions

BildBet and sportwetten.de have become the latest online sports betting operators to join the German Sports Betting Association (DSWV), increasing the trade group’s membership to 17 companies.  A co-venture between Gibraltar-based British online provider BetVictor and prominent German media brand Bild, the most widely read tabloid newspaper in Europe and part of the Axel Springer SE publishing group, BildBet was …

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JKR Investment Group reaches an agreement to sell mr.fish to Parimatch Tech

SBC News JKR Investment Group reaches an agreement to sell mr.fish to Parimatch Tech

JKR Investment Group has reached a new agreement to sell its mr.fish martech holding to Parimatch Tech.  mr.fish, previously known as Digital Chain, has been a part of the JKR Investment Group since 2017. In the last four years, the martech company has expanded its presence to 12 countries, and doubled the headcount to 250 professionals. “A good partnership is …

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Esports Technologies secures UK licence following Aspire acquisitions

SBC News Esports Technologies secures UK licence following Aspire acquisitions

Following on from its acquisition of Aspire Global’s B2C assets, Esports Technologies has confirmed that it has gained a UK gambling licence under the terms of an operator services agreement. Esports Technologies, which is listed on the US Nasdaq as EBET, took over Aspire’s B2C operations for $76 million (€68m), including UK-focused online sports betting and casino brands Karamba, Hopa, …

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Entain predicts strong cricket trading bounceback by year’s end

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Entain has predicted that cricket betting markets will experience a significant increase in trading in the final weeks of 2021, anticipating turnover from a number of different countries. The FTSE250 gambling group believes that the onset of the 2021/22 Ashes Series in Australia, beginning today (8 December), as well as the start of the country’s domestic Big Bash League (BBL), …

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