Moving to expand its brand profile and coverage, South American bookmaker BetCris has confirmed the appointment of former FIFA World Player of the Year (2005) Ronaldinho Gaucho as new Football Ambassador. Starting this 1 October, BetCris confirms that Ronaldinho will become the face of its marketing campaigns across the South American continent. Founded in Costa Rica in 1985, BetCris is …
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SBTech has secured a further tier-1 betting systems partnership this summer, becoming the lead multi-channel sportsbook provider to Swedish state-owned gambling operator Svenska Spel. Fresh from securing lead sportsbook platform arrangements with Veikkaus Finland and The Oregon Lottery, SBTech has won the fiercely contested Svenska Spel competitive procurement process. SBTech underlined that Svenska Spel had chosen its sportsbook systems, highlighting provisions …
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Sports betting software and trading services provider Amelco has penned a new agreement with RISQ which will see the duo work together to deliver new trading functions to its sportsbook platforms. The feature will give Amelco clients the option to choose ‘a fixed percentage of sports betting turnover rather than the traditional gross gaming revenue-led deals’. Commenting on the deal, …
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10bet has announced former UEFA Champions League winner Didier Drogba as the betting firms global brand ambassador for the next two years. The Ivorian, who made his name with Chelsea FC where he won four Premier League titles, announced the deal himself via a video posted to his personal social media page. A spokesperson for 10bet commented: “Didier is one …
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The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has netted a new partnership with Sportradar Integrity Services which will see the duo work alongside one another to both monitor and safeguard the integrity of Segunda B. Through the new partnership, Sportradar will use its Fraud Detection System (FDS) to monitor Segunda B Games throughout the 2019/20 season, in addition to already monitoring …
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Sweden’s Spelinspektionen has contacted a number of payment service providers issuing a warning them to not conduct business with unlicensed gambling operators. The regulator emphasised that payment companies which work alongside unlicensed operators were violating the country’s Gaming Act. Spelinspektionen stated that working alongside such operators could result in unfair competition and a loss of tax revenues across the regulated …
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The Australian Federal Police have decided to close a three-year inquiry into lotteries and betting operator Tabcorp due to the lack of evidence. The investigation, which led to the resignation of Chief Executive of the Australian Securities Exchange (ASX) Elmer Funke Kupper, was looking into bribery charges made against Tabcorp Holdings, relating to a $200,000 payment made to family members …
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Stockholm-listed Betsson AB has announced that it will pursue issuing a new senior unsecured bond, seeking to raise minimum debt funding of SEK 500 million (€47 million) tp help the firm’s ongoing expansion initiatives. Updating investors, Betsson governance has instructed Scandinavian investment banks Nordea and Swedbank to act as joint book-runners, leading the transaction’s investment procedures. Betsson governance discloses that …
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Issuing a market filing, Frankfurt Xetra-listed betting group bet-at-home AG has disclosed to corporate investors that it anticipates paying €11.9 million tax back charges sanctioned by Austria’s tax authority. The DACH region operator states that its tax demand is attached to its wholly-owned Austrian subsidiary ‘bet-at-home.com Entertainment, Linz, Austria’. The Frankfurt betting group attributes its demand to Austrian tax audits …
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Following the finalisation of a public consultation, Brazil’s Ministry of Economy is finalising a draft regulatory decree for online and land-based sports betting, which will lay the foundations for “various companies to operate in the market”. Under the new decree, there would be no limit set on the number of licences that would be awarded by the state. Neil Montgomery, …
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