Sportsbook

The new Serie A season kicked off on 18 August, with Italian football clubs securing a reported €125 million in lead shirt sponsorship revenues. According to data collected by Italian sports business news source SportEconomy’s ‘football shirt sponsor index’, Serie A football clubs continue to grow their lead partnerships, which have grown year-on-year since 2015, when combined Serie A sponsorships …

Renowned US activist investor Jason Ader has returned to the gambling scene, securing a reported $100 million stake in FTSE250 gambling technology group Playtech Plc. Ader’s ‘Springowl’ hedge fund is a specialist in activist investments, targeting underperforming listed enterprises and applying pressure on corporate governance to undertake major structural changes. The Times reports that Springowl is pressuring Playtech governance to …

Kindred has partnered with Scientific Games to utilise its Open Platform System and Open Gaming System in New Jersey. The agreement covers three years and allows for a possible extension of another two years, it covers the state of New Jersey, where SG Digital already has a license, but the aim is to extend the partnership to other U.S. states …

Stockholm-listed betting software and platform provider Kambi Group Plc has strengthened its data, analytics and automation capabilities appointing Francesco Borgosano to the newly created role of Chief Analytics Officer (CAO). Borgosano joins Kambi’s executive team from The Stars Group Inc, where he most recently served as Head of Sportsbook Solutions (2017-2018), heading up quantitative insights and analysis for the firm’s …

Stockholm-listed online gambling group LeoVegas AB has confirmed that it will strengthen its UK sports betting proposition, adding new sportsbook provisions to its BetUK brand. Updating the market, LeoVegas governance outlines that it will relaunch BetUK as a sportsbook property, having recently secured the brand’s first sponsorship agreement with Championship football club Swansea AFC. Entering 2018, LeoVegas secured the BetUK …

Slovakia’s top handball league, Slovnaft Handball Extraliga has unveiled STATSCORE as its official stats provider for the next two seasons.   As part of the partnership, STATSCORE’s highly trained scouts will cover the league, producing high quality in-depth statistics and data. This will include, shots on targets, the distance goals are scored from, player’s throwing accuracy, goalkeeper’s efficiency and much more. …

Stockholm-listed Kambi Group Plc has confirmed that it will act as lead sportsbook software provider for Global Gaming 555, as the company expands its existing product portfolio and services. Nasdaq-Stockholm counterpart Global Gaming, which has predominately served as a Pan-European igaming operator will launch its initial online sportsbook services, operating Kambi’s full suite of software provisions. Updating stakeholders, Global Gaming …

Online sports betting and casino operator Superbet has confirmed a deal that will see it migrate operations to technology provider Comtrade Gaming‘s online platform. As part of the deal, Comtrade’s iCore gaming platform will serve as the technology behind Superbet’s digital expansion. Sacha Dragic, CEO and founder of Superbet commented: “Having the right platform technology is a key component for our growth …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) the Netherlands national gambling regulator has confirmed the appointment of René Jansen as new Chairman. A seasoned Dutch policy veteran, Jansen will take charge of the KSA from 1 October, as the Kamer and advisory departments review new directives attached to the Netherlands pending revamp of its national gambling regulatory framework. Jansen who has previously acted as general …