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Updating its ‘Next US President’ market, Betfair has detailed that Donald Trump has ‘hit his shortest price at 2.98’ of becoming the 45th leader of the United States of America. At present Betfair gives Trump a 34% chance of replacing Barack Obama, having been sworn in as official Republican Presidential Nominee at the RNC Party convention in Cleveland Ohio last …

Kenyan sports betting operator SportPesa continues to extend its brand coverage within English football by announcing that it has a multi-million £ three-year deal with Premier League side Southampton FC. The agreed deal will see SportPesa, new entrants to the UK online betting market become The Saints official betting partner, gaining high coverage sponsorship placements within the St Mary’s stadium …

Stockholm Nasdaq-listed online sports betting solutions provider Kambi has closed a successful first half to 2016, stating that its corporate performance has been driven by ‘exceptional operator turnover growth’. Presenting its Q2 2016 interim results (unaudited period ending 30 June), Kambi would declare group revenues of €13.7 million (up 28% on Q2 2015: €10.7 million). Its uplift in revenues would …

Just last week, Tempobet announced that Roberto Carlos will be its brand ambassador for the new Football season. The former Real Madrid left back has signed a 12-month deal with the online sportsbook. We caught up with CEO Mark Clayton to find out more about the emerging bookmaker: SBC: How excited are you to announce the signing of Roberto Carlos …

Stockholm-listed European sports betting operator Unibet Plc, continues its strong 2016 momentum posting a consecutive ‘all-time’ revenue quarter in its latest interim results for Q2 and H1 2016 (unaudited period ending 30 June). Updating the market this morning, Unibet governance would detail that the company had recorded group revenues of £126 million for Q2 2016 (Q2 2015: £80 million), closing …

BetVictor has today announced the launch of BetFinder, a product which has been designed with Timeform and is aimed at personalizing and simplifying horse racing betting for punters.  This is the latest in a series of product innovations at BetVictor designed to simplify and upgrade its customers sportsbook experience. Timeform is a firm which specialises in horse racing form analysis, and the in-house developed …

Industry sports integrity organization ESSA has announced that it will deploy a ‘heightened level’ of security during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games (start date 5 August). ESSA and its members will be cooperating with the International Olympic Committee’s (IOC) monitoring all 306 Olympic events via its Integrity Betting Intelligence System (IBIS). ESSA and its members have experience of working with …

Betting on Sports, the two day conference and exhibition for the betting industry, has revealed more details about the packed agenda and attendees are advised to book tickets now! Click here to secure your ticket Betting on Sports is the largest sports betting industry conference for a decade with 50+ speakers, an expected 700 delegates, and a total of six events …

Frankfurt Xetra-listed betting operator mybet Holdings SE (mybet) has confirmed that Chief Executive Officer Zeno Ossko has stepped down from leadership of the company. Ossko will officially depart mybet on 31 August, with CFO Markus Peuler taking on combined leadership responsibilities on an interim basis. Ossko’s decision to resign as CEO, ends a ten-year career with the German sports betting …

Seeking to expand its services into new markets French betting operator France Pari has this morning announced that it has acquired 100% equity in Spanish licensed online betting firm Suertia.es. The governance of France Pari chose not to disclose deal terms. However, it stated that the acquisition would contribute immediately to its revenues and earnings. France Pari CEO Herve Schlosser …