Sportsbook

London-based gaming operator Editec UK Ltd has announced a ‘significant seven-figure investment’ in the award-winning digital media innovator Chroma Sports. The investment will see Chroma develop a number of sports digital and fantasy games products and will ensure Editec is at the forefront of development on the digital landscape in its core markets in Africa and emerging markets throughout the …

European bookmaker Fortuna Entertainment Group has reported a 25% increase in turnover so far in 2015, but this hasn’t prevented the firm from posting a near 20% decline in EBITDA over the same period. In the first nine months of the year, total EBITDA amounted to 17.7m euro million, a 19.6% decline over the same period of last year, with …

An Australian politician is pushing to have the country’s gambling taxation laws overhauled, and has the sports betting industry in her sights. National Party senator for Victoria Bridget McKenzie is pushing the federal government to impose a new national gaming tax and effectively ban gambling with overseas operators using ‘banking and other tools’. McKenzie has made a formal submission to …

NetBet, the online betting partner of West Bromwich Albion, is looking to leverage its partnership with the Premier League club by encouraging them to participate in the #MakeSomeNoise campaign. An official survey compiled by the Press Association in November 2014 rated Baggies fans as joint second loudest fans in the league, in terms of decibels, together with Stoke City and …

Scandinavian operator Unibet has posted record gross winnings revenue for the third quarter of 2015, and the growth would have been even higher had it not been for an unfavourable exchange rate. Gross winnings revenue amounted to £86.1 million for the third quarter, up from £80.4 million for Q3 2014. However this was ‘significantly affected’ by the translation effect of …

Viral, the licensed white label multi-channel casino and betting solutions provider, has been awarded a UK pool betting licence for its daily fantasy sports operator brand called FantasyBet. FantasyBet is targeting the high growth in live daily fantasy sports games that are popular in the United Kingdom and across Europe. The brand has introduced a combination of innovative daily fantasy …

West Ham United’s unpredictable form this season allied to Manchester United’s wholly predictable recent troubles stopped bookmakers from experiencing an accumulator wipeout this weekend, according to data from AccaTracker, the app designed by Team FA to monitor users’ multiple bets. Out of the top ten most selected matches on Saturday, eight went with the odds, including the main banker of …

William Hill has alerted the media that it has received a substantial sized bet on Leeds actor Sam Riley becoming the eighth James Bond (Yes…SBC includes David Niven as a Bond!). The bookmaker revealed that a punter had placed a large sum backing Riley to replace Daniel Craig as 007 at 50/1. The bookmaker detailed that if the punter was …

Australian betting industry veteran Michael Sullivan has announced his return to market with the launch of new bookmaker BlueBet. The former William Hill Australia Chief Executive, Sullivan told Australian business news sources that BlueBet would offer a level of customer service and personalised engagement that foreign owned bookmakers could not facilitate. Sullivan who had led Sportingbet Australia and Centrebet operations …

Haken Hallstedt the Director General of Lotteriinspektionen, Sweden’s gambling regulator has been appointed to lead the reform of the country’s gambling framework. Hallstedt has been charged with heading up the investigative committee, which will develop and redraft gambling legislations, with a concentrated emphasis on creating regulations, protocols and standards for online gambling services. Sweden has faced increased pressure from the …