Sportsbook

SCGO has announced that it has officially secured an online gambling licence in the Netherlands. The Malta-based operator was issued the licence by Dutch regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), and became effective on 23 June. The company is now able to offer its igaming platform to players in the country for the next five years (until 22 June 2028), although it is …

Betclic has announced an exclusive partnership to become the official betting partner of UFC in France, Poland and Portugal.  The mixed martial arts promotion is the European operator’s first global organisation that it has ever collaborated with, the pair reported. The deal also marks UFC’s first official betting partner in the three individual countries. Nicolas Béraud, Managing Director of Betclic, …

Betsson has become the official title sponsor of the A1 Padel Swedish Master tournament, which is taking place between 10-16 July. The Halmstad-based competition offers a prize pool of one million SEK (€86.5k / £74k), and involves top-ranked players such as Maximiliano Arce and Franco Dal Bianco, as well as Leo “Tolito” Aguirre. A1 Padel, formerly known as APT, was …

Altenar has declared its intent to launch its sportsbook services in the regulated market of Sweden, having received approval of its B2B supplier licence by gaming inspectorate Spelinspektionen. The development sees Altenar, a supplier of customised sportsbook solutions extend its commercial footprint across regulated European jurisdictions, as it adds a Swedish licence to its already comprehensive licence portfolio. Of significance, …

WeAreGame, the sportsbook and igaming platform provider, has seen its position in Brazil strengthened by the news that its client Pixbet has been approved for a sports betting licence in Rio de Janeiro. Loterj, the Permanent Bidding Committee of the Lottery of the State of Rio de Janeiro, has confirmed that Pixbet has achieved the first stage of the accreditation …

DFB, the German Football Association, has strengthened its partnership with Genius Sports to enhance its capabilities against match-fixing and betting-related corruption.  Since 2019, Genius Sports has been instrumental in arming DFB with its state-of-the-art Bet Monitoring System – a state-of-the-art system which analyses global odds movements in more than 7,500 games annually using predictive algorithms and automatically flags any potentially …

Following the news that ex-Sportnco shareholders have formed a concerted action that now represents 8.2% of the Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) shareholding, SBC News spoke with its representative Hervé Schlosser to find out more about how the investment fits into the group’s plans.  The action means that around 70 former Sportnco shareholders now represent the third largest shareholder in GiG …