Sportsbook

Despite enjoying much success alongside a range of clients across Europe, Abelson Odds is looking to spread its wings to a Brazilian region that is renowned the world over for an intense fanaticism for the beautiful game. That was the viewpoint stressed by COO Jeevan Jeyaratnam at the recent SBC Summit Rio to SBC News during a conversation that was …

Pressure mounts on Fernando Haddad, Brazil’s Minister of Finance, to name a President of the Secretariat of Bets and Prizes, an appointment needed to finalise the launch of Brazil’s federal sports betting marketplace. In Congress, frustration mounts as the Ministry of Finance has yet to publish the final schedule to launch the ‘Bets’ regime as authorised on 2 January by …

Kindred Group has published its combined Annual and Sustainability Report for the 2023 financial year.  Providing an introduction to the company and its strategy and key value creation drivers, Kindred detailed its focus on expanding its share in locally regulated markets under the leadership of CEO Nils Andén. Emphasising the importance of navigating complex regulations to deliver compelling experiences to …

Betano has announced an extended partnership with the Romanian Football Federation (FRF). Following what the pair described as a ‘very positive’ two years of working together, the deal between the Kaizen Gaming-owned operator and the governing body will now continue until 2030. A spokesperson for Kaizen Gaming highlighted in a release the pair’s ‘shared vision and innovative initiatives’ such as …

Entain-owned sportsbook brand bwin is giving football fans the opportunity to play a match on the UEFA Europa League Final pitch the day after the match.  The ‘Fans Final’ competition comes to fruition thanks to bwin’s multi-year partnership with the UEFA Europa Conference League and the UEFA Europa League – with the final of the latter to be played out …

Esports live odds provider Oddin.gg has announced a new deal with betting operator Torrero.  Torrero will elevate the partnership to bolster its betting offering by integrating Oddin.gg’s Odds Feed and Risk Management solutions.  Aleksei Tolstov, Head of Business Development at Torrero, commented: “We are excited to leverage Oddin.gg’s acclaimed solutions, providing our users with a secure, reliable, and exhilarating betting …

Genius Sports has launched its latest suite of free-to-play (F2P) games that will cater to operators’ customer acquisition and loyalty needs.  The games will provide operators with access to light-touch activations for daily retention and weekend predictor tools, together with services that deliver bespoke gamification strategy design and custom game development capabilities – leveraging Genius’s lengthy experience in partnering with …

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia became the host of an important international panel on match-fixing prevention and sport integrity safeguarding, part of the IntegriSport 3.0 project.  The Bulgarian Ministry of Youth and Sports, in collaboration with the CSCF Foundation for Sport Integrity, welcomed representatives from the country’s government, law enforcement, as well as a number of sport federations and player unions to …

Superbet has announced a partnership with GamePLAI – a supplier of automated trading products for sportsbooks. The deal sees the modelling specialist provide the Bucharest-headquartered operator with all of its player-props markets for basketball and football, both pre-game and in-play. This aims to meet ‘surging European appetite’ across these sports from the NBA to local domestic action. Ivan Gojic, Head …

The board of Entain Plc has announced the appointment of Ronald J. Kramer as a new Independent non-executive director (NED) of the FTSE 100 gambling group with immediate effect. An expert in corporate finance and asset management, Kramer is the current Chairman and CEO of Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF), a diversified management and holding company headquartered in New York. During his …