Betting on Football 2017 will underline its international credentials by delivering an extensive update on football betting markets across the globe, from an increasingly digitalised Africa, to a newly regulated Italy and the potential for legalised sports betting in Donald Trump’s North America. With less than three months to go until the fourth incarnation of the event at Stamford Bridge …
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Platform provider EveryMatrix has signed a content deal with CEGO, an online casino operator which powers some of the biggest online casino brands in Denmark. Following the agreement, CEGO’s newest brand will get access to premium content from NYX, Scientific Gaming, Magnet Gaming, and Evolution via the CasinoEngine product from EveryMatrix. The content will be delivered via Web API on …
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Denmark state-owned gambling operator Danske Spil has confirmed that it has agreed a principal sponsorship with the Danish Football Association (DBU) to become the official partner of its male national and under-21 football teams. Confirming the four-year partnership which will begin in January 2017, Danske Spil replaces Malta-based European sports betting operator Tipico as official partner for DBU teams. The …
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Denmark state-owned gambling operator Danske Spil has confirmed the appointment of Susanne Mørch Koch as its new Chief Executive Officer. The operator ends its search for its replacement of Christian Madsen, who announced his departure as CEO this June following a 12-year leadership tenure with Danske Spil. Having been approved by the Danske Spil board, Mørch Koch will now work …
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Following the International in early August of this year, for which the victorious team Wings Gaming came away with $9.1m (£7m) as a prize, esports betting experienced a notable surge. Danish operator Danske Spil started out in esports in 2014. It also operates eOddset TV to accompany this with regular guests to analyse competitions and drive interest. We spoke to …
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Members of Denmark’s cabinet are split regarding the potential sale of state-owned gambling operator Danske Spil. Last week Danish news sources’ reported that ruling conservative-liberal party Venstre were considering the potential sale or break-up of Danske Spil assets. At present, it is reported that Venstre and gambling stakeholders would prefer to sell-off Danske Spil’s online gambling assets to the private …
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Danish national gambling operator Danske Spil AS has confirmed that it has awarded Scientific Games with its lead supplier contracts for lottery and gaming systems. Denmark’s main lottery Danske Lotteri will be serviced by Scientific Games systems and provisions for the next seven years, winning the contract from IGT-GTECH who had been Danske Spil lead lottery supplier since 1990. In …
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Danish state owned igaming operator Danske Spil has announced that it has acquired a 60% stake in Scandinavian fantasy sports operator Swush. Danske Spil will use the acquisition of Swush to bolster its digital product offering, as it looks to scale up its operations for the licensed Danish online gambling market. Both parties already have an active relationship with Swush …
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Reporting on its 2014 full year financial performance, football pools and betting operator Sportech recorded declines in top line metrics as the firm reported a 2% decline in group revenues of to £104 million (FY 2013: £106 million). The firm further recorded a 5% decline in EBITDA earnings to 24 million (FY 2013:£25.3 million) Despite its decline in overall group performance, …
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mkodo, the independent mobile solutions provider for gaming, has launched its mobile sportsbook solution with Danish sportsbook Danske Spil, via OpenBet’s sportsbook platform. The mobile sportsbook is the first product launch in a long-term roadmap agreed between mkodo and Danske Spil. Launched on the operator’s Oddset brand, the HTML5 product follows key mobile responsive design principles. It provides Danske Spil’s …
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