An unrivalled speaker line-up of industry veterans will gather at SBC Summit Barcelona between 20-22 September to discuss the opportunities and challenges of the modern gambling industry, drawing on their experiences leading some of the top betting and iGaming companies. The ‘Leaders‘ track at the Big Stage will host ten top-level sessions delivered by C-level decision-makers. The panels comprise highly …
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CasinoBeats Summit is set to mark the return of in-person events with a comprehensive conference agenda that will deliver detailed insights into the major issues influencing the future of the international igaming industry. The event on 13-15 July 2021 will take place in an innovative integrated live and digital format, with an audience of 500 senior executives attending at the …
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Stockholm-listed LeoVegas AB has continued to restructure its marketing leadership, after confirming the appointment of Johan Rikner as new Digital Marketing Director. Detailed as a key leadership appointment for 2020 directives to Swedish business news source Resume.se, Rikner is the former founder of Nordic native and press advertising publisher Nyheter365 (‘News365’) – a business acquired by Stockholm marketing group Mediaplanet in …
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Former Kindred Group and Svenska Spel manager Dersim Sylwan will succeed Petra Blixt as LeoVegas Chief Marketing Officer (CMO). Blixt had been serving in the role on an interim basis since May of this year, having been appointed as a marketing director in October 2018 as part of a departmental shake-up. She will continue as interim CMO until Sylwan officially …
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Kindred Group Plc’s flagship sports betting brand Unibet has stated its ongoing commitment to ‘investing in Swedish sports’, confirming that it has become ‘main sponsor’ of the HockeyAllsvenskan league. HockeyAllsvenskan represents the second highest level of Swedish professional ice hockey, maintaining a 14-club league with an audience of ‘over one million people’. Mirroring Unibet’s ‘record-breaking’ sponsorship of Swedish football’s Elitfotboll …
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Kindred Group Plc, one of the first incumbents to secure a ‘Swedish Gambling Licence’ issued by Lotteriinspektionen has reemphasized that its home market activity will be driven by social responsibility, sustainability and public trust. Approaching the 1 January 2019 launch date for the new Swedish online gambling marketplace, Kindred governance confirms that it will operate its following brands: unibet.se, mariacasino.se, …
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Kindred Group’s European online betting subsidiary Unibet awaits a monumental Tuesday of trading as Sweden seeks to make the quarter finals of Russia 2018. Taking on Switzerland at the Saint Petersburg Stadium (Tuesday 3 July 16:00 CET), Unibet anticipates a record day of market trading as Sweden’s ‘Blågult’ seeks to continue its unexpected World Cup 2018 journey. Having topped World …
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