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The Ministry of Finance of the Czech Republic has notified national media of its intent “to implement tax changes on gambling”.  The notice was declared by Czech Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura, who is currently drafting new measures for the national budget in which the Civic Democratic (ODS) government has “emphasised delivering savings of Kč 70bn (€3bn).” The savings target is …

Financial results published by a range of Polish bookmakers will not make fun reading for many industry stakeholders in the country, as few companies returned a profit in 2021. Over two-thirds of the country’s sports betting and gaming providers recorded a loss in their 2021 full year financials, with just eight out of 23 generating profit, with five securing earnings …

OpenBet, the sportsbook division of Light & Wonder, has partnered with Czech lottery operator Sazka to support the latter’s online and mobile wagering operations.  Part of the Allwyn Group – formerly the Sazka Group before its rebrand earlier this year, with Allwyn initially the UK identity of the company – Sazka maintains a Czech market sportsbook holding in Sazkabet. The …

Openbet the leading supplier of sportsbook services for tier-1 operators is ready to showcase its full product catalogue at the Betting on Sports Europe Conference (7-9 June, Twickenham Stadium, London). Ahead of the show, Chief Product Officer Nikos Konstakis informs SBC that a winter World Cup will be the biggest test of sportsbook’s platform reliability and content capabilities. ___________ SBC: …

Fortuna Entertainment has been crowned Polish Bookmaker of the Year for 2021, chosen by the expert panel of Polish sports betting community LegalniBukmacherzy.pl.  The gala event organised by iGamingNuts and held for a fourth time in Warsaw, was hosted by sports journalist, Jerzy Mielewski, with representatives of nominated bookmakers and Polish sports figures.  The ceremony saw Fortuna named as Bookmaker …

Central and Eastern European omnichannel betting group Fortuna Entertainment has gone live with content from OpenBet’s SportCast business. The rollout extends across its online and retail operations within a host of key European markets. As part of the new deal, Fortuna has deployed SportCast’s accumulator service, BetBuilder, which allows consumers to build their own bets within a single event across …

Enteractive has secured a breakthrough partnership with Fortuna Entertainment, with the tier-1 Central European betting group appointing the customer retention specialist to lead its player reactivation campaigns for Romania. The partnership will see Fortuna Romania and subsidiary Casa Pariurilor deploy Enteractive’s proprietary-build customer reactivation cloud platform. The integration will allow Enteractive’s native-speaking agents to approach players in a more personalised …

Playtech Plc has completed a headline project for Czech gambling group Fortuna Entertainment, confirming the successful migration of its PSK Croatia brand onto Fortuna’s centralised platform.  The FTSE technology group had undertaken the project back in 2017, following Fortuna’s acquisition of Prva Sportska Kladionica (PSK), a deal that saw Fortuna become Croatia’s biggest gambling firm.   The three-year project, saw Playtech …

Poland’s latest tax data published by the Ministry of Finance revealed that gambling industry tax revenues (betting and lottery segments) for the first half of 2020 declined by 10% to PLN 343 million (€75m). Tracking regulated sports betting activities during a disrupted Q2 period, Polish legal gaming association ‘Graj Legalnie’ estimated that Poland’s licensed bookmakers registered tax revenues of PLN …