Brazilian football legend and former Real Madrid superstar Roberto Carlos has signed a three-year agreement to become brand ambassador for the European gaming brand planetwin365 in Spain. After recently launching online operations in the Spanish market, the Austrian-Maltese bookmaker is joining forces with the 42-year-old, considered one of the best left backs in football history. Apart from advertising rights for …
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BetITBest‘s Nico Jansen is interested in discovering the best in people. This week it’s Shergul Arshad. Shergul Arshad is Founder and CEO of Mondogoal, the largest European daily fantasy site which boasts partnerships with the likes of Barcelona, Chelsea, Sports Interactive and more. He was previously Head of Digital at AS Roma and the translator for the Italian team at the 1994 World Cup. …
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Swedish slot supplier Play’n GO’s full suite of premium Mobile and desktop content has gone live with Eurobet Italy. The deal with Eurobet will broaden the Italian operator’s content offering to their players, with award-winning titles such as Gemix, Jewel Box, Lady of Fortune and Energoonz. The content roll out follows the Play’n GO’s completion of the Italian certification process …
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IGT Group Italian gambling subsidiary Lottomatica has confirmed that it has entered a four-party consortium aiming to bid for the Italian lottery tender. Lottomatica will lead the bid consortium made up of members Italian Gaming Holding ( a subsidiary of SAZKA Group), Arianna 2001 SPA (an entity affiliated with the Federation of Italian Tobacconists) and Novomatic Italia. Issuing a corporate statement …
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Gaming operator 32Red has posted a record revenue performance for 2015 with a 52% increase in net gaming revenues for the year – however its figures have been blunted by a £4.8m point of consumption tax bill. The firm saw 35% increase in its core 32Red revenues to £41.7m, a 54% jump in its Italian business to £1.7m and a …
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Both Paddy Power and Betfair were achieving double digit growth ahead of their merger last month – Paddy Power had grown its revenues by 24% to €1.1bn in 2015, while Betfair’s final quarter as an independent company saw revenues increase by 21%. However both firms also had their figures blunted by taxation. Over 2015 Paddy Power’s operating profit increased 10% …
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Virtual sports provider Inspired has welcomed changes to betting legislation in Italy, which will extend the current limit of 500 virtual events per day to 2,000 across land-based and digital channels. Opening times have also been lengthened by an additional 2 hours, enabling operators to keep players entertained for longer. The Inspired software has supported the development of a €1 billion …
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European betting and gaming operator SKS365 Group has selected Global Bet to provide its Virtual Sports products to the portfolio of 1,000 planetwin365 betting shops throughout Italy. The expanding international bookmaker from Austria also plans to roll out the Virtual Sports games across its Italian website and mobile platforms later in the year. Daniel Grabher, CEO of Global Bet, stated: …
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An eagerly awaited Six Nations kicks off tomorrow in Paris, as Europe’s finest look to move past collective Rugby World Cup disappointment. Despite becoming the first host nation to fail at the group stage, Coral have confirmed that many punters are backing England to come good under Eddie Jones and restore some pride in the Red Rose. John Hill, a …
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Italian gambling operator Gruppo SNAI has confirmed the appointment of Chiaffredo Rinaudo as new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Rinaudo takes the executive role as SNAI looks to complete its merger with licensed Italian market gambling technology and content provider Cogemat (deal first announced May 2015). Rinaudo had previously served as CFO of Cogemat holding company Cogetech As CFO of the combined …
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