Tag Archives: March Madness

ANJ revamps ‘sports list’ to deepen scope of betting markets

SBC News ANJ revamps ‘sports list’ to deepen scope of betting markets

Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), France’s unified gambling authority has updated the list of authorised competitions which licensed operators can offer as betting events/markets. The new ‘sports list’ was drawn up to clarify the process of approving sporting events for wagering and strengthen betting integrity on professional sports. ANJ’s list is made of two components: the competitions and sporting events authorised as betting …

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Enteractive links with Phoenix Malta to strengthen American football ties

SBC News Enteractive links with Phoenix Malta to strengthen American football ties

Enteractive has signed a double sponsorship agreement with the Phoenix Malta American football team and the inaugural ‘Maltese Super Bowl’ fixture. The deal will see the match branded as the ‘Enteractive Bowl’, as the igaming player retention and reactivation firm seeks to strengthen its ties to American football in tandem with US expansion.  In particular, the company also noted that …

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Kambi clears Q1 hurdles as 2022 opening is dragged by DraftKings & Dutch dramas   

SBC News Kambi clears Q1 hurdles as 2022 opening is dragged by DraftKings & Dutch dramas   

Kambi Group Plc maintains confidence in achieving its 2022 commercial and operating objectives, despite a tough start to year trading.  Publishing its Q1 trading results (period ending 31 March), the Stockholm-listed sports betting technology supplier registered a 15% decline in corporate revenues to €37 million (Q1 2021: €43m). This fall in headline revenues was attributed to Kambi’s adjustment of former …

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Kambi plans for red hot summer to follow record-breaking Q1 results  

SBC News Kambi plans for red hot summer to follow record-breaking Q1 results  

Kambi Group Plc has celebrated a record opening to 2021 trading, as the Stockholm-listed sportsbook technology provider achieved double digit growth across all core operating metrics and KPIs, as a result of its significant sportsbook network growth.  Publishing its Q1 trading update, Kambi registered group revenues of €43.2 million – up 55% on the €28 million recorded in 2020. Updating …

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William Hill confirms exclusive CBS Sports arrangement

SBC News William Hill confirms exclusive CBS Sports arrangement

FTSE250 bookmaker William Hill has confirmed that it has secured a US market strategic partnership with CBS Sports Networks, becoming the national broadcaster’s exclusive ‘sportsbook and wagering data provider’. Confirming weekend news reports, William Hill secures exclusive rights to ‘promote its brand’ across CBS Sports networks, the flagship sports entertainment division of the newly formed ViacomCBS global media conglomerate. The …

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#bosamerica book signing for former New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak

Lesniak

Former New Jersey State Senator Raymond Lesniak will be speaking at next week’s Betting on Sports America (23-25 April) and holding a book signing session at the event. As an American Democratic Party politician who served in the New Jersey State Senate from 1983 to 2018, Lesniak helped drive the legal challenge to the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act …

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Why March Madness captures the imagination of the US public

March Madness

At this year’s Betting on Football at Stamford Bridge, SBC caught up with Benjie Cherniak from Don Best, now part of Scientific Games. NCAA’s March Madness has always captured the attention and imagination of large portions of the US audience, which has only been amplified by the spread of legislated wagering across the country. Cherniak told SBC: “It is embedded in …

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NCAA and Genius Sports link-up in PASPA aftermath

SBC News NCAA and Genius Sports link-up in PASPA aftermath

Genius Sports and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) have announced a “landmark initiative,” which is designed to transform the digital collection and distribution of intercollegiate sports data, following SCOTUS’ landmark decision on PASPA. Further to its development, promotional, and technical support for data software, Genius Sports is to also serve as the NCAA’s exclusive agent in licensing real-time official …

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Warren Buffett cold on legalising US sports betting

SBC News Warren Buffett cold on legalising US sports betting

Speaking to Yahoo Finance, Warren Buffett the world’s most powerful hedge fund magnate with a speculated wealth of $76 billion remains tepid on the potential of legalising US sports betting. Buffett a fan of college basketball, who this February repeated his $1 million-a-year sweepstake for Berkshire Hathaway employees to predict the correct ‘March Madness’ brackets of the NCAA Basketball Championships, …

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