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As Friday’s draw concluded and the World Cup began to take shape, fans were left pondering a mouthwatering clash between Spain and Portugal, renewed optimism in the Three Lions and a slightly surreal tournament opener.   Gareth Southgate’s England were handed a favourable start to the tournament, taking on Tunisia and World Cup debutants Panama in the opening two games. …

Spanish gambling operator Grupo Codere will expand its South American market presence, confirming the launch of its new Colombian online sports betting property Codere.com.co. Codere becomes the fifth operator to secure a new online gambling license by Colombia’s regulatory body Colijuegos. The group further becomes, only the second international operator to enter Colombia’s new regulated market, following Gaming1’s October approval …

Refinanced Spanish gambling firm Grupo Codere continues its strong corporate recovery, as the company reports KPI and metric growth for its Q3 2017 trading update (period ending 30 September). Primarily driven by growth in its Spanish and Mexican divisions, Codere would record Q3 2017 group operating profits of €401 million up 3% on corresponding 2016’s €390 million. Despite facing adverse currency …

FIFA governance has presented its official guiding mandate for the bidding process to host its 2026 World Cup tournament. World football’s governing body has presented its official guidelines to the committees representing North America’s joint bid of USA-Canada-Mexico competing against Morocco for the right to host football’s biggest tournament. Presenting a 35-page document, FIFA governance has made bidding parties’ aware of key …

Presenting its H1 2017 interim results, restructured Spanish gambling operator Grupo Codere has detailed a solid corporate performance driven by the growth of its South American assets. The Spanish operator would report a 7% gain in H1 2017 group revenues to €814 million (H1 2016: €760 million) reporting strong revenue gains within the markets of Argentina (€300 million) and Mexico …

Leading South American and LATAM sports betting operator BetMotion (BetMotion.com) has announced that it will migrate its betting and gaming services onto AutoGameSYS (AGS) stand-out platform. Seeking to grow its operations within its core markets of Argentina, Brazil, Chile and Mexico, BetMotion expects to transition onto the AGS powered platform by the second quarter of 2017. Detailing the platform switch, …

Publishing its full-year 2016 results, Spanish gambling group Grupo Cirsa (Cirsa) has declared its ‘best year in business’, as the company benefits from the growth of its home market assets and Latin America operations. Detailing its FY 2016 financial breakdown, Cirsa would report flat-line group revenues of €1.6 billion. However, the company would benefit from its ‘group efficiency strategy’ which …

Spanish listed gambling operator Grupo Codere continues its international expansion, informing the market that it has moved to acquire all shares in Mexican joint venture Grupo Caliente MX. Updating investors, Codere governance details that it will purchase all Caliente assets outright, by acquiring the remaining 32.7% of company shares for a reported $26 million ($22 million in cash). The Spanish …

Social media giant Facebook Inc has furthered its presence within sports, by agreeing a live streaming content partnership with Major League Soccer (MLS) and Spanish-language American broadcaster Univision Deportes. This weekend, Facebook executives confirmed that 22 live matches would be streamed ‘in-English’ on Univision Deportes Facebook page. Univision will support the Facebook streams by providing English commentary and ‘unique Facebook’ …

Spanish gambling operator Grupo Codere (Codere) has launched its dedicated Mexican sports betting website Codere.mx, as the restructured operator continues to expand its services within Latin America. Through its strategic partnership with leisure operator Grupo Caliente, Codere is Mexico’s biggest gambling operator servicing 84 gaming establishments. Furthermore, the gambling group has a reported 70 betting points within the provinces of …