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Admiral Sportwetten continues Austrian football dominance

SBC News Admiral Sportwetten continues Austrian football dominance

Austiran operator Admiral Sportwetten has continued to dominate the sports sponsorship space in its home market, linking with FC Red Bull Salzburg. Running until 2023, the new contract sees Admiral replace bet-at-home, which had been the official partner of the Die Roten Bullen since 2018. “It is with great pleasure that we are starting our new partnership with the Austrian …

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Novomatic appoints Felipe Ludeña as international sports betting lead

SBC News Novomatic appoints Felipe Ludeña as international sports betting lead

Gambling technology and systems provider Novomatic Group has confirmed the appointment of Felipe Ludeña as International Sports Betting Director. Ludeña joins Novomatic senior management team, from Bolsa Madrid gambling firm Grupo Codere, where he served in a number of executive positions, leading Codere’s new market initiatives for LATAM regions and further heading up the Spanish operator’s digital transformation projects. Novomatic has tasked …

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Novomatic Group appoints Bernhard Krumpel as communications lead

SBC News Novomatic Group appoints Bernhard Krumpel as communications lead

Updating the market and investors, gambling and lottery technology services provider Novomatic Group has confirmed the appointment of Bernhard Krumpel as its new Head of Group Communications. A European corporate communications expert, Krumpel joins Austria-based Novomatic Group from private consultancy Krumpel GMBH where he acted as group communications lead for Hypo Noe Group Bank. Krumpel will be tasked with leading …

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Novomatic takes over Lotaria Kombëtare Albania

SBC News Novomatic takes over Lotaria Kombëtare Albania

The governance of gambling technology provider Novomatic Group (Novomatic) has confirmed that it has completed its acquisition of the Albanian National Lottery, strengthening the firm’s footprint within Eastern European gambling markets. The deal sees Novomatic take over Albanian Lottery asset ‘Lotaria Kombëtare’ which was granted a 10-year license in 2012 for the provision of lottery services to Albanian consumers. Novomatic …

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Novomatic charges Euro Games Technology with slot plagiarism lawsuit

SBC News Novomatic charges Euro Games Technology with slot plagiarism lawsuit

Austrian gambling technology provider Novomatic Group (Novomatic) has filed a plagiarism lawsuit against Bulgarian slots and games manufacturer Euro Games Technology (Euro Games). Filing its lawsuit within the Berlin District Court, Novomatic governance has charged Sofia-based Euro Games of ‘systematically and unfairly’ copying functions and titles of its games inventory. Novomatic governance specifically questions the Euro Games slot titles of …

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Friedrich Stickler becomes a consultant for Novomatic Group

SBC News Friedrich Stickler becomes a consultant for Novomatic Group

Novomatic has announced that Friedrich Stickler, President of the European Lotteries Association for six years between 2009 and 2015, became a consultant for the group on July 1. Stickler, a long-standing board member of the Österreichische Lotterien GmbH, will support Novomatic with the expertise and experience he has built up over decades in gaming and lotteries. He will play a …

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Tatts Group offloads Talarius UK to Novomatic for AUS $210 million

SBC News Tatts Group offloads Talarius UK to Novomatic for AUS $210 million

Australian gambling operator Tatts Group (Tatts), has confirmed the sale of its UK slots division Talarius to Novomatic Group for AUS $210 million (£116 million). Updating the market, Tatts governance informed that proceeds from the sale would be used to pay down its corporate debt, as the company targets year-end profits of AUS $255 – 265 million, performing slightly under …

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StakeLogic secures content agreement with Unibet

SBC News StakeLogic secures content agreement with Unibet

StakeLogic, a wholly owned subsidiary of Greentube and part of Novomatic Interactive, has sealed a content agreement with Unibet, and will supply a selection of its premium content to launch on Unibet’s websites. The interactive unit of Greentube specialises in the development and sub licensing of 3D HTML5 casino games. They are in the business of developing and licensing software …

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Novomatic announces purchase agreement for Ainsworth shares

SBC News Novomatic announces purchase agreement for Ainsworth shares

Leading global gaming technology group Novomatic, and Len Ainsworth, founder and majority shareholder of Ainsworth Game Technology (AGT), have announced that they have signed a purchase agreement for the shares of Len Ainsworth in AGT. The 92-year-old gaming veteran will retain his role as chairman, and Novomatic expects to keep the stake at about 53 per cent and retain Ainsworth’s ASX listing. …

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Jens Halle leaves Novomatic Group governance

SBC News Jens Halle leaves Novomatic Group governance

Gambling technology provisions provider Novomatic Group has announced the impending departure of Jens Halle from its governance team. Halle is set to leave the joint positions of Managing Director of Austrian Gaming Industries and Chief Executive of Novomatic Americas. Novomatic Group announced that Halle would relinquish his roles by the start of 2015. Halle said: “15 years ago I was …

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