A Leicester City fan has collected a cool £72k from Ladbrokes on his team winning the Premier League. The male customer in his mid-thirties, who wishes to remain anonymous, placed a £50 bet at the start of the season on Leicester City lifting the trophy at 5000/1. After reading Saturday’s newspapers about John Pryke cashing out for £29,000, he decided …
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A restructured Grupo Codere SA (Codere) has detailed that it has cut its 2015 group net losses to €113 million (£88 million), down 34.6% on FY 2014’s €173 million (£135 million). The embattled Spanish gambling operator detailed that it had increased its group revenues to €1.64 billion up 18% on FY 2014’s €1.38 billion. Outlining positive impacts, Codere governance stated …
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Dolarbet, a Curacao-based online sportsbook and casino brand focusing on the Latin American and international markets, has launched a new affiliate programme in partnership with Income Access. The affiliate programme has integrated Income Access’ affiliate management software. Launched in 2012 by the operator ArenaLine N.V., Dolarbet is licensed by the Government of Curacao and offers players service in Spanish as …
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Spanish gambling regulator, the Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), has revealed that the country’s online gaming market experienced a 26% year-on-year increase in revenue in the 12 months through to December 31, 2015. Gross gaming revenue for the full year totalled €319.6m (£248.7m), while turnover also increased 28% year-on-year to more than €8bn (£6.2bn). Sports betting served as …
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Spanish-licensed bookmaker Kirolbet has made a quick start to 2016, by adding La Liga football club Real Sociedad to its growing list of partners. Starting today in London, they will be exhibiting at ICE stands N1-130 and N1-132. We caught up with Kirolbet Marketing Manager Beñardo Elorz to discuss the new partnership with Real Sociedad, existing deals with other Spanish …
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Spanish-licensed bookmaker Kirolbet has added La Liga football club Real Sociedad to its growing list of partners. The San Sebastian based club will offer Kirolbet a range of opportunities to push their promotions at the Anoeta Stadium and across their digital channels. Financial terms of the agreement weren’t disclosed, but Kirolbet will become the official betting sponsor for Real Sociedad. The …
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Platform provider Mediatech Solutions has enabled R.Franco, one of the oldest gaming brands in Spain, to provide its customers with a full omni-channel experience after the slots manufacturer secured one of the country’s recent online gaming licences. R.Franco, which is currently celebrating 50 years in the industry, has pivoted from its traditional class B slots & export B2B markets in …
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MRG Systems has given one of its most accessible products an overhaul and presented a new look solution for the display of customer data. The firm has revamped its DailyForm product, making it more cost effective while giving it a whole new look with additional features. MRG has almost turned the whole product on its head; switching the original DailyForm …
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Spanish gambling operator Grupo CIRSA has continued its strong 2015 momentum, reporting profits up 16% to €280 million for its year to date performance (period ending 30 September). The Barcelona based operator would record a 19.5% revenue uplift to £1.2 billion driven by sufficient expansion in its Latin American markets notably Costa Rica and Peru. To date, the operator maintained …
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La Liga giants Real Madrid have made history by becoming the first sports club with an ‘Official Story’ on popular social media platform, Snapchat. This is a continuation of Real’s efforts to expand their social media coverage. This will launch to coincide with El Clasico, the ever anticipated showdown between Barcelona and Real Madrid, which takes place this weekend in …
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