Better Collective AS has branded UK media reports as ‘highly speculative‘ of its’ front runner interest’ in acquiring Spotlight Sports Group for £500 million. This weekend, The Sunday Times reported that private equity fund Exponent LLP, the majority investor of Spotlight Sports since 2016, had placed its racing and betting media asset ‘under starters orders‘ for a sale to be executed in …
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With 250 days until the first-ever Winter World Cup, Spotlight Sports Group Senior VP of Technology Rob Lee has taken time to discuss how important it is to get your product right in the run-up to the tournament. Lee, who recently joined the group from Sky Bet, also outlines the value of sportsbooks’ in-play products with games being televised around …
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Spotlight Sports Group has implemented Crossword Cybersecurity’s Rizikon Pro, a supplier assurance and third party risk management platform for SMEs. The integration of the system has enabled Spotlight Sports to halve the time spent on supplier management, gain better visibility of its supplier risk and cut the costs of maintaining its ISO 27001 Information Security Management certification. Due to its …
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Better Collective has enhanced its sports and racing content by integrating Spotlight Sports’ recently launched Superfeed engine, which leverages the Racing Post brand. The deal builds on a previous agreement between Spotlight Sports Group and the Danish sports betting and gaming operator signed five years ago, which has seen Better Collective expand its global audience, backed by Spotlight’s support for …
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Spotlight Sports Group has announced the launch of a new display screen for betting shops, strengthening its retail product range. The display screens will feature integrated content from the Racing Post, combining the paper’s horse racing, virtual racing and greyhound material with enhanced navigation and zoom functionalities. “We design these products to ensure they cater for all betting shops, regardless …
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MyRacing (MyRacing.com), the horseracing results and information portal of Spotlight Sports Group, has launched its first weekly ‘MyRacing Show’ aiming to showcase the wonderful, weird and enthralling sport of horseracing to a broader audience. Published across Spotlight’s social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram), the ‘MyRacing Show’ is hosted by up-coming comedian Ross Brierley – a former employee of William Hill …
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Spotlight Sports Group continues to expand the international publishing services of its flagship subsidiary the Racing Post, announcing that it has entered a content agreement with Russian licensed betting operator Pari-Engineering. Announced as Spotlight’s first Russian language customer, Pari-Engineering will roll-out Racing Post’s translated content services for British and Irish horseracing and greyhound fixtures across its Poolbet.ru domain. Backing the …
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MansionBet has boosted its content engagement capacity by recruiting Spotlight Sports Group editorial team to run its website blog (https://blog.mansionbet.com/). The Gibraltar-based online bookmaker said it has moved to revamp its onsite blog’s editorial content with a view to attracting and re-engaging audiences after the restart of the global sports calendar. Industry publishing group Spotlight Sports, the operating company of …
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Entering a new decade, Racing Post Group made the decision to rebrand its corporate identity to ‘Spotlight Sports Group’ in a bid to better reflect its enlarged enterprise and new business services. Leading the realignment of five distinct business units into one core brand, SBC spoke to Spotlight Chief Marketing Officer Louise Agran about delivering a key project for all Spotlight stakeholders …
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