Entain Plc has upgraded its full-year 2024 guidance due to stronger-than-expected Q2 results and revised regulatory timings helping the execution of key upgrades. Posting its H1 trading statement, the FTSE100 gambling group underscored its ‘improved operational execution’ ahead of Gavin Isaacs beginning his tenure as new CEO on 2 September 2024. Corporate results, including the performance of joint-venture BetMGM, saw …
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STS Group hits peak performance to close bumper 2022
Rounding off its first year as a Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) business, Polish and CEE betting operator STS Group SA reports 16% year-on-year revenue Increase and 29% boost in net profit, Maintaining its dominant Polish market share and CEE pole positions, STS reported a consolidated revenue of PLN 579m for 2022, marking a 16% increase from PLN 498m in 2021. …
Read More »STS calls time on UK & Estonia ventures to prepare for stormy 2023
STS Group has confirmed that it will begin to ‘phase out’ its business activities in the UK and Estonia to strengthen its objective to increase profitability for investors. The decision follows successful 2022 trading, which saw STS strengthen its position as Poland’s largest bookmaker, accumulating PLN 4.68bn (circa €1bn) in wagers. 2022 saw Poland’s market leader generate net-gaming-revenues (NGR) of …
Read More »STS signals positive H1 results driven by Betsys benefits
STS Group has underlined its confidence in achieving its full-year 2022 commercial and tech objectives, following strong H1 corporate performance. Publishing a snapshot update on H1 2022 trading, Poland’s largest betting group matched like-for-like H1 2021 NGR results of PLN 296m (€62m). The positive NGR result was generated from combined group wagers of PLN 2.2bn (€460m) as STS matched tough …
Read More »STS Group hits peak NGR ahead of critical H2 trading
STS Group has reported a strong start to year trading, completing its first business quarter as a Warsaw Stock Exchange (WSE) enterprise. Filing its Q1 2022 financial results, STS achieved group revenues of PLN 282 million (€61m), up 6% on pre-WSE results of PLN 265 million. Period trading saw STS pay combined Polish lottery and sports betting taxes of PLN …
Read More »STS recruits Jaroslaw Walaszek as CIO to strengthen proprietary tech focus
STS Group has announced the appointment of Jaroslaw Walaszek as its new Chief Information Officer (CIO), tasked with overseeing the strategic development of its proprietary technologies and product portfolio. Fresh to the igaming sector, Walaszek joins STS from pan-European media conglomerate Ringier Axel Springer Media AG, where he formally served as IT Development Director. Updating media, STS underscored Walaszek’s proven …
Read More »Betsys lauds consecutive listing as Deloitte ‘Fast-50’ CE enterprise
Betsys, the technology unit of STS Group, has been recognised by global auditing group Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing tech companies operating in Central Europe. For a second consecutive year, Prague-based Betsys has ranked in Deloitte’s “Fast 50 Tech” index for Central Europe, listed as 39th amongst the fastest growing enterprises of Europe’s most dynamic tech scene. The Deloitte …
Read More »BetCris announces European arrival via Poland
BetCris has marked its first foray into the European online gambling marketplace by launching its online sportsbook within Poland. The South American operator becomes the 20th business (retail and online) to be granted a gambling licence by Poland’s Ministry of Finance. An expansion into Europe had long been touted by the South American operator, which was founded in Costa Rica …
Read More »Betclic launches first HD campaign for Poland
Betclic Group has moved to refresh its brand image across Poland, launching its new TV advertising campaign ‘Zakładamy się od Zawsze’ (‘Betting since Forever’). The HD campaign co-produced by Warsaw advertising agencies 180HeartBeats and JUNG-v-MATT aims to showcase Betclic’s trusted credentials as one of Europe’s longest-serving online sportsbooks. Bartłomiej Płoskonka, country manager for Betclic Poland, detailed that the French betting …
Read More »STS secures Polish exclusivity for BetBooster
STS will deliver new innovations to its home market of Poland after becoming the exclusive operator of BetBooster, developed by sports data studio LVision. BetBooster is an automated sports insight feed designed to optimise customer engagement with betting markets, based on historical data of markets and AI analysis of player behaviours. Promoted as a widget across STS sportsbook portfolio (mobile …
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