Spiffx has entered the African market after signing a deal to launch its B2B white label product, Take5Live, on regional sports betting and gaming operator Cheza Gaming. As a first step for the partnership, Take5Live, a game based on Spiffx market activity that allows customers to place bets on there being a goal within the next five minutes, will be …
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Figures released by Sifo Advertising Measurements showed that Unibet was the top gambling operator for TV advertising spend in Sweden during the first 11 months of 2016. Produced in conjunction with Dagens Media, the figures show that online gambling companies, including state-owned monopoly Svenska Spel, spent big on Swedish advertising platforms. However, Unibet topped the lot with an outlay of …
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Financial betting site BetOnFinance.com has launched a new game allowing players to bet on which CEO will depart next. Punters have long been able to bet on the next football manager to get the sack, and now BetOnFinance is giving its customers the opportunity to predict the next CEO to leave their current company, allowing them to bet on one of …
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The Stockholm-listed casino games provider NetEnt AB has changed another life after a BGO player from the UK won €7.4 million on its Mega Fortune Dreams slot. The Cheshire-based player picked up the €7,437,199.55 windfall, becoming an instant multi-millionaire from a bet of just £1.25. His first plan for the ‘life-changing’ sum of money is to take his children on …
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SBC News caught up with Spiffx founder Lennart Gillberg to reflect on an eventful 2016 in the sports betting industry, and a breakthrough year for his betting exchange company. Favourite Memory of 2016 Launching the first version of the Take5Live app during Euro 2016. Take5Live is an engaging game based on Spiffx market activity that allows customers to place bets on …
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Updating the market, Stockholm Nasdaq-listed Catena Media has entered the regulated US online gambling market by confirming the acquisition of licensed affiliate website assets from three separate US founders. Specifying acquisition details, Catena governance stated that it had agreed to pay an upfront cash and shares deal valued at $15 million, with 25% of the deal being settled through a …
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The governance of Cherry Gaming AB has confirmed that it has executed its right to acquire the remaining 51% of shares in European igaming operator ComeOn Malta (ComeOn). Last July, Cherry had acquired 49% of equity in ComeOn for a shares + cash combination valued at €80 million. Moving to buy ComeOn outright, Cherry governance detailed this morning that it …
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Stockholm listed betting exchange Spiffx has signed a joint venture agreement with leading Australian operator Cardinal House to roll out Take5Live and Spiffindex to the Australian and Asian market. Take5Live is an engaging game based on Spiffx market activity that allows customers to place bets on there being a goal within the next five minutes at pre-determined odds. Spiffindex is …
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Industry platform and software supplier Tain has agreed a content partnership with Yggdrasil Gaming (Yggdrasil), which will see the company bolster its slots and games portfolio with the supplier’s top titles. The partnership will see Tain integrate Yggdrasil’s portfolio of HTML5 games within its platform, making Yggdrasil content available to its client base. Yggdrasil’s portfolio contains a wide range of …
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The governance of Mr Green & Co (Mr Green) has confirmed that the company has officially moved its main market listing from Sweden’s mid-size AktieTorget, to floating on the Nasdaq Nordic Market (Stockholm). The European igaming operator becomes the 76th enterprise to list at Nasdaq’s Nordic markets in 2016. This November, Mr Green’s governance announced that it would change main …
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