SBC News Voice of the Sports Betting Industry
MARCA, Spain’s most popular sports media brand has announced the re-launch of betting portal ‘MARCAapuestas.es’ in partnership with Playtech.
The multi-year partnership sees Playtech services manage MARCA’s sports betting and igaming provisions on all digital platforms (desktop and mobile), with the Spanish media owner migrating its existing player base from the GTECH platform to Playtech solutions.
Furthermore, Playtech management informed the media that it would launch its full casino solution for MARCA in the coming months.
The re-launch of MARCAapuestas.es, sees the gambling supplier win a further European media account, with MARCA joining Gazzetta dello Sport (Italy) as a Playtech partner.
Part of Grupo Unidad Editorial, MARCA is Spain’s most read daily print and online newspaper with a daily audience estimated at more than 2.5 million.
Shimon Akad, COO, Playtech, commented on the partnership:
“Our proven success of delivering leading media brands in regulated markets with a complete sports and gaming offering has enabled us to extend our reach and we’re delighted to be working with MARCA.
“The MARCA brand will reach new heights by using our industry-leading, best-performing sports betting and gaming Omni-channel software, platform, systems, and content, and we look forward to continue working closely with the team in the months and years ahead,”
Elicia Martinez, Business Development Manager, Unidad Editorial, said: “We’re delighted to be working with Playtech on the next phase of MARCA’s online and mobile betting and gaming offering and the migration to their technology has been highly successful.
“The Spanish market is rapidly maturing and we’re confident Playtech will be able to deliver the sophisticated and highly engaging offering our readers want,”
