Europe

ProgressPlay has integrated UK and Irish horse-racing into its sportsbook content portfolio.  With its data-driven UI/UX technology, the provider will demonstrate a ‘slick design and easy-to-use navigation’ to provide innovative horse-racing products for ProgressPlay operators and other partners. Marina Nahhas, ProgressPlay Sales and Marketing Manager, said: “Horses present a fantastic acquisition tool for any partners operating in the UK and …

Optimove has linked with DataDots in a partnership which will streamline data integration processes for marketers.  The deal – which addresses challenges faced by companies in preparing the data – will enable marketers to ‘accelerate and leverage’ the CRM marketing platform’s capabilities for personalised customer engagement and real-time strategies.  DataDots looks to bring its experience in data organisation, engineering, and …

SIS (Sports Information Services) has integrated its Competitive Gaming offering to Fairbet’s land-based venues.  The partnership will see more than 150,000 annual ebasketball and esoccer matches boosting engagement with Fairbet’s retail properties through self-service betting terminals provided by Playtech.  Fairbet has been operating retail venues since 2004, with an extensive choice of content and wagering options.  Antoine Pace, CEO at …

The Supreme Court of Spain has ‘partially annulled’ certain articles of the Royal Decree on Advertising, the mandate which imposed federal restrictions on gambling advertising across Spanish media. The Royal Decree was the headline measure of former Minister of Consumer Affairs, Alberto Garzon, who in 2020 was appointed by Spain’s PSOE-coalition government to oversee the federal reform of Spanish gambling …

Genius Sports has partnered with Premier League side Brentford FC for the introduction of an innovative live match augmented reality (AR) experience that leverages in-game data streams.  Highlight replays during games will now feature AR information such as shot speeds, shot trails, player names and pitch maps. Gtech – Brentford FC’s stadium naming rights sponsor – will also have its …

Flutter Entertainment has welcomed Cheryl Bosi as Chief People Officer of the company’s UK & Ireland division. Bosi joins the sports betting, gaming and entertainment provider from a ‘long and accomplished’ background in finance, after having spent the last three and a half years leading HR at HSBC UK. With 14 million active customers and clients and around 22,000 employees …

The Irish Institute of Public Health (IPH) has released a summary of its actions and results throughout last year to address some of the most pressing issues on gambling harm.  Reported on by IPH Public Health Development Officer Dr. Ciara Reynolds, the available data shows an increasing focus placed by the organisation on creating a strong bridge between public health …

Romania’s gambling sector faces further upheavals, following Parliament’s approval of an executive order by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to enforce ‘Legea Păcănelelor’ (The Pannel Law).  Yesterday, PM Ciolacu declared a victory for Romania’s PSD-&-PNL coalition government, who secured approval to implement a ban on “gambling localities in towns with less than 15,000 registered inhabitants”.  The law was authorised by a …

The government of Italy has settled on the new framework of licences for online gambling concessions. A new structure for Italian online gambling concessions was published yesterday by Parliament’s Gazette as an amendment carried forward by the government’s ongoing ‘Reorganisation of Gambling‘ decree. Recognised as a principal objective of the planned overhaul of Italian gambling laws, the government seeks to …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has issued a binding agreement with cloud service provider DigitalOcean in what is another step in the fight against illegal affiliate websites.  KSA highlighted that it is often difficult to track down the identity of the owners of these affiliate websites, and therefore the best approach is to work with hosting providers like DigitalOcean and completely block access …