Sportsbook

It’s the most important week in the UK racing calendar, the “greatest show on turf”. Cheltenham Festival enamoured racing fans across the world as shock results twinned with a win for the favourite in the Gold Cup presented mixed results for fans and bookmakers.  bet365 has told SBC News that the week of racing ended “honours even” between its trading …

Anders Ström, Kambi Chair, and Kristian Nylén, Group CEO, have reflected on a year of strategic and operational progress, as 2023 saw a shift in the firm’s business model. Addressing investors, the duo reflected on a year which saw €173.3m in revenue, multiple operator signings and partnership extensions, as well as sportsbook launches, amongst other successes. Speaking of the Stockholm-listed …

Française des Jeux (FDJ) will continue to focus on the international development of its lottery and online sports betting and gaming activities to enable the group to become “a leading international gaming” business in 2024 and beyond. Writing in FDJ’s annual report, CEO Stéphane Pallez said the group has set itself the aim to “deploy our strategy with determination” in …

888 Holdings has confirmed its strategic exit from the US market, selling all associated B2C assets to Hard Rock Digital (HRD). In March, 888 notified investors that it had initiated a strategic review of its US B2C business, “considering all available options”. The decision saw 888 announce that it had mutually agreed to terminate its Sports Illustrated (SI) Sportsbook and …

Spotlight Sports Group has announced a partnership with AK Bets that will see the bookmaker become the title sponsor of the Racing Post’s golf betting show. Named The Sweet Spot, the technology and media company’s show will feature revered golf tipster Steve Palmer and host Jack Reeve, and will be distributed every Tuesday. Anthony Kaminskas, Founder of AK Bets, said: “I have …

eVulpa and Sportsbet.io have partnered with the FIBA West Asia Super League (WASL) to ‘revolutionise’ the sports and basketball ecosystem in the West Asia region. Sportsbet.io will have access to a multitude of features, including the presence in 12 different basketball arenas of the region, where elite clubs play each other in a home and away system for the first …

Digitain has announced that it will provide its turnkey solution to Mongolian-based NZGM LLC – the licensed operator of MNBET.mn. The deal will see NZGM LLC access Digitain’s GLI-certified turnkey solution, which includes a proprietary sportsbook with more than 1,000 in-house risk managers and sports traders for over 100 sports. Ani Mkrtchyan, Digitain’s Chief Sales Officer, commented: “NZGM LLC is …

The South Sydney Rabbitohs and Canterbury-Bankstown Bulldogs have extended partnerships with Reclaim the Game as the National Rugby League (NRL) continues to distance itself from the betting sector. The two New South Wales clubs each confirmed a three-year renewal of their pre-existing partnerships with Reclaim the Game – an initiative of the NSW government. A core principle of the campaign …

In a somewhat surprising development, the Swedish government has fined itself, with the country’s s gambling authority Spelinspektionen issuing a SEK100m (£7.5m) penalty to Svenska Spel – the operator wholly owned by Sweden.  According to the indictment, the penalty relates to breaches of the Gambling Act part of Sweden’s re-regulation in 2019. More particularly, the operator has apparently failed to …

BetMakers Technology Group and Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) are going to be delivering racebook services on GiG’s sportsbook platform SportX. This will be made possible through integration with BetMakers’ Embedded Racebook Solution, which allows operators to offer a full racebook with a comprehensive platform that includes wagering, form, data and embedded video.  Andrew Cochrane, CBO at GiG, commented: “This agreement …