Affiliate News

Gambling.com Group (GAMB) reports robust financial results for 2022, as the Nasdaq affiliate media firm continues to register double-digit growth in its revenue and EBITDA performance. Strong end-of-year trading saw Gambling.com’s revenue more than double year-on-year to $21.3m (Q4 2021: €10.2m), while its Adjusted EBITDA increased by 202% to $6.9m (Q4 2021: €2.3m). Q4 highlights saw its North American media …

Three Dutch affiliate companies have penned a joint letter to the House of Representatives, requesting policymakers to reassess existing restrictions on certain bet types. Paul de Bruin, Co-Founder of Oddsbeater; Michael Mertes, Founder of Betmanbegins; Jeffrey Noeken, Host of the Betstreet Boys podcast; and Frank Op de Woerd, Co-Founder and Head of Content at CasinoNews, laid out their case to …

XLMedia has entered a new partnership with Spotlight Sports Group (SSG) to upgrade its horse racing content and data provisions across its digital media network.  The London AIM media group will deploy SSG’s ‘Superfeed content engine’ across its most popular domains, which will gain access to news, data and analysis on over 60,000 racing fixtures annually. SGG’s content engine has …

Catena Media Plc has settled its shareholder subscription options related to warrant rights issued for the period of 2020-to-2024. The Stockholm-listed media publisher had previously alerted shareholders of its intentions to exercise warrants following its Q4 2022 trading results.   The transaction saw 6,663,913 of warrants paid by Catena, corresponding to approximately 19.7% of all outstanding warrants being exercised for cash …

In a major milestone for its US expansion plans, Better Collective has confirmed that it has been greenlit to enter Massachusetts, securing first mover advantage in the state.  The firm will be able to roll out its services for licensed operators after the Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) allowed for third parties to be compensated on a CPA or revenue sharing …

Checkd Media has brought its ‘No Tippy Tappy Football with Sam Allardyce’ podcast back for the final stages of the football season, sponsored by William Hill. Distributed via Checkd’s Footy Accumulators platform, the video podcast will continue to be hosted by Natalie Pike and former West Ham and Everton manager Allardyce, set to feature a series of ‘high profile’ guests.  …

Better Collective continues to expand its B2B services, having entered into an exclusive agreement to support global football media publisher Goal.  Launching the partnership on 1 March, Better Collective has been charged with providing new commercial sports betting content, tech and data insights for Goal domains, which attract an average of 64m monthly visitors. The partnership was struck with Footballco, …

Freebets.com has revealed professional Jockey Tom Bellamy as the group’s new racing brand ambassador.  The XLMedia PLC-owned group stated that it will be working closely with the National Hunt Jockey – who is based in the Cotswolds and has over 250 career wins to date – throughout 2023/24. Dominic Celica, Head of PR Sports Europe at XLMedia PLC, commented: “Tom …

OneFootball is to reduce its headcount by approximarly 150 staff members, as leadership revises its cost base attached to the development of its Web3 platform. At the close of February, company Founder and Chief Executive Lucas von Cranach issued an internal announcement confirming that OnnFootball would reduce its headcount from 470-to-320 employees. The announcement follows December lay-offs of 60 staff …

Checkd Group has made an internal promotion in naming Sam Turnock its new Finance Director, responsible for coordinating activities across its three core divisions. Turnock assumes his new responsibilities amid growth in North America for Checkd, having launched its Smart Picks betting data tool and Flash Picks product in the region, as well as the acquisition of 10 CPA state …