With domestic European football just underway and the realisation that Qatar 2022 will be here before we know it, Ebbe Groes, Group CEO at EveryMatrix, digs into the vital issue of sportsbook profitability. Whether it is professional football, table tennis or FIFA, one aspect of a sports fan’s passion is always placed above all else. It isn’t the skill of …
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EvenBet Gaming targets Asian market with SBOBET integration
EvenBet Gaming has strengthened its position in the Asian gaming market after integrating the SBOBET sportsbook into its gaming platform. The agreement, EvenBet says, will provide its operators with access to a range of new sports betting markets as well as an opportunity to “maximise revenue”. Dmitry Starostenkov, EvenBet Gaming CEO, commented: “We are excited to have integrated SBOBET sportsbook …
Read More »Gamesys Asia and UK growth offsets European regulatory headwinds
Gamesys Group Plc has ‘continued to execute successfully’ across its KPIs, noting encouraging results in the UK and Asia, but it has encountered regulatory challenges in mainland Europe. Publishing its H1 trading report, the firm revealed that ‘good momentum’ in the UK and Asia had been the primary driving force behind a 17% increase in group evenues to £398 million …
Read More »Winning Post: How will China choose to control its ‘opium for the mind’
Regulus Partners examines the Chinese government’s crackdown on offshore gambling and real-money games, fulfilling its wider determination to control consumer behaviour and how CCP actions will impact the sector’s regulatory outcomes across Asia. China’s nineteenth-century battles with opium are one of the generally lesser-known but more profound undercurrents of modern history. Two wars with Britain were fought and lost, …
Read More »JKR Investment Group expands into Asia with WYN Global Media investment
JKR Investment Group has expanded its reach into the Asian market after making a strategic investment in WYN Global Media Limited. WYN Global Media currently provides online igaming-related content in Japan and other Asian markets. “I believe the investment in WYN Global Media is very important for JKR’s ecosystem,” commented Alexander Gusev, CEO and Co-Founder, JKR Investment Group. “First of …
Read More »Royal Calcutta Turf Club to broadcast UK and IRE fixtures powered by RMG
UK and Ireland horse racing fixtures have secured breakthrough coverage for the Indian market via a new media rights distribution deal struck between Racecourse Media Group (RMG) and the Royal Calcutta Turf Club (RCTC). The ground-breaking deal will see the heritage RCTC racetrack enable its visitors to watch and bet on fixtures broadcast by RMG of 34 UK racecourses and …
Read More »Zohrab Karapetyan: How Digitain is supporting sportsbook partners for Tokyo 2020
From skateboarding to surfing, Digitain has ramped up the number of Olympic sports it is supporting for its sportsbook partners during Tokyo 2020. We spoke to Zohrab Karapetyan, Digitain’s Sportsbook Product Manager, about launching new initiatives to meet the growing Olympic betting appeal and mitigating the impact of time difference on turnover, particularly in Europe, before looking slightly further ahead …
Read More »How does latency and stream delay work in esports?
The relationship between latency and stream delay is pivotal to how the esports betting industry operates, writes PandaScore CEO Flavien Guillocheau. The functionality between these two elements has become increasingly pertinent as the sector continues to grow, expand live betting opportunities and become a sportsbook staple. To understand how it all fits together, it’s important to first establish the difference …
Read More »GLMS publishes 2021 Mid-term intelligence report
The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) has published its 2021 Mid-term Monitoring & Intelligence Report, citing ‘a busy first six months’ of the year, from education to policy-making, engaging with its members and monitoring to maintain sport integrity. The GLMS shared several activities in which its lottery, associate and regulating members have participated, enhancing the quality of sports betting and especially facilitating the …
Read More »Sportsflare: Introducing the only BetBuilder in esports
Over recent years we have become increasingly accustomed to seeing the BetBuilder tab appear as an option for matches on our favourite sportsbooks, but the product has so far eluded the esports punter. Until now. Sportsflare, a New Zealand-based tech company focused on providing innovative new betting experiences for esports, has become the first to offer same-game parlay betting around …
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