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Catena points towards ‘organic discipline’ leading future growth

SBC News Catena points towards 'organic discipline' leading future growth

Stockholm-listed industry affiliate marketing network Catena Media has this morning published its full-year 2018 results (12-month period ending 31 January), citing strong progress on its ‘2020 Vision’ corporate guidance strategy. Catena assets closed year-end trading strongly, reporting Q4 2018 increased revenues of €27 million (Q4 2017: €20m), supporting a 17% EBITDA increase of €12 million (Q4 2017: €10m). Updating investors, …

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SportPesa strengthens Everton links via charity contributions

SBC News SportPesa strengthens Everton links via charity contributions

Everton’s principal partner SportPesa has strengthened its relationship with the Premier League, after becoming an official partner of the club’s charitable arm. The multifaceted deal alongside Everton in the Community will see funding be provided for the long-standing ‘Imagine your Goals’ programme, which provides five football therapy sessions each week, supporting over 200 people. This initiative offers those living with …

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BetConstruct brings the glamour through FTVGG Live Casino

SBC News BetConstruct brings the glamour through FTVGG Live Casino

BetConstruct has upped the glamour within its in-house live studio after launching a branded Live Casino hall for FashionTV Gaming Group (FTVGG). It is the latest joint project between the two parties, who initiated a partnership in November of last year by launching a new, unique line of branded slots. BetConstruct said that this new addition to the studio “exudes …

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MMA superstar McGregor unveils new branding for Parimatch

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Parimatch has unveiled mixed martial arts (MMA) superstar Conor McGregor as its new brand ambassador. The Irish fighter will collaborate on promotional content and consumer activations after signing a two-year endorsement deal with Parimatch across the CIS region and Cyprus. The signing builds on Parimatch’s strong brand presence in MMA after the operator became the UFC’s official betting and wagering partner for …

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Paysafe Group signals US betting intent with ‘Single Point API’ launch

SBC News Paysafe Group signals US betting intent with 'Single Point API' launch

Global payments and e-merchant services provider Paysafe Group has stated its corporate intent to lead transactional services within the liberalised US sports betting market in 2019 and beyond. Yesterday at the ICE London 2019 conference, Paysafe leadership announced the launch of its industry-specific ‘single point API’, which will deliver a unified payment platform/solution for all igaming/betting incumbents. Launching its new vertical, …

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Optimove launches free-to-use benchmark platform

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Optimove has announced the launch of iGaming Pulse, an industry benchmark platform for the gaming sector which enables operators to assess their overall performance against industry-wide key performance indicators. The free-to-use platform helps operators to gain a clearer understanding of how their KPIs compare against the rest of the industry, broken down by geography and game type. This type of …

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Simon Banks: Star Sports – Delivering on talent resources amid changing industry values

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With the aim of diversifying its business portfolio, Star Sports launched its new recruitment contingent Star Recruitment back in January with the aim of providing tailored staffing solutions to the global gambling industry. SBC caught up with Simon Banks, a sector resourcing and talent development veteran, who is heading up the new vertical as its Chief Executive Officer. We asked …

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EGBA urges Dutch Senate to move on 2019 gambling makeover

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Industry trade association The European Gaming & Betting Association (EGBA) has moved to back Sander Dekker’s (Dutch Minister of Legal Protections) proposals to overhaul the Netherlands’ gambling regulatory framework. This week, the Dutch Senate will re-debate the mandate of the much disputed Netherlands ‘Remote Gambling Bill’, which has remained stagnant in progress since securing its House of Representative approval in 2016. …

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BetConstruct secures Official Partner link up with Arsenal FC

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Arsenal FC, a three-time winner of the Premier League title, has welcomed BetConstruct into its “family” of Official Partners. BetConstruct, a developer of gaming and betting technology with development, sales and service centres around the world, has confirmed that it will use this new ‘Official Partner’ status to increase brand-awareness of its services, all of which are on show for …

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Tombola in-app adverts banned by the ASA

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The Advertising Standards Authority banned Tombola adverts appearing in the I’m A Celebrity, Get Me Out Of Here app, reminding the company of future conduct in the process. Maintaining that those under question were inappropriately targeted, the ASA stipulates that those in question must not be used again in the form complained of, without specific targeting to minimise the likelihood …

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