Europe

Jenningsbet has stated that the UK government’s plans to introduce a mandatory levy as part of the Gambling Act’s White Paper Review will hinder the bookmaker’s ability to continue with its charity work.  The mandatory levy, proposed at up to 1% of annual gross gambling yield (GGY) aims to collect funds for Research, Prevention and Treatment (RET) of gambling harms. …

The Supreme Court of Justice in Mexico has been compelled to intervene in the tax dispute between the gambling group Codere SA and SHCP, Mexico’s Ministry of Finance and Public Funds. The dispute arises from the SHCP’s demand that Codere, a Spanish gambling group, should pay taxes and surcharges for the year 2008, which the Ministry estimates to be MEX …

DAZN has formed a partnership with the Professional Fighters League (PFL) to broadcast the four PFL Europe events which are planned for this year. Following what DAZN described as a transformative 2023, following the successful launch of its DAZN Bet brand the year prior, the London-based OTT sports media platform will now distribute the MMA promotion’s bouts to French audiences …

BLAST Premier – a Counter-Strike tournament series – has announced a global partnership with GG.BET.  The deal will see the esports betting brand featured across multiple activations, offering BLAST’s audience ‘exciting experiences’ and integrations in the aim of bringing fans closer to the action.  These activations include talent predictions and BLAST.tv Pick ‘Ems, live betting odds broadcast integration, social media …

Kindred Group Plc has detailed improved financial results and corporate KPIs, closing full-year 2023 trading. The board of the Stockholm-listed online gambling group published a preliminary trading update due to the €2.6bn takeover offer tabled this morning by Groupe Française des Jeux (Groupe FDJ). Q4 results saw Kindred achieve period revenues of £313m, reflecting a 2% increase on 2022 comparatives …

In the last three months of 2023, Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) blocked more than 600 igaming websites on the grounds of missing a valid licence. The watchdog’s most recently published list of breaches include domains like 22bet, luckyhit, leon casino, and more.  According to the NRA, the commissioned analysis found that the websites offered options to set up a …

EveryMatrix has announced the appointment of Bobby Longhurst as the group’s new Chief Commercial Officer. Ahead of ICE 2024, Longhurst, former Managing Director of SportingTech, now assumes responsibility for commercial strategy including account management, sales, and marketing, working closely with each business unit to enhance EveryMatrix’s global efforts. Ebbe Groes, Group CEO at EveryMatrix, explained that the igaming software provider …

 Groupe FDJ has outlined its ambitions to create a “new European gaming champion” by launching a €2.6bn all cash tender offer to acquire Kindred Group Plc outright.  The Paris Euronext exchange was informed this morning of FDJ’s opening offer to acquire Stockholm-listed Kindred Group, putting forward a SEK 130 (€11.40) per share offer to the firm’s board.  As detailed by …

Kindred has donated its branding space on Middlesbrough FC’s first team shirts to the MFC Foundation logo for this weekend’s match against Rotherham. As the Championship club’s principal sponsor, Kindred supports the move as part of the club’s ‘Foundation Weekend’ in removing its Unibet branding for the cause. The initiative aims to highlight the Foundation’s ‘life-changing work’ for participants of …

The government of Malta has detailed that it has strengthened policy and compliance in the gambling sector to minimize exposure to threats and vulnerabilities stemming from money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF). Measures were outlined by the ‘National Risk Assessment (NRA) on Money Laundering (ML) and Funding for Terrorism (TF)‘, a review of financial risks across Malta’s business sectors. …