Europe

The board of Svenska Spel has been demanded to explain its reason for closing down the Casino Cosmopol venues in the cities of Gothenburg and Malmö. As announced on 25 January, Svenska Spel, Sweden’s state-owned gambling firm, will shut down Cosmopol venues in Gothenburg and Malmö as part of the firm’s ongoing reorganization of its land-based gaming units. The decision …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published its latest datasets tracking  participation in UK gambling up to December 2023.  The Commission continues to gather data from the “biggest operators covering 80% of the online gambling market” – an initiative started in March 2020, monitoring gambling behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. As stated, “this release compares Quarter 3 (Q3) of financial …

Kindred has entered into an agreement with Stats Perform to enhance its proprietary sportsbook platform, Kindred Sportsbook Platform (KSP). Kindred and Stats Perform have signed a new agreement that will enhance the Kindred Sportsbook Platform (KSP) offering.  The deal will see Stats Perform’s RunningBall and Opta product suite being integrated into Kindred’s solution, accompanied by real-time sports data feeds and …

Sweden’s Riksdag has been ordered to review a ‘memorandum for referral‘ proposing further tightening of gambling laws to protect against match-fixing. Authorized by the government, the memorandum has proposed amendments to Sweden’s Gambling Act of 2018 to allow “gambling licensees the right to process information on infringements related to or suspected of being involved in match-fixing.” The amendment requires the …

Niccolo Cassettari, Chief Business Development Officer at Logifuture, talks about the company’s multi-faceted approach to doing business and what it takes to be more than just a white label specialist.  SBC: Logifuture has earned a solid reputation as a white label specialist, but the company also markets a wide-range of B2B products. Can you share more information on its inception, …

iGP has announced the double hire of Inesa Glazaite as its new Chief Commercial Officer and Michael Baker-Mosley as its Chief Marketing Officer. Finalising its senior management restructure, Glazaite joins the igaming solutions provider having spent the last four years in senior sales roles within iGaming and sports betting.  These include Head of Sales at Soft2Bet, Senior Sales Director at …

GG.BET has announced an extension of its partnership with international esports club Team Vitality into 2024. The victorious Counter-Strike roster and the esports betting company will be deepening their collaboration to aid the development of the industry.  GG.BET commented: “Since we first joined forces, GG.BET has supported Team Vitality all the way to the top. The team has won major …

Sportsbook and casino platform provider Digitain has signed a new contract with Bragg Gaming Group for the distribution of its game content. The partnership allows for Bragg’s full suite of gaming offering to be accessed through Digitain’s Centrivo platforms and aggregation service.  Ashot Sahakyan, Director of International Relations at Digitain, commented: “We are committed to providing our partners with innovative …

Playtech Plc has secured a multi-year extension to its existing contract as the principal online casino platform supplier of Totalizator Sportowy SP, Poland’s state-owned gambling operator. The renewal follows an extensive review undertaken by Polish authorities which deemed Playtech as the optimal online casino solutions supplier for Totalizator Sportowy to maintain its state-sanctioned gambling services. Totalizator Sportowy was established in …

Sportradar has reported that its automated odds recalculation tool, Alpha Odds, delivered an average profit increase of 10% for clients in 2023, compared to the performance of its conventional odds product.  The tool, which allows operators to generate bespoke betting prices in line with their risk exposure and liabilities, was launched in 2022 and boasts a client roster of more …