As we approach the tenth month of this year, many of us are beginning to take stock of what has taken place in 2023. For LSports, it’s been a busy few months to say the least, with a new brand evolution, new products, acquisitions, events and partnerships all making the news this year. According to Yoav Ziv, Chief Revenue Officer …
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Flutter Entertainment Plc will take a ‘podium place’ in Serbia having agreed to terms to acquire a 51% stake in MaxBet Kladionica for a cash consideration of €141m (£123m). Announced this morning, Flutter stated that its majority investment in MaxBet advances commercial prospects in the fast-growth Balkans region, in which its ‘International unit’ targets ‘Gold positions’ in the markets of …
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Changes in consumer demand for betting innovations are driven by the operators themselves, Sam Sadi laid out to SBC. The key step now is how the industry responds to the demand it itself has created. Recent years have seen a range of new betting products hit the markets, such as cashouts, in-play wagering and request a bet/bet builder offerings, LiveScore …
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SBC marked the grand 10th-anniversary edition of the SBC Awards with a spectacular celebration, honouring the exceptional individuals and companies whose unwavering commitment to delivering top-notch products and services earned them a trophy at yesterday’s ceremony. The anniversary edition of the Awards saw the announcement of winners across 39 categories, including operators, affiliates, media, suppliers, and payment and compliance tools. …
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Some African regulators need to ‘step up’ with regard to dealing with unlicensed operators and enforcing safer gambling, in the opinion of Olabimpe Akingba, Executive Secretary of the Association of Nigerian Bookmakers (ANB). Sharing her views on the ‘Accessing Africa’ panel at the SBC Summit Barcelona, Akingba was joined by four other stakeholders in the African market – three operators …
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“Ontario is great,” William Woodhams, Fitzdares CEO summarised as he reflected on the UK bookmaker’s experience of Canada’s only regulated province for betting, one year on from regulation in April 2022. Woodhams was joined on a panel examining Ontario market developments by a fellow Englishman, Leon Thomas, Managing Director (Canada) at Entain, and two Canadian business figures – Jared Beber, …
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Market diversification was the key talking point for a diverse group of betting CEOs at the SBC Summit Barcelona this year, with the assembled industry leaders also noting the ever-present challenges of regulation. Regulated markets have become the main focus for the industry, the CEOs observed, and this is only going to increase. In the words of Jesper Svensson of …
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Online adoption, such as omnichannel payments, is set to aid innovation within the retail environment. These were the thoughts of Tim Kennedy, SuzoHapp:’s VP of Sales Europe, who, ahead of SBC Summit Barcelona, which opens its doors today, sat down with SBC’s Senior Journalist, Jessie Sale. “From an innovation point of view, there’s a number of things that can really …
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The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) states that it has been forced to defend itself against unwarranted criticism and daily attacks from the Racing Post. This afternoon, the Commission published an open letter from its Chief Executive, Andrew Rhodes, as a ‘right of reply’ to ‘imbalanced stories’ published by the Racing Post concerning financial risk checks as part of UK gambling’s …
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Tommy Kearns, CEO of Xtremepush, reflects on the firm’s recent purchase of Thunderbite, the importance of a unified player journey and how the standard sports betting app doesn’t quite cut it anymore. Firstly, are you able to tell us more about the acquisition of Thunderbite and its significance on the igaming industry? The acquisition of Thunderbite by Xtremepush opens up …
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