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SBC Summit Tbilisi is poised to reclaim the spotlight on 25-26 June at the Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metechi Palace, marking its early return after a highly successful inaugural edition in October 2023. 1,500 senior sports betting and iGaming executives will reconvene in the heart of Georgia’s capital, to solidify their foothold in the promising markets of Eastern Europe and Central …

Lottomatica Group SPA states that it has achieved all corporate objectives of a transformative 2023, as its business prepares to become Italian gambling’s outright market leader by acquiring SKS365 Group.  Publishing its full-2023 accounts this morning, Lottomatica announced corporate revenues of €1.63bn, up 12% on FY2022 results of €1.49bn. Growth in headline revenues reflects Lottomatica generating consolidated bets (volume) of …

The German Tote has partnered with Total Performance Data (TPD) for race tracking and data monetisation across all 19 thoroughbred racecourses and several harness tracks in the country. The deal with the horse racing data provider starts at Berlin’s Hoppegarten for the beginning of their Turf season in late March. Meanwhile, TPD is also tasked with providing data feeds and …

Technological innovation can sometimes end up in stalemate when it comes to sports betting products – something contrary to the constant push by operators to bring the lever higher with trading solutions so that they can acquire a new breed of sports betting end users.  Brands often decide that the best approach going forward is to develop their offerings in-house, …

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) will persist in advocating for the government to comprehensively evaluate the implementation of financial risk checks on UK gambling customers.  The demand was underscored by BHA CEO, Julie Harrington, following Monday’s parliamentary debate concerning affordability checks, as proposed by the Gambling Review’s White Paper – a discussion tabled by UK Racing stakeholders. MPs were implored …

Finland’s Institute of Health and Welfare (THL) has expressed detailed concerns about the increasing instances of gambling-related disorders, even as Finland experiences a decline in gambling participation. The observation was made by the Health Institute during its public survey to ascertain the prevalence of moderate and problem gambling risks among Finnish adults.  The Institute, responsible for monitoring records on disorders …

Betby has partnered with games aggregator St8.io in a deal that will see the supplier’s sportsbook made available to the latter’s operator partners. In using the same, single API as St8.io’s casino content, no additional integration is required, with the default API covering all resettles and rollbacks.  Betby has promised that operators will be able to go live with the …

BetMakers details that it has benefitted from executing its restructuring plans to simplify its operating structure and commercial operations for its business units of Global Betting Services, Global Tote and Corporate (B2B). Publishing its interim H1 2024 results (period up to 31 December), the ASX wagering technology group registered corporate revenues of  AU$ 51m (€30m), up 10% on H1 2023 …

SIS (Sports Information Services) has integrated its Competitive Gaming offering into OddsMatrix – EveryMatrix’s sportsbook platform and data feeds division.  Comprising more than 150,000 annual live events, SIS’ full Competitive Gaming library will be available within the provider’s portfolio of sports and esports betting. This will see its customers gain access to short-form, event-based competitions on esoccer and ebasketball titles. …

A Danish court in Næstved has ruled in favour of the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) over a decision to block 83 gambling websites blocked in the country.  This marks a total of 10 instances where Spillemyndigheden has gone to court over a similar issue as it ramps up its efforts to root out illegal gambling out of Denmark.  The Danish …