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Billy Levy, Rivalry: With engagement everything is relative to your audience

Rivalry

For the marketing teams at Canadian esports betting operator Rivalry, content creation and applying lessons from the video game industry are central to its interactions with its target audience of Gen Z and millennial bettors. Billy Levy, the firm’s EVP of Corporate Development, provided a detailed snapshot into what he and fellow panellists will be discussing at the SBC Summit …

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Rivalry confident in product roadmap for 2024 profitability

Rivalry

Rivalry expects to achieve profitability by H1 2024 after recording another quarter of revenue growth in Q2 2023, momentum which the firm expects to stay consistent into next year. The Canada-based firm – active in the Ontario and Australian markets, with a focus on esports – reported group-wide revenue of CAN$8.5m to its TSX investors, up 60% on corresponding Q2 …

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Tabcorp returns to black accelerating 2025 vision

Adam Rytenskild

Tabcorp has stated that it has achieved the year-1 objectives of its business transformation following its demerger from Tatts Group, in line with the group’s new TAB25 corporate strategy.  Publishing its 2022/2023 financial accounts, the reorganised ASX sports betting group achieved corporate revenues of AUS $2.43bn (€1.45bn). A year following its demerger from Tatts lotteries, the commercial make-up of Tabcorp …

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Rivalry launches Same Game Combos for ‘next gen’ of esports fans

GRID/Inspired Entertainment

Rivalry Corp has launched its esports same-game parlay product, allowing users to combine multiple bets within a single esports match for a higher potential payout.  The sports betting and media company has detailed that the new product feature – known as ‘Same Game Combos’ on Rivalry – is available for top League of Legends, Counter-Strike, and Dota 2 esports matches. …

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BlueBet billboards land operator in trouble with Victorian regulator

AUSTRAC bet365 sportsbet investigation

BlueBet has been charged by the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) with violating the Australian state’s betting advertising laws. The operator, headquartered in Sydney in the neighbouring state of New South Wales (NSW), allegedly breached Victoria betting regulations by placing billboard advertisements along motorways. Victoria’s gambling regulator has charged the firm with 43 violations of state law for …

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ACMA launches BetStop as single-point self-exclusion for Australia

ACMA

Australia has welcomed the launch of BetStop, the new ‘single point’ gambling self-exclusion scheme available across all six federal states. BetStop is operated by the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), which in 2022 was instructed to develop a federal self-exclusion scheme to protect vulnerable consumers from gambling risks better. As agreed by the gambling authorities/boards of the Capital Territory, …

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L&GNSW hits Bet Right with AUS$20k fine for marketing breaches

L&GNSW hits Bet Right with AUS$20k fine for marketing breaches -- NSW

The gambling regulator of New South Wales (NSW), Liquor and Gaming NSW (L&GNSW), has secured court action against online bookmaker Bet Right. Amidst a wave of reform across Australia’s most populous state, Bet Right has been fined AUS$20,000 by L&GNSW for illegally offering boosted odds. NSW has strictly enforced marketing laws which prohibit certain advertising and promotions practices which may …

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Dabble expands betting payment options with Primer following Aus regulation

SBC News Dabble expands betting payment options with Primer following Aus regulation

Australian social betting platform Dabble has partnered with Primer – the world’s first automation platform for payments.  The firm is expanding its current payment options to allow customers – who are increasingly casual sports betting enthusiasts – to pay with preferred payment methods such as Google and Apple Pay. Dabble is now aiming to ‘transform’ its online experience, as well …

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Sportsbet to continue Sky Racing in-app broadcasts with Tabcorp

SBC News Sportsbet to continue Sky Racing in-app broadcasts with Tabcorp

Australian gambling firm Tabcorp has extended its digital vision supply agreement with Sportsbet for an additional 10 years. The extension allows Flutter Entertainment-owned Sportsbet to broadcast Sky Racing 1 and Sky Racing 2 vision live in its betting app and website, with Sky as the exclusive provider.  Adam Rytenskild, Tabcorp Managing Director and CEO, noted: “Sky is the home of …

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