Sportsbook

Industry tailored platform solutions provider Comtrade Gaming has confirmed that it will supply retail betting and gaming provisions for Romanian operator Bet Arena Interactive. With over 200 high-end shops, Bet Arena is a prominent operator in Romania and part of the industry leading Superbet Group. Comtrade Gaming’s online gaming platform manages multi-channel operations to integrate retail and online operations. Utilising …

US industry body The American Gaming Association (AGA) is reported to be making its biggest push for legalising sports betting within the USA by spearheading the creation of the ‘American Sports Betting Coalition’ (ASBC). The ASBC has been created with the goal of finally repealing the controversial 1992 ‘Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act’ (PASPA), which at present only allows licensed …

Seeking to boost its licensing provisions, Finnish platform and white-label industry solutions supplier Finnplay has confirmed that it has gained a software operating licence from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). Updating the market, Finnplay management detailed that it had added UK betting industry software supplier certification to its existing UKGC ‘pool betting’ licence, thus being able to better service the …

Updating the market, industry platform and software supplier BetConstruct has informed that it has signed a ‘live scouting data’ partnership with the Czech Republic based operator Tipsport. Agreeing terms, the partnership will see Tipsport utilise BetConstruct provisions to enhance its current pre-match and in-play sports betting offering, further allowing its players to engage with more betting markets and live data. …

Unibet and bet365 shared top billing for May’s biggest match on bettingexpert, with both bookmakers accounting for 10.29% of the tips on last month’s Madrid derby at the Bernabeu. The pair made up the top two for each of the top five matches on bettingexpert, which also included both matches between Monaco and Juventus, San Antonio Spurs vs Houston Rockets …

Updating the market, Stockholm-listed European online gambling operator Kindred Group Plc has announced that it has commissioned two leading international researchers to investigate ‘gambling practices using anonymized customer data’ from its corporate assets. The study which has been commissioned for a period of three years, will seek to gain industry insight into player profiles, and user journey and interaction with Kindred …

Betfair has teamed up with the Drone Racing League (DRL), the leading authority for professional drone racing to offer betting markets on the final race of the Allianz World Championship circuit at Alexandra Palace London (13 June). The Championship race will be the UK’s first professional drone race and will be held as part of London Tech Week, Europe’s largest …

Russian business news sources are reporting that GVC Holdings’ European sports betting subsidiary Bwin is preparing to launch a licensed Russian sportsbook property Bwin.ru in partnership with Digital Betting LLC. The Bwin project is said to be supported by Russian billionaire financier Alexander Mamut, whose investment firm owns Russian bookmaker Digital Betting LLC which will act as licensing partner in …

With less than 24-hours to go until polling stations open, UK bookmakers have shortened the odds on a Conservative Party UK 2017 General Election ‘majority victory’. This morning Paddy Power Politics, detailed that it had cut its ‘Tory Majority’ price from 1/4 to 2/9. Furthermore, the bookmaker has drifted Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn’s chances of becoming PM to 4/1, having …