Tag Archives: Copa America

HKJC reports record football betting turnover

SBC News HKJC reports record football betting turnover

The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has experienced an upsurge in football betting, with wagering on the sport in the 2020/21 financial year higher than on horse racing for the first time in the operator’s history. Publishing its annual report for the financial year ending 30 June 2021, the HKJC reported total revenues of HK$280 billion (€30 billion), a 27.9% …

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Euro 2020: Operator eyes smiling but lessons learned for domestic football return

Euro 2020

Thomas Molloy, Sportsbook Director at Pronet Gaming, reflects on a unique and record-breaking Euro 2020. It may have ended in heartbreak for Gareth Southgate’s men, but while England failed in their quest for glory in the Euro 2020 final against Italy, operators we spoke to around the world were left smiling after a very positive tournament experience. In all the …

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SoftSwiss Sportsbook boosts igaming foothold with N1Bet

SBC News SoftSwiss Sportsbook boosts igaming foothold with N1Bet

SoftSwiss Sportsbook has secured its second partnership in under a month, launching a new sports betting project with N1Bet to further establishing its foothold in the igaming market. The new partners intend to leverage the project to provide a standard sports betting platform package, covering over 10,000 live events across 70 sports and more than 1,200 betting markets. N1Bet’s addition …

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Better Collective integrates Spotlight’s Superfeed to boost racing content

SBC News Better Collective integrates Spotlight’s Superfeed to boost racing content

Better Collective has enhanced its sports and racing content by integrating Spotlight Sports’ recently launched Superfeed engine, which leverages the Racing Post brand. The deal builds on a previous agreement between Spotlight Sports Group and the Danish sports betting and gaming operator signed five years ago, which has seen Better Collective expand its global audience, backed by Spotlight’s support for …

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SoftSwiss enhances sportsbook solution with bonus features

SoftSwiss enhances sportsbook solution with bonus features

SoftSwiss has added three new bonus bet features to its sportsbook solution which the supplier believes will “further diversify the sports betting experience for all players”. The new features, which have been added just in time for Euro 2020 and Copa América, will take three formats: no-risk free bet, AllWin free bet and OnlyWin free bet. The No-Risk free bet …

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Pronet Gaming drives customer acquisition with new widgets

Pronet Gaming drives customer acquisition with new widgets

Ahead of EURO 2020 and Copa América, Pronet Gaming has released a new set of sports betting widgets which will help its operator partners drive both acquisition and retention. The new widgets, which provide customers with “quick access to pre-built accas”, have been localised to particular markets while also being tailored towards mobile betting. Thomas Molloy, Director of Sportsbook and …

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BetConstruct sportsbook campaign kicks off at Stamford Bridge

Stamford Bridge

Next week’s SBC Championship at Stamford Bridge is the perfect launchpad for BetConstruct’s Renaissance Sportsbook campaign, as the sports betting and gaming provider gears up for Euro 2020, Copa América and the Olympic Games in Tokyo. BetConstruct is a premium sponsor for the SBC Championship, held at the home of Champions League finalists Chelsea on Tuesday 1 June. Just last …

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Betfair sponsors SBT Brazil’s Copa America coverage 

SBC News Betfair sponsors SBT Brazil’s Copa America coverage 

Betfair will serve as a co-sponsor of Brazilian TV broadcaster SBT’s coverage of the 2021 CONMEBOL Copa America tournament taking place this summer from 13 June to 10 July.   Recognised as one of Brazil’s ‘big three’ terrestrial TV channels, SBT is contracted to broadcast 11 Copa America matches including the tournament kick-off match between hosts Argentina against Chile, as well …

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H2 – Gambling maintains its growth profile, as sector prepares for critical summer trading

SBC News H2 - Gambling maintains its growth profile, as sector prepares for critical summer trading

Q1 analysis undertaken by H2 Gambling Capital has observed that the industry has maintained B2C and B2B growth despite continued trading against volatile lockdown conditions and regulatory headwinds in Germany and the Nordics.   Recording a year-on-year revenue increase of 42%, global gambling tracked a ‘weighted average EBITDA’ growth of 119%, as H2 noted that the sector’s primary growth driver was …

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