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The whirlwind period of July to September of 2022 saw gambling caught up in a farce of political affairs, providing leadership no help to navigate the headwinds of a changing economic climate. Interim results saw all gambling PLCs outline deep concerns on averse macroeconomic trends driven by high inflation and the costs of living crisis. Challenging factors to test the …

Italy’s online gambling marketplace welcomes a new player as DAZN launches its sportsbook service powered by Bet Class Italia SRL. The DAZNBet.it brand made its soft-launch debut at the beginning of December “to test and build-up its Italian sportsbook offering for local audiences”. A key market of DAZN since 2018, the OTT platform has operated its on-demand streaming service, featuring …

Having launched three months ago, DAZN Bet continues to seek a broadening of its senior management and skill sets.  The firm, the sportsbook arm of international sports streaming service DAZN, has advertised that it is recruiting for a Head of Safer Gambling vacancy. Reporting to DAZN Bet’s Director of Customer Operations, the SG Head will manage all aspects of the …

DAZN has entered an agreement to acquire the media division of football streaming OTT competitor ELEVEN Group in a power play to dominate European football broadcasts.  The deal, announced this morning, saw DAZN declare that it will become the “largest holder of European sports rights”, as its business will net a further 40,000 live events per year taking control of …

Gambling’s convergence with sports and media launched the Leaders Track at the SBC Summit Barcelona, in a keynote discussion led by DAZN Chief Executive Shay Segev – a leader at the coalface of the industry’s next evolution. The former CEO of FTSE100 Entain Plc, Segev drew global headlines at the start of the year by joining DAZN, the OTT sports …

As SBC Summit Barcelona is getting closer, Shay Segev, DAZN Group’s CEO and one of the keynote speakers of the global conference and trade show shared DAZN’s ambitions beyond broadcasting and explained why the company is the one-stop shop for sports fans across the globe.  SBC: What is DAZN’s strategy when it comes to competitors? How do you go against …

Pragmatic Solutions has secured its latest major commercial partner, as the ink dries on a newly signed contract with innovation platform Flows. Seeking to enhance the options available to its customer base, Flows will leverage Pragmatic’s ‘no-code innovation platform’, enabling itsits clients to build features and applications without code.  Additionally, the company will also use Pragmatic’s solutions to allow the …

DAZN’s long-running sports betting ambitions reached fruition today as the company’s DAZN Bet product made its market debut in the UK. The first sector to count DAZN Bet as an operator, the UK will function as a pilot for DAZN’s beta product to be tested and further developed, with plans for the final offering based around ‘enhancing interactive experiences’ for …

The upcoming SBC Barcelona Summit (20-22 September) takes place as business and leadership adjust to clashing global dynamics impacting the industry’s development and relationship with regulatory stakeholders. Having examined all elements disrupting gambling’s business landscape – SBC Marketing Director Dennis Algreen, and  Director of Conference Production Jonathan Whelan shed light on producing gambling’s most important executive agenda, as all leadership …

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given the go-ahead to BT Group and Warner Bros. Discovery planned sports broadcasting joint venture.  Announced earlier this year, the 50:50 project will result in BT’s BT Sport and Warner Bros. Discovery’s Eurosport UK merged to form a new sports offering for the UK and Irish markets.  Each outlet will initially retain …