Unibet has been recognized as one of Malta’s top employers by research undertaken by commercial enterprise organization ‘Business Leaders Malta’. The Stockholm-listed betting operator’s Malta division earn a ‘best in category’ title following a study researching seven key employee and management criteria. The study researched factors relating to; employee development, leadership, HR structures, policies, team building corporate communications and wellbeing. Officials at …
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Giving content marketing a spin for online casino brands
Content marketing is hugely successful in the sports betting sector, but can it work in the same way for casino games? Scott Longley investigates. Casino occupies a curious position within the online gambling universe. While all the evidence shows that the category of gaming is by far the largest vertical in revenue terms, it remains a product which to a degree …
Read More »Betsson secures Latvia license under Triobet brand
Following a review of services by Latvia’s Lottery and Gambling Supervision Agency (IAUI), Stockholm-listed European sports betting operator Betsson has been granted concession to offer online betting services through its Triobet brand. The decision taken by the IAUI will see Betsson’s online assets removed from Latvia’s online gambling blacklist. The operator is said to want to concentrate its Latvian betting …
Read More »Cherry acquires 49% stake in ComeOn for €80 million
Swedish Nasdaq-listed igaming operator Cherry AB has this morning confirmed that it has agreed to acquire a 49% stake in Malta based European casino and sports betting operator ComeOn Limited for a consideration of €80 million. Publishing deal terms, Cherry AB detailed that it would acquire its ComeOn stake in two tranches consisting of a € cash and new share …
Read More »NetEnt posts 33% revenue surge driven by increased user interaction
Updating the market, Stockholm-listed NetEnt AB declared a strong opening performance to its 2016, with the games developer recording top-line growth on all core metrics. NetEnt would announce Q1 2016 revenues of SEK 345 million (£31 million) up 33% on 2015’s corresponding SEK 258 million. Detailing its revenue growth, NetEnt governance noted that 2016 had seen a substantial increase in …
Read More »Mediatech Solutions launches SKS365 in Spain
Omni-channel gaming platform provider, Mediatech Solutions, has agreed a deal with SKS365 to launch the PlanetWin365 brand in Spain. The agreement has seen Mediatech integrate SKS365’s existing in-house pre-match and live betting sportsbook into the Mediatech platform. Working alongside SKS365, Mediatech has also ensured PlanetWin365 is tailored to the specific regulatory requirements of the Spanish market. PlanetWin365 also offers slots …
Read More »LVbet.com goes live with Maltese licences
New online gambling brand LVbet.com has gone live after being issued operating licences by the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). LVbet has signed deals with slot suppliers NetEnt, Microgaming, Wazdan and Thunderkick, meaning it can offer hits such as Starburst, Mega Moolah and Gonzo’s Quest. LVbet.com has also launched a customer loyalty programme that rewards players every time they play a slot. …
Read More »Izibet partners with Sporty Tech for French horse racing
Maltese sports betting operator Izibet and Sporty-Tech, a French sports betting solutions provider, have entered into an agreement to enable the former to provide the Maltese betting community with access to the international common pool on French Horse Racing as provided by the PMU. The French racing calendar (both French races and those abroad) will be open for betting throughout the Izibet …
Read More »Carla Maree Vella – Optimizer Invest: Finding enterprise opportunity within sector consolidation
SBC begins the week by speaking to Carla Maree Vella, Chief Executive of Malta-based technology fund Optimizer Invest regarding new venture and enterprise opportunities within the igaming and betting sectors. Leading Optimizer Invest operations, a fund that has made numerous enterprise investments within the sector, Maree Vella details that even with tougher market conditions and further saturation, igaming and betting …
Read More »iGame owners net €7.5 million Unibet earn-out!
Issuing a short statement, Stockholm-listed operator Unibet Plc has confirmed that it has paid out an initial €7.5 million (£5.9 million) to the former owners of iGame Group Ltd in accordance with its agreed August 2015 corporate acquisition terms. The €7.5 million earn-out relates to ‘first-stage’ performance benchmarks attached to Unibet’s €59 million buyout of iGame assets (acquisition completed in …
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