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Catena looks West as Euro impairments stunt 2021 growth  

SBC News Catena looks West as Euro impairments stunt 2021 growth  

Catena Media Plc has underlined its long-term growth strategy and ongoing international expansion projects, as the Stockholm-listed affiliate publisher registers a full-year 2021 operating loss of €12.7 million.  The firm’s FY2021 earnings performance was significantly impacted due to the impairment of previously acquired German and French sports media assets totalling €49 million. Headline metrics saw Catena register corporate revenues of …

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Google updates policy terms for NY sportsbook advertising

SBC News Google updates policy terms for NY sportsbook advertising

Google has updated its ‘US Gambling and Games’ advertising policy to allow for certified and state-licensed entities to promote sportsbook adverts within the state of New York.  The tech giant issued its update on Friday 7 January ahead of the official launch of New York’s sportsbook regime on 9am Saturday, sanctioned by the New York State Gambling Commission.  “From January 2022, …

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Winning Post: Will New York become US sportsbooks’ rotten apple?

SBC News Winning Post: Will New York become US sportsbooks' rotten apple?

Regulus Partners returns to action this 2022, examining the hazardous playing field of the high tax and compliance New York sportsbook marketplace that made its debut this weekend. Investors and stakeholders await to see how NY’s nine licensed incumbents will proceed in a market that holds a visibly flawed model for participants… While the New Year has been marred by …

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Scott Longley: 2021… Chasing up the Big Mo’

SBC News Scott Longley: 2021... Chasing up the Big Mo’

Providing further year-end perspectives, SBC has enlisted the help of Scott Longley of the Wagers.com Earnings+ More Substack to summarise the M&A, IPOs and boardroom shake-ups that have reformed gambling’s playing field make-up…  When the Earnings+More newsletter (as it was then) launched in April, it was partly as a response to the expansion of the US-listed betting and gaming sector …

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Winning Post: US stats show all the signs of being over-stretched

SBC News Winning Post: US stats show all the signs of being over-stretched

Having reviewed the monthly revenue stats of US wagering’s current ‘big-3’ states New Jersey, Pennsylvania and Michigan. Regulus Partners warns that bonus-inflated metrics are not an effective measure to gauge the total addressable market (TAM) of a disrupted US gambling marketplace… September marks a seasonal return of US sports as well as a Northern hemisphere seasonal uplift in igaming activity. …

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Strive Gaming unveils leadership team to execute US platform dominance

SBC News Strive Gaming unveils leadership team to execute US platform dominance

Strive Gaming has launched its commercial profile, aiming to establish its business as the leading supplier of fully customised igaming platforms for the burgeoning North American market. The ambitious start-up has named former Kambi Group Chief Commercial Officer Max Meltzer as its enterprise CEO, leading its mandate to deliver North American incumbents with the most scale effective operating systems meeting …

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Xtremepush secures $33m cash injection to drive expansion plans

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Xtremepush, the Irish-owned multi-channel customer engagement platform, will press on with its expansion plans in overseas markets after raising $33 million in growth capital. Xtremepush enables its global client base to drive revenue and enhance customer experiences through personalised, data-driven communications across all digital channels. The Dublin-headquartered SaaS company will double its workforce to 140 people in Ireland and overseas …

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Jason Ader: Mattingley must awaken Playtech’s US future 

SBC News Jason Ader: Mattingley must awaken Playtech’s US future 

Brian Mattingley’s appointment as the new company chairman of Playtech Plc has been welcomed by company investor Jason Ader and his asset management company SpringOwl. Though the appointment was branded as conservative in some quarters with Mattingley due to finish his 15-year CEO and Chairmanship tenure at 888 Holdings, Ader believes that Mattingley will play a critical role in Playtech’s …

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Genius Sports files IPO statement with SEC

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Genius Sports Group has filed a ‘registration statement’ informing the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) of its intention to merge with special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) ‘dMY Technology Group II’ (dMY II). The SEC filing has been registered by the newly created holding company of ‘Galileo NewCo Ltd’ (NewCo) and confirms the merger approval by both Genius and dMY …

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Winning Post: NY developments, counting problem gamblers and video gaming

SBC News Winning Post: NY developments, counting problem gamblers and video gaming

Will sports betting come to the rescue for Ney York’s COVID-hit finances? Regulus Partners believes that Governor Andrew Cuomo has a tricky balancing act if he wants to boost coffers with deregulation. And why are regulators changing how they count problem gambling behaviour? US: sports betting regulation – Cuomo takes a bite? There has been a long history of gambling …

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