Kaizen Gaming’s Betano sportsbook subsidiary has taken legal action against Portugal’s Professional Football League (LPFP) in light of not securing the naming rights of Liga Portugal. Betano had been favourites to replace telecom operator NOS as title sponsor of Liga Portugal, having agreed terms with the LPFP on a four-year sponsorship deal valued at €5.5 million per season. However, last …
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Betclic Portugal has debuted its first feature short film ‘RASTRO’ depicting the story of an amateur footballer tackling the decrepit social and environmental conditions of Lisbon’s Setúbal district – the birthplace of world football icon Cristiano Ronaldo. RASTRO forms part of Betclic Portugal’s wider ‘Futebol Bonito’ social responsibility project, in which the bookmaker will continue to raise funds for amateur …
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Entain plc has lauded its ability to maintain a strong trading momentum in Q4 2020, with its diversified portfolio being attributed as a key driver for growth. Delivering its 20th consecutive quarter of growth, Entain has projected that full-year net gaming revenues (NGR) will grow by 27%. Closing 2020 trading on a high, the FTSE100 group delivered double-digit NGR growth …
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GVC Holdings has confirmed that it will return to Portugal by acquiring online sportsbook Bet.pt for an undisclosed sum. The FTSE100 betting group announced its latest acquisition as part of its Q3 2020 trading update, which saw GVC increase full-year EBITDA guidance to the £770-790 million range following a rapid recovery across all core regulated marketplaces. In its trading statement, …
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Altenar has continued to support the expansion efforts for its sports betting and gaming customers by securing certification for both Denmark and Portugal. We spoke to the company’s CEO Stanislav Silin about the “technical and procedural synergies” between the two, challenges relative to other territories, and the need for a software provider to be “the enabler, not a blocker” for …
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The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has confirmed that the European Associations for TV and Radio publishers has become the latest organisation to welcome its new code of conduct on responsible advertising for online gambling. Becoming the first pan-European initiative for gambling advertising, the code establishes responsible standards for advertising for the online gambling sector. The egta will subsequently …
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Portuguese football player Nuno Gomes has become the latest brand ambassador for BetConstruct, and the software provider’s data feed subsidiary FeedConstruct. A striker who played in two World Cups and three European Championships for the Portugal national team, he scored the winner against England at Euro 2000. BetConstruct, a company with such a robust sports betting offer and broad coverage of …
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Betclic has launched its first interactive live streaming event ‘Betclic Game Changer’, seeking to maintain and further expand its Portuguese market profile during lockdown. The bookmaker’s interactive series has been co-developed by Lisbon-based ‘live engagement’ agency New Collective, organisers of Portugal’s popular ‘Revenge of 90s’ youth culture events. The interactive series will debut this weekend, live-streamed across Betclic Portugal’s social …
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Portuguese industry publisher, Costa Media confirms that it has secured a €550,000 equity investment round, funding the next phase of expansion for its affiliate network. The funding round was led by igaming investors Growth Box Ventures (GBV) and Dreamworx, backing Costa Media’s ambitions to become the industry’s leading Portuguese and Spanish language publisher. Founded in 2019 by enterprise team of …
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Digitain has continued its global expansion with the launch of its product offering in Portugal and Romania. The move further enhances Digitain’s extensive international reach as it looks to push its sportsbook software, sports data and tracking systems and casino aggregation among its other products. Nora Galstyan, Compliance Manager at Digitain, stated: “Going live in Portugal and Romania is another …
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