Tag Archives: SEGOB

CIRSA acquires GanaBet MX as Blackstone eyes future options

SBC News CIRSA acquires GanaBet MX as Blackstone eyes future options

Heritage Spanish gambling group CIRSA SA continues its ‘global sportsbook expansion’, having agreed to acquire Guadalajara-based GanaBet.mx for a reported €20m.  The deal had previously been disclosed in CIRSA’s FY2022 Interim update, in which the Blackstone-owned Spanish gambling group revealed that it had reserved €20m in cash to acquire GanaBet. Licensed by SEGOB, Mexico’s Ministry of the Interior, GanaBet currently …

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Betsson invests in JDP Tech to cater for LatAm venture requirements

SBC News Betsson invests in JDP Tech to cater for LatAm venture requirements

Betsson AB has agreed to invest €8.8 million in JDP Tech Ltd, a specialist payment processing firm for South American market transactions. The deal, undertaken through Betsson’s venture investment subsidiary Perch AB, will see the Stockholm-listed online gambling group acquire a 50% stake in JDP Tech. “This allows Betsson to secure customer payment flows for the continued expansion in Latin …

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SEGOB Mexico appoints Cota Montaño as new ‘gambling general’

SBC News SEGOB Mexico appoints Cota Montaño as new 'gambling general'

Olga Sanchez Cordero, Secretary of Governance of Mexico (SEGOB), has disclosed that Leonel Cota Montaño has been appointed as the Secretary-General of gambling supervisory department ‘Dirección General de Juegos y Sorteos’ (Games & Lotteries Mexico). A Labour Party (PT) political veteran, Cota Montaño is the former governor of the state of Baja California Sur (1999-2005) and will take leadership of …

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