Oren Cohen Shwartz will now take the reins at Delasport after being confirmed as the company’s new Chief Executive Officer. In his new role, Cohen Shwartz will be responsible for expanding Delasport’s full B2B turnkey solution into new markets across the world. “Delasport’s team is growing at a very rapid pace, and the company is hiring the most knowledgeable and …
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Superbet Group will take leadership of Belgium’s gambling marketplace, having agreed to acquire outright Napoleon Sports and Casino. The Romanian gambling group reached a takeover agreement with European private equity fund Waterland PE, with parties choosing not to disclose financial terms of the transaction, which is reported to be valued above €350 million. It is a transformative deal for Superbet, …
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OPAP SA has confirmed the appointment of James Curwen as its new Chief Online Officer, leading the Athens-listed operator’s new digital strategy. Curwen will replace incumbent Petr Matejovsky, who is set to leave the company after seven years of service leading the Greek national lottery and sports betting operator’s online divisions. Curwen has over 30 years of career achievements within …
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Fortuna Zakłady Bukmacherskie emerged as the dominant operator at the 2020 edition of Legalni Bukmacherzy’s Polish Bookmakers Awards. The Polish arm of Czech gambling group Fortuna Entertainment Group took home the prestigious Best Bookmaker Award for the third year in a row, whilst also sweeping up the Best Offer and Responsible Bookmaker titles, and claimed a joint Best Marketing prize …
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Superbet has launched ‘The Magic Feeling of #SuperSport’ as its new lead advertising campaign within its home market of Romania. The campaign, developed by Bucharest creative marketing agency Rusu+Bortun, sees Superbet promote its full range of live betting markets covering Romania’s most popular sports. Adjusting to a period with no sports activity during the 2020 pandemic, Superbet – Romania’s biggest …
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The Grand Chess Tour (GCT) has announced its 2021 schedule, returning to action from its 2020 hiatus due to global pandemic circumstances. Recognised as world chess’ most prestigious tour series, the GCT sees FIDE’s 12 leading ‘Grandmasters’ and wild card entries compete in five tournaments featuring ‘classical’ and ‘rapid&blitz’ (10-and-3 minute clocks) game formats. Romanian bookmaker Superbet has announced that …
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Free-to-play (FTP) sports game provider SportCaller has joined forces with Romanian betting operator Superbet, in a new CIS-facing partnership. The deal will help the free-to-play (FTP) game supplier expand its reach into the central and Eastern European markets through the Superbet Group, which already has a footprint in the market. On the other hand, the multichannel sportsbook will benefit from …
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Pan-Eastern European betting firm Superbet Group has expanded its online casino portfolio, after confirming that it has acquired a 60% stake in Lucky7 Ventures. Superbet stated that its transaction follows an initial venture investment in Lucky7, allowing the online casino start-up to develop its multi-market operations targeting growth in Europe and the Americas. Founded in 2019 by former Dunder co-founder …
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Romanian gambling operator Superbet has upped its commitment to sports betting integrity after becoming a member of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). Under the partnership, Superbet will feed into IBIA’s unique global monitoring and alert system, and benefit from the platform’s security and business protection measures. Ivan Gojic, Head of In-Play Trading at Superbet, commented: “Superbet’s membership of IBIA …
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CMS platform provider Sportal365 has expanded its partnership with efbet, Bulgaria’s largest sportsbook and casino operator, to engage a wider set of sports audiences and increase player conversion through editorial content. Already deployed in Bulgaria, efbet CEO and founder Tzvetomir Naydenov confirmed that it is planning to use the Sportal365 platform as a lead generation tool in markets where there …
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