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December 9, 2021
Luka Modrić Joins Forces with Baltics Operator Olybet
Olybet and Luka Modrić joined forces as a part of a new collaboration. Olybet and Real Madrid CF Player Luka Modrić Forge New Partnership Olybet, the Baltics sports betting brand, has announced a new collaboration with the football star Luka Modrić. The new regional Baltics partnership between the company and the professional soccer player from […]
Casino
December 9, 2021
Blackstone Working on IPO for Spanish Gambling Giant Cirsa
According to Spanish daily newspaper Cinco Días, private equity group Blackstone will seek to launch an initial public offering (IPO) for Spanish gambling giant Cirsa. The deal is reportedly estimated at up to €3 billion ($3.4 billion) and could be one of the most significant for the European and Spanish gambling industries. The report states […]
Casino
December 9, 2021
Playtech Launches Live Studio On-site at Swiss Casinos in Zurich
Playtech is opening a new live casino studio in Zurich, Switzerland, as the company seeks to expand its European footprint and boost its holdings in key markets. The studio is hosted out of the Swiss Casinos property in the same city, and it will be a second-of-its-kind operation for Playtech in Europe. Playtech and Swiss […]
Sports
December 9, 2021
France Horseracing and Training Elite Faces Doping Scandals and Arrests
Members of France’s biggest racehorse-training family and over a dozen other persons of interest have been arrested after the police found possible evidence that they may have been involved in doping and fraud. The news comes from daily media, Le Parisien, which details the case and investigation. The arrests were conducted by the country’s Service […]
Industry
December 8, 2021
Unibet and SEF to Offer Safer Gambling Training Courses
An ongoing collaboration between Unibet and Swedish Elite Football (SEF) will see online training courses in player responsibility and safer gambling delivered to one thousand active professional soccer players and coaches. Education to Soccer Players and Coaches The training that will be delivered in partnership with SEF and as part of the sponsorship deal between […]
Casino
December 8, 2021
BGaming Secures Greek License as It Expands in Europe
BGaming continues to grow its iGaming footprint as the studio has received an official Type A1 supplier license from the Hellenic Gaming Commission, Greece’s national gambling regulator. As a result, BGaming will be able to enter a new market and bring along with it a diversified portfolio of over 70 games, marked by their high […]
Industry
December 7, 2021
Dutch Consumers Switch to Licensed Operators, Says KSA
Currently, 11 licensed operators are offering their services to customers in the Netherlands. Those operators offer gaming as well as online betting and follow the strict rules of the market. However, this is not the case for unregulated or black market operators. Consumers that use such operators may be at risk of becoming a victim […]
Sports
December 7, 2021
Bears vs Packers NFL Week 14 Odds, Time, and Prediction
Online sportsbooks think of the Green Bay Packers (9-3) as huge favorites against their divisional rivals, the Chicago Bears (4-8). They are giving a spread of 13-points, which is the highest line the Packers have had in the 2021 season. Are sportsbooks right to think Green Bay will get a blowout win or a harder […]
Sports
December 7, 2021
Napoli vs Leicester Odds, Time, and Prediction
Group C of the 2021-22 Europa League is one of the groups where everything is still pretty much open. Each of the four teams has a chance to get to the knockout stage of the competition. Ahead of the final round of the group phase, Leicester is at the very top of the table with […]
Sports
December 7, 2021
STS Holding SA Launches Investment Arm with IPO Proceeds
If it’s good enough for FanDuel and DraftKings, it’s probably good for the rest of the sports betting elite. This is the logic that partly motivates the Juroszek family, owners of Poland’s sports gambling mastodon – STS Holding SA – which raised $266 million through an initial public offering (IPO) to diversify its portfolio. The […]