Posts From: January 2021

World Poker Tour sold to private investors for $78 million

Allied Esports Entertainment and Element Partners privately-held investment vehicle, have announced a definitive agreement under which Element will acquire the Company’s poker-related business and assets, including the entities comprising the...

Business News
Stats Perform awarded IBIA Data Standards Accreditation

Stats Perform has been awarded the International Betting Integrity independently audited Data Standards Accreditation for the collection and distribution of sports event data for betting. Khalid Ali, CEO IBIA, said: “I am delighted to announce that Stats...

Business News
Grupo Caliente and Genius Sports expand data deal

Grupo Caliente, has expanded its relationship with Genius Sports Group, a leading provider of sportsbook management solutions, to include Genius Sports Group’s entire portfolio of official live data and streaming...

Business News
MoneyMatrix roll out PayPal in 15 countries

Payment processing gateway MoneyMatrix announces a new partnership with the popular payment solution PayPal. Through the new partnership, MoneyMatrix’s iGaming clients will be able to offer players PayPal top-ups and...

Payments
Entain appoints first female CEO

Entain has appointed a female chief executive in a move that raises the number of women leading FTSE 100 businesses to six. Jette Nygaard-Andersen joined the Entain Board as an independent non-executive...

People News
Entain shares plunge after MGM walks away from £8bn offer

MGM have scrapped plans to buy Entain, saying it does not intend to submit a revised proposal for the business that snubbed an £8 billion takeover approach earlier this month. Entain...

M&A
BetMGM nets Chris Chelios as new brand ambassador

BetMGM has hired Hockey Hall of Fame member and three-time Stanley Cup champion Chris Chelios to a multi-year deal as a celebrity brand ambassador. BetMGM will partner with the Detroit...

Marketing
888 extends WSOP partnership with Caesars

888 said Tuesday that it has agreed to a multi-year extension of its exclusive B2B poker partnership with Caesars Interactive Entertainment. The new agreement will see 888 continue to power...

Business News
Sazka Group appoints lastminute.com founder Brent Hoberman

Sazka Group continues to expand its team ahead of the UK National Lottery license competition. Brent Hoberman will join the group’s “advisory board” to win the lottery license, chaired by...

People News
Spiffbet chases expansion with two more acquisitions

The acquisition of Sir Jackpot and Live Lounge constitutes Spiffbet’s seventh acquisition in the same number of months resulting in Spiffbet today operating ten European online casino brands in parallel...

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