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Gambling technology and marketing solutions provider Parimatch Tech has rebranded as GR8 Tech and confirmed that Evgen Belousov will step up to lead the newly-named company as chief executive. Belousov, who had served as deputy CEO since a management restructuring last April, will succeed Maksym Liashko at the helm. Liashko became sole chief executive in
Premier Greyhound Racing (PGR), the media rights business set up to supply greyhound racing coverage to the betting industry, has signed commercial deals with the UK’s four biggest retail betting operators. The new partnerships will see PGR supply the retail operations of Entain’s Ladbrokes and Coral, William Hill, Paddy Power and Betfred. The agreements will
Sportsbook software and igaming platform supplier Digitain has opened its new office in Bucharest, Romania, in a move to expand its presence in Europe. This is part of an ongoing expansion strategy. The new office will allow Digitain to provide its European customers with more centralised customer service. This is the first of several new
Former Flutter UK and Ireland CEO Conor Grant has been appointed as the incoming chairman of Racecourse Media Group (RNG). Grant will initially join as a non-executive director, beginning 1 April 2023, and will succeed chairman Roger Lewis on 1 October 2023. Lewis first joined the RMG board in 2012 and was appointed as chairman
Bet365 has been announced as the official betting partner of the Chris Eubank Jr vs Liam Smith fight on 21 January 2023. The online sportsbook operator has entered into a partnership with Boxxer, the boxing company promoting the fight. As the official odds partner, Bet365 branding will be visible across all pre-promotion and media activity
BetConstruct’s B2C sports betting and igaming arm Vivaro Limited – trading as Vbet – will pay a £337,631 ($412,000/ €381,000) regulatory settlement to the Gambling Commission, due to anti-money laundering and player protection failings. The Gambling Commission said an investigation conducted in 2020 and 2021 uncovered “significant weaknesses” in the operator’s processes in relation to
Allwyn has appointed Robert Chvátal, currently Allwyn Group chief executive, as interim CEO of its UK business to drive the transition towards the start of the Fourth Licence of the National Lottery. The business is due to replace Camelot UK as operator of the UK National Lottery after it was awarded the 10-year, fourth UK National Lottery licence in September
Henrik Tjärnström, CEO of Kindred, has said that “no item is sacred” in terms of cutting costs on an earnings call addressing Kindred’s Q4 trading update released earlier today (13 January). Although Kindred’s Q4 revenue is projected to rise 24.5% year-on-year to £305.0m (€343.1m/$372.2m), Kindred said this was not up to expectations and vowed to
Special purpose acquisition corporation (SPAC) IG Acquisition Corp (IGAC) has ended talks with online gaming operator PlayUp over a merger and planned listing on the Nasdaq stock exchange. Plans for the listing were announced in September last year, with PlayUp and IG Acquisition Corp having entered into a business combination agreement and also agreed terms on
