The SBC Weekly Digest for 23/07/21

Your weekly roundup of the most popular articles from SBC News, SBC Americas, CasinoBeats, SlotBeats….

Good week for…

STAKE

Watford FC has struck a ‘club-record’ agreement with crypto casino and sports betting platform Stake.com.

KINDRED

Kindred Group has registered record gains across its H1 metrics, including period profits of £160 million, following an ‘exceptionally strong business period’.

Bad week for…

FRENCH LICENSED OPERATORS

The ANJ has been forced to ‘draw a yellow card on marketing communications that target young adults’, warning operators of ‘crossing the line on betting advertising volumes’ during Euro 2020.

CROWN RESORTS

Star Entertainment Group has withdrawn its Crown Resorts merger proposal, noting the group’s uncertain future prospects and a lack of engagement surrounding the offer.

QUOTE OF THE WEEK

“They can also align expectations for suppliers and tell us what we can do better for the players, bringing value to their community and also to the operators – so I think that they can take a really important role here and bring a lot of value for the industry.”

Fredrik Elmqvist, CEO of Yggdrasil, discusses the impact that streamers can have on the slots sector.

NUMBERS GAME

Unibet has added a further three races to its sponsorship of the Qatar Goodwood Festival, taking the operator’s total to 12 races.

€42.8 million

Kambi has underlined its continued commercial momentum, registering revenues of €42.8 million during Q2 of 2021.

$1.54 billion

The Georgia Lottery has posted profits of $1.54 billion. As per state legislation, the lottery’s profits will be transferred to local communities through education funds.

680

The Global Lottery Monitoring System noted in its 2021 Mid-term Monitoring & Intelligence Report that it had 680 alerts and notifications for 10 sports in the first six months of the year.

VIDEO OF THE WEEK

Paris Smith, CEO of Pinnacle, discussed how important it is to ‘keep your finger on the pulse’ of the sports betting industry in the seventh instalment of the SBC Leaders podcast.

Recommended Reading

BetGames COO, Aiste Garneviciene, reacts to the relaunch of its signature Lotto product, powering lottery’s next generation with more than 36 draws per hour.

Speaking to SBC Americas, Kambi’s Sarah Robertson reflected on the different routes available to tribal gaming communities looking to deploy sports betting.

BETER’s Chief Product Officer, Alex Lobov, talks about strengthening the firm’s fast sports betting niche foothold, risk management and countering the threat of match-fixing.

As the impact of fraud continues to evolve for SMEs, Michael Ault, CEO of UTP, revealed how they have bolstered the battle as the pandemic has continued.

Artículos Recomendados

Bajo una disposición del Gobierno nacional de Argentina, a partir de esta semana los operadores cuentan con la habilitación para registrarse con el dominio bet.ar para distinguir sus plataformas habilitadas de las ilegales.

El gobierno brasileño ha revelado que su expectativa es que el mercado de apuestas deportivas esté regulado antes de fin de año y en funcionamiento para antes de la Copa Mundial FIFA 2022, aunque reconoce que cumplir con esta fecha será un desafío.