Sydney-listed betting technology provider BetMakers has brought in high-flying Australian lawyer Rebekah Giles to serve as an independent non-executive director of the company.
Giles has more than 20 years experience as a legal practitioner and has risen to prominence in her home country representing numerous high-profile clients. She is the principal [...]
Flutter Entertainment’s Australian sports betting brand Sportsbet has been handed a AUD$2.5m penalty for breaching Australian spam laws with its text and email marketing messages.
Alongside the penalty from the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Sportsbet has also agreed to refund approximately $1.2m to consumers who lost money on bets [...]
PointsBet Canada has been named as the official sportsbook partner of Alpine Canada Alpin (ACA), the governing body for alpine, para-alpine, and ski cross racing in Canada.
The multi-year partnership begins mid-season as athletes head to Beijing for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, which officially begins today and runs until 20 February.
"Alpine Canada is thrilled to [...]
Sydney-listed gaming supplier Aristocrat has failed in its bid to acquire Playtech after its proposal was unable to secure the required shareholder approval needed to progress the transaction.
Playtech convened a Court Meeting and General Meeting earlier Wednesday in connection with Aristocrat’s recommended £6.80 cash offer.
The total votes in favour of [...]
A group of unknown Playtech shareholders look set to scupper Aristocrat’s bid to acquire the London-listed gaming supplier and operator.
Playtech shareholders are due to vote on the Aristocrat bid today (Feb. 2), with both companies pre-emptively announcing that they do not expect the proposal to pass.
In a statement Wednesday morning, [...]
Sydney-listed online sports betting operator BlueBet Holdings has reported a 55 per cent increase in turnover to a record AUD$138.6m for its financial second quarter ended 31 December.
The strong year-on-year turnover growth followed a record performance during Melbourne Cup week in November, as weekly turnover climbed 62 per cent year-on-year [...]
Sydney-listed betting and gaming operator PointsBet has recorded strong growth for its financial second quarter ended 31 December, with net win climbing 73 per cent to AUD$77.3m.
Turnover from PointsBet’s Australian and US sports betting businesses grew by 11 per cent year-on-year to $1.33bn during the quarter, with Australian turnover increasing [...]
Sydney-listed lottery provider Jumbo Interactive has expanded its presence in the UK lottery market through an agreement to acquire external lottery manager StarVale in a potential AUD$40.6m (approx. £21.5m) deal.
The acquisition aligns with Jumbo’s strategy to build scale in its Managed Services and Software-as-aService (SaaS) business segments, with Lancaster-based StarVale [...]
The latest annual report from the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) reveals that there were 236 reported cases of suspicious betting activity in 2021, with football at a record high of 66 alerts.
The annual figure marks a 13% reduction on the 270 cases reported in 2020 and cover 13 [...]
Sydney-listed PointsBet has become the latest operator to launch an online sportsbook in New York State.
PointsBet went live with its new sports betting product in the state last night, becoming the sixth of the nine previously approved online sportsbooks to launch in New York State, following in the footsteps of [...]
Flutter Entertainment-owned online poker giant PokerStars has struck an exclusive partnership with Red Bull Racing ahead of the 2022 Formula 1 season.
The multi-year global partnership will see the operator's brand feature on the RB18 race car and race suits, encompassing PokerStars’ full offering of casino, poker and sports betting products.
“Following [...]
Sydney-listed operator PointsBet Holdings is set to launch in Pennsylvania's regulated sports betting and iGaming market having secured license approval from the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB).
PointsBet will operate in the market in partnership with casino operator Penn National Gaming, and will leverage its exclusive sports betting partnership with NBC [...]