PointsBet posted a 139.7% increase in net win revenue to AUD$18.7m (£9.7m/€11.2m/US$12.2m) in the third quarter of its fiscal year on the back of Australian and US growth, but costs continued to outpace revenue as the operator fell to a $15.5m loss for the year.
Norway’s government has ruled that national tote Norsk Rikstoto should retain its status as the horseracing betting monopoly in the country after its current concession expires in 2021.
La Liga, Spain’s top flight of football, has appointed spread betting operator PointsBet USA as the Official Betting Partner of La Liga North America in an "exclusive multi-year agreement".
La Française des Jeux’s (FDJ) acquisition of Sporting Solutions will see the French group use Solutions’ trading expertise to develop its B2C offering in its home market and its lottery-focused B2B activities internationally. But a clear vision of how to integrate the UK group into FDJ’s mega-structure will also be just as important if the deal is to be successful, writes Jake Pollard.
Playtech has reported a 54% year-on-year increase in revenue for 2018, though growth for the year was largely down to the acquisition of Italian operator Snaitech, with the solutions giant’s B2B division struggling.
