The Stanleybet Group opens its first shop in Malaga.

The opening of the first shop in Malaga is  the first step of a development plan which foresees the opening of 40 shops in Andalusia by the enf of 2026. Giovanni Garrisi, CEO of the Group: “Spain offers great opportunities for our sector”.

Malaga, 28th March 2023 – Inauguration ceremony of the first shop on Spanish soil for the Anglo-Maltese giant. The historic bookmaker chooses “La Luz”, the most populous neighborhood in Spain to kick off the expansion plan in Andalusia, which foresees the opening of 40 shops by the end of 2026.

“Spain offers great opportunities for our sector.” – declares the CEO of the group, Dr. Giovanni Garrisi – “Andalusia represents an extremely vast market with very high development potential. We started from Malaga, and then continue in the other cities”

“As announced, we have decided to enter the Spanish market by opening a ‘tienda de apuestas’, that is to say a betting agency opened directly by the operator, to give the imprinting and export our style also in Andalusia”. – says Antonio Stanzani, Stanleybet Country Manager for Spain – ” We are already in contact with several Spanish entrepreneurs who have chosen Stanleybet to start thriving and lasting partnerships in the betting sector. We have been the leaders in European betting since 1958: flexibility is one of the factors that have led us to conquer several European markets and will allow us to open 40 agencies in Andalusia over the next 3 years”.

STANLEYBET ANNOUNCES REBRANDING, NEW NUANCES FOR THE HISTORIC GAMING BRAND IN EUROPE

After 65 years since its establishment, the Stanleybet Group has implemented a restyling of the existing brand, opening to the temporary inclusion of new colours, to honour historical events. A decision that maintains the group’s ideals, while giving the brand dynamism and adaptability.

Liverpool (United Kingdom), 20.03.2023 – The Stanleybet Group, after 65 years of history, announces the restyling for the entire range of brands associated with the Group. The business started out as a bookmaker in 1958, and over the years it evolved in a consolidated group, currently also active in the creation and development of virtual games and gaming platforms. By relaunching its brand, Stanleybet is now looking to the future of the global market, where the Group has always played a lead role, while balancing tradition and innovation, with enthusiasm and dynamism.

Giovanni Garrisi, CEO of the Group, said: “Since we first considered the rebranding, the goal has been to continue to embody the Group’s core values – Strength, Dynamism and Balance – while responding to the changes in the industry and, more generally, to new styles and trends used to convey a message”.

Ivan Fantasia, Head of Brand, Marketing & Communications for the Stanleybet Group, said: “My team and I evaluated various options, ranging from more cautious choices to more audacious ones. We ultimately decided to carefully restyle the brand that was already in use, with a final outcome that less accustomed eyes might not even detect initially. The token will stand in for the actual change. The diagonal ‘cut’ that divides the token symbolises the balance between tradition and innovation. The slope of that cut has now been set at 18 degrees, along with the slope of the Stanleybet trademark letters. In addition to redefining visual equilibrium, the number 18° also has significant symbolic resonance, both in terms of the gambling’s age restriction and the positive connotations it has in other numerologies, such as strength, luck, and prosperity. Additionally, the colour of the small section of the token – and with it, occasionally, also the background of the logo itself – will adopt a theme or different colours on our social media channels, which will be dedicated to the celebration of an event of historic significance, whether it be sporting, cultural, or customary”. A decision that gives the brand dynamism and adaptability, allowing for quick, direct and effective communication, which can be used in a variety of contexts and events, and is crucial for reaffirming the Stanleybet group’s leadership in contemporary communication, where social media have contributed to a significant shift in written and figurative language.

STANLEYBET RETAIL BETTING IN ITALY: AFTER 25 YEARS OF JUDICIAL CHALLENGES AS TO THE LEGITIMACY OF ITS RETAIL TRADING MODEL IN THE ITALIAN MARKET, STANLEYBET HAS NOW CHOSEN TO PAY ITALIAN BETTING TAX, AND THE MALTESE AUTHORITIES HAVE BEEN NOTIFIED ACCORDINGLY.

Liverpool, 4^th January 2023 – Stanleybet Malta Ltd., the Maltese subsidiary of the Liverpool based Stanleybet Group, announces its decision to pay Italian retail betting tax to the Italian regulator, Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM), for the first time ever in Italy. The first payment, made on 2^nd January 2023, with the ‘F24’ form under the same rules that apply to Italian licensed operators, refers to the revenue made by Stanleybet in its Italian retail shops for the period 1^st to 31^st December 2022, which by law is due for payment by 31^st January 2023. ADM was informed of this decision on the same day of the payment, via letter sent to its General Manager and to the 2 top officials responsible for gaming and betting at ADM.

The twenty-five-year (1998-2023) story of Stanleybet in Italy is well-known.

Four sentences of the European Court of Justice, later confirmed by the Italian Court of Cassation and, recently, by the Italian Council of State, ruled that Stanleybet had been discriminated against with respect to free access to the Italian retail licensing system: both in the initial experimental phase (1998), and with regards to subsequent public tenders: in 2000, 2006 – with the ‘Bersani’ tender – and, lastly, in 2012, with the ‘Monti’ tender.

In addition, ADM prevented Stanleybet from entering the 2015 and 2016 ‘amnesty’ proceedings. In fact, with multiple trials initiated by the Italian Regulator between 2014 and 2017 against senior Stanleybet executives and against Stanleybet shop owners (CTDs), ADM effectively made Stanleybet’s participation in those proceedings impossible, due to a lack of fair and objective entry conditions. Those proceedings ended in December 2017, when the deadline for seeking participation in the ‘amnesty’ expired.

It should be noted that Stanleybet has never actually filed a complaint against ADM – despite all the crime reports that have been filed against its business in Italy and yet were ultimately concluded in Stanleybet’s favour.

The company has always favoured the path of dialogue. In fact, around the time of the expiry of the Italian retail betting licensing system, on 30^th June 2016, Stanleybet, which by then was officially recognised as a lawful operator by the Italian courts, formally asked ADM to allow it to start paying the Italian retail betting tax in the same way as the Italian licensed operators do, by being linked to the ‘national totaliser’ (the centralised data control system for licensed operators). ADM ignored the letter for 3 long years, and then only responded when forced to do so by the Italian Ministry of the Economy, whom Stanleybet urged to intervene as a last resort.

ADM’s historical aversion to Stanleybet should come as no surprise. After all, how could ADM, the organisation which itself was responsible for the discrimination suffered by Stanleybet, then turn around and admit that Stanleybet’s activity was always lawful? In addition, as ADM is a government body should the Italian Government not share some of the responsibility?

With the 2011 Stability Law and subsequent amendments, the Italian legislator provided for payment of the retail betting tax, not only by operators licensed in Italy but also by operators that were not licensed by the Italian authorities. However, in the latter case the betting tax payable could instead be calculated by reference to shop revenue based on tripling the average betting shop revenue for the relevant province. ADM then chose to apply these ‘tripling’ provisions to Stanleybet, thereby effectively admitting that it still considered Stanleybet to be an illegal operator. The result of ADM’s actions was a large and unnecessary tax dispute, which remains ongoing.

During 2022, Stanleybet proposed to ADM that it was prepared to immediately start paying the retail betting tax as a licensed operator, subject to a formal settlement agreement to deal with alleged historic liabilities, with the intention of drawing a line under the issue, once and for all. Although various meetings were held in ‘Piazza Mastai’, ADM’s headquarters, even with the initial participation of the ADM Director himself, ADM’s position remained totally against this proposal. Even numerous settlement proposals put forward to ADM in individual tax proceedings, often with the support of the relevant Judge, were met with an absolute refusal by ADM to reconsider the calculations and Stanleybet’s position as an Italian licensed operator.

Given that any attempt to get ADM to accept a reasonable solution to the dispute seemed futile, Stanleybet proposed during a Group Board Meeting of its Executive Directors in Liverpool, held on 15^th December 2022, to start paying the Italian retail betting tax, exercising the right to pay taxes in Italy like any other licensed operator. The decision was formally approved, after further deliberation and planning, at a further extraordinary Group Board Meeting of its Executive Directors held on 28^th December 2022. Stanleybet hopes that ADM will consider this proactive decision not as a challenge, but as an act of common sense made in good faith and in the best interests of the Italian State. The Maltese gambling regulator (MGA), which is well aware of Stanleybet’s history in Italy, fully understands Stanleybet’s decision and the reasons behind it, and was officially informed at the same time as ADM. Whilst Stanleybet Malta Ltd.’s aim is for full participation in the Italian regulated system, it remains and wishes to remain, a licensee of the MGA – which it thanks officially, and with deep gratitude, for its continued support.

THE STANLEYBET GROUP OBTAINS THE RETAIL LICENSE FOR BETTING IN ANDALUSIA. THE GROUP CEO, GARRISI: “READY FOR THE EXPANSION IN THE SPANISH MARKET”.

The opening of the first shop in Malaga, by the first quarter of 2023. Giovanni Garrisi, CEO of the group: “Stanleybet obtains the license for retail betting in another highly regulated European country. Spain offers great opportunities for this sector”.

Liverpool (United Kingdom), 21 November 2022 – The expansion of the British Group in European countries continues. The Stanleybet headquarters spread the news that the group has obtained a license for sports betting in the retail market in Andalusia.

“We had started the process for obtaining the license already in 2019” – announces the Stanleybet Group CEO, Dr. Giovanni Garrisi – “then the pandemic event inevitably slowed down the procedures. In the meantime, we continued to dialogue with the Andalusian authorities, to complete the process once everything returned to normal. Now, after obtaining the retail license for sports betting also in this other highly regulated European country, we are ready to expand into a new market, Spain, which offers great opportunities for our sector. Andalusia represents an extremely vast market with a very high development potential. We will start from Malaga, where we are already working on the opening of the first shop, scheduled for the first quarter of 2023, and then continue in the other cities”.

“The Spanish model envisages two types of shops” – says Antonio Stanzani, Stanleybet Country Manager for Spain – “the ‘tienda de apuestas’, a betting agency opened directly by the operator and the ‘salon de juegos’, a slightly broader definition that includes the shop opened by private third parties, with the affiliation model. Our business model, already successfully applied in other countries, such as Belgium and Cyprus, includes both types, because we believe that flexibility is one of the factors that have led us to succeed in various markets. Our first shop will be a ‘tienda de apuestas’, to imprint and export our style also in Andalusia, but we are already in contact with several Spanish entrepreneurs who have chosen Stanleybet to start thriving and lasting partnerships in the betting and gaming industry, in which we have been a leader since 1958”.

Liverpool, 7 December 2021 – Giovanni Garrisi, CEO of the Stanleybet Group, will be the special speaker at WGES in Barcelona on Wednesday 8 December, starting at 9.45 am. The owner of the British gaming group will attend the conference ” The success (or failure) of the vaccine rollout – How has it impacted the iGaming industry?”, scheduled for the morning of the last day of the three-day Spanish summit.

The conference will be moderated by Cecilia Paolino-Uboldi (Director of International Partnerships, Carnival Corporation), other speakers will be Paris Smith (CEO, Pinnacle) and Pontus Lindwall (CEO, Betsson AB).

Now in its 15th year, the World Gaming Executive Summit continues to be the highest-level event for online gaming, lottery, and sports betting communities.

The Stanleybet Group, with the start of the 2021-2022 football season, presents an even stronger and more defined media structure, in support of those who have made this sector their profession, but also for all sports fans, who love to be always updated.

In particular, the partnership between Stanleybet and SportItalia continues successfully in Italy. The Statistical Observatory of the Trading Department is always present in the schedule of TV dedicated to the sport, on channels 60 and 560 (in HD) with odds comparison and statistics dedicated to Serie A and European cups. Furthermore, ample space is dedicated to market football every week.

Stanleybet.News is a website with the latest prematch news, detailed match reports, and valuable tips dedicated to Serie A fantasy football. The online newspaper is sponsored during the Serie A matches on the sidelines, with the Stanleybet brand protagonist during the matches of one of the most beautiful championships in the world.

The ongoing restrictions on the island force us to postpone the event again, in order to ensure players have the pleasant and relaxing live tournament they were used to. The new dates: 9 – 12 June 2022

Liverpool, 30 August 2021 – In consideration of the recent news from Malta, relating to the restrictions put in place by the Government to prevent new possible waves of infections and in consideration of the fact that Maltese casinos, in fact, were forced to postpone all the most important tournaments scheduled, in agreement with the organisation of the Portomaso Casino in Malta, the Stanleybet Group has decided to postpone the live event The Poker One by Stanleybet.

The motivation lies in the fact that the current restrictions, although more than justified to guarantee the protection of the participants, would not allow the tournament to take place the way that over the past years have made The Poker One a very successful event. It was indeed characterised by aggregation, willing for fun and the spirit of belonging to the Stanleybet network, but now there was the possibility that the event would have been too austere.

With the full awareness of the aim for a return to normality that pervades its commercial network and the entire poker community, and with the hope that the continuation of the vaccination campaign can lead to a definitive relaxation of the restrictions at the beginning of the next summer season, the new dates of the live event The Poker One by Stanleybet have been already defined: 9 – 12 June 2022.

The Anglo-Maltese bookmaker is betting on a return to normality, announcing the dates of the fifth edition of the live event The Poker One by Stanleybet. The qualification satellites are already present, exclusively for customers of the Stanleybet.it online site, which allow customers to guarantee their presence at the event with an investment of a few euros.

Liverpool, 15.05.2021 – The desire for a return to normality is getting stronger, so the Anglo-Maltese bookmaker Stanleybet decides to bet in its own way on the resumption of an everyday life that now seems a distant memory, announcing the new dates of The Poker One live event by Stanleybet.

It will also be held this year at the Portomaso Casino in Malta, from 14 to 17 October next, confirming a partnership that in the past years has always led to the success the editions held in the attractive St. Julian, the Maltese ‘pearl’ that offers not only poker events, but also the magic of a long weekend of relaxation and fun. Just what it takes to put this long period of lockdown behind us and get back to old habits.

As for past editions, the online qualification satellites are already available, exclusively for customers of the Stanleybet.it website. Every Thursday and every Sunday, until next October 3, customers can qualify with only 2 Euros of investment, winning the registration ticket for the tournament and an expenses contribution for organizing the trip to Malta.

But that’s not all: Stanleybet wanted to add an additional surprise element, with six freerolls – totally free events – scheduled for May 16th and then on the first Sunday of each month at 6:30 pm, which will give away a ticket for the event to good and lucky winners. To find out more about the online satellite program, just browse the promotions section of the Stanleybet.it site.

The Stanleybet Group and Magellan Robotech, the group’s b2b brand, received two prestigious nominations, respectively in the categories ‘In-house Product Innovation’ and ‘Software Supplier’ at the EGR Italy Awards 2020. The EGR Italy Awards will virtually bring together Italy’s leading online gaming operators and service providers to celebrate industry excellence over the past 12 months.

Great success for the Stanleybet Group at the EGR Italy Awards 2020. The group has been shortlisted in the prestigious ”In-house Product Innovation” category at the EGR Italy Awards 2020.

Magellan Robotech, the B2B brand of Stanleybet Group, a company that creates gaming solutions for gaming operators and virtual 3D games, has in turn been shortlisted in the ‘Software Supplier’ category.

The winners will be announced on October 27^th in a virtual awards ceremony immediately after the Briefing, to create a must-see online event for the Italian gaming industry. All the details on the EGR Italy Awards at this link: https://www.egritalyawardsandbriefing.com/page/1613896/2020-shortlist-

A nomination for the innovation in the field of compliance, social responsibility and responsible gaming.

We proudly announce that Dr. Giovanni Garrisi, the Stanleybet Group and Magellan Robotech CEO, has been shortlisted in the Chief Executive Officer of the Year category of the Vixio Global Regulatory Awards 2020.

The Vixio Global Regulatory Awards, at its fourth edition, celebrate the achievements of individuals, teams and businesses who have excelled in the field of compliance, social responsibility and responsible gaming over the course of the year.

As indicated on the official website of the event, this year’s showcases a list of businesses that have demonstrated their ability to adapt to an increasingly complex regulatory environment, in terms of innovation and promotion of responsible gaming.

The awards ceremony, in which the Chief Executive Officer of the Year will be awarded, will take place on Thursday 29 October 2020.

Click here to access the official website of the Global Regulatory Awards

We are proud to announce that the Stanleybet Group CEO, Giovanni Garrisi, will be inducted by SBC Sports Betting ‘Hall of Fame’.

The ceremony will take place during the SBC Digital Summit in Barcelona, from 8 to 11 September, and it will include an interview on Garrisi’s view about the current situation of the market and possible future scenarios.

SBC launched the Sports Betting Hall of Fame in 2016, to recognise the individuals who have contributed a great deal to the industry over the course of their careers with a lasting legacy. The purpose of the Hall of Fame is to honour, preserve and perpetuate the names and outstanding accomplishments of personalities who have brought lasting fame to the sports betting sector.

The Sports Betting Hall of Fame is limited to individuals who have made outstanding contributions and provided outstanding service to the sports betting industry. The candidates have accomplishments such as long experience in the industry, supply process changes, which significantly improved the process or product, innovative product or marketing introductions, a prominent role in promoting the public’s awareness and appreciation of the importance of sports betting, promoting the public’s awareness of the sports betting industry as a significant and responsible member of the business community.

Please click here to visit the SBC Hall of Fame and see all the inducted.

Magellan Robotech, the B2B division of the Stanleybet Group, a company that provides solutions for 3D gaming operators and gaming products, announces the launch of its new K1 sports betting terminals in Belgium.

The first 30 machines have already started and will be used to set up the first shops. The distribution of the product within the shops in Belgium will be completed within the next two months and by the end of the year the export to the Denmark market will begin. Production never stopped, even during the COVID emergency and the launch of the new K1 terminals enriches the experience of shop customers through the interaction of physical and digital thanks to technologies that create entirely new experiences.

K1 is an autonomous betting terminal, designed and produced by MBK (Magellan Betting Kiosk), part of the Stanleybet Group. Equipped and finished with high quality components and materials, MBK – K1 is totally customizable and compatible with any Magellan product. With a backlit logo at the top, led lights along the perimeter and two high resolution screens, K1 allows customers to bet and simultaneously follow virtual / live events, offering a unique betting experience. A single solution able to combine all the features of the rich game offer in a single product.

The K1 terminal is unique in its kind, thanks to the high customization, especially in the colours, the backlit logo in the upper part and LEDs along the entire perimeter, which can change colour. The design is developed internally, from the concept to the executive technical drawings, with the idea of ​​entering the market with a product that can be associated with the medium-high range stand-alone of the other competitors, offering quality, attention to aesthetic details, technical and custom performance. above average options, at lower prices. The first prototypes were presented at BOS London 2019 and ICE London 2020 with extremely positive feedback and attracted the interest of small and large players in the sector.

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GAMING: GIOVANNI GARRISI (CEO STANLEYBET AND MAGELLAN ROBOTECH) CONFIRMED AT SBC DIGITAL SUMMIT

On April 27, at the largest online meeting in the betting and gaming industry, the emergency linked to COVID-19 will be discussed

Liverpool, 3 April 2020 – Giovanni Garrisi, CEO of Stanleybet and Magellan Robotech, will participate in the SBC Digital Summit, the largest online event designed to inspire the betting and gaming industry during turbulent times, especially with COVID-19 continuing to spread with a huge impact on all our businesses. To address the state of our industry, SBC has gathered the very best industry experts and thought leaders to share their views and discuss what tools we can use and look at the opportunities ahead of us. The intervention of Dr. Garrisi is scheduled for the first day of the event, Monday 27 April, from 12 to 12.40 (UK time), within the panel “An opportunity to revisit the omnichannel approach?”. The other important speakers who will participate in the same appointment will be Fabio Schiavolin (CEO Snaitech), Per Widerstrom (CEO Fortuna Group) and Johnny Hartnett (CEO SuperBet).

How can companies with large retail estates manage their human resources effectively during the COVID-19 outbreak? Can they be redeployed to online services or is it a case of ‘furloughing’ them until shops can re-open? Does this enforced stoppage allow us to revisit the omnichannel experience?
These are the themes on which the panel will focus, certainly one of the highlights of the entire Summit.

The SBC Digital Summit presents the most comprehensive online agenda ever seen, spread over five days and covering the entire betting and gaming industry, including sports betting, casino gaming, poker, virtual sports, lotteries, payments, and digital marketing.
The Summit also provides the perfect opportunity for everyone to stay in touch with their industry peers remotely, at a time when we are facing what has become the greatest threat ever to our industry, with enforced isolation in many countries.

https://sbcevents.com/sbc-digital-summit/

COVID-19, A study by Magellan Robotech (Stanleybet Group) Department of Robotics: “Based on our mathematical model and artificial intelligence techniques we can presume infections down to zero by 7 May and peak already reached on 27 March. Italy a positive model for the whole world”.

Liverpool, 31/03/2020 – The conclusions of a study commissioned by the Stanleybet Group board to the Department of Robotics of the Liverpool company, in relation to the presumed trend of the Covid-19 epidemic in the coming weeks, are now known and have been communicated to all Stanley branches in Europe. ‘Robotics’ is the same department that is creating the Alicia humanoid robot and that uses cutting-edge techniques for the animation of virtual products. A mathematical model interpreted the pandemic as if it were carried by a swarm of hostile robots. Every single virus was considered as if it were a small robot (‘nano robot’) and its effects were analysed, in relation to its movements, with the same logistical forecasting techniques connected to the simultaneous movement of millions of software drones with a very low level of cooperation (swarms). It is a technique developed for the first time in the world at Magellan Robotech for specialized software capable of simulating movements of virtual entities, but with a high level of cooperation. A specific mathematical model made it possible to overcome the difficulty in identifying the correct level of swarm cooperation in the case of application to the pandemic.

Data from the Italian Civil Protection and Health Authorities of the various countries, as well as data from the World Health Organisation, have been included in the model, seasonally adjusted with econometric techniques similar to those used to stabilise the data used in the forecast models of the economic research institutes.

Moreover, forecasts about the various countries’ citizens behaviours have been added on, in relation to their level of obedience to the prescriptions of the authority. Single forecasting models were created for China and for the eight countries where the Stanleybet Group is present with its activities: England, Denmark, Belgium, Italy, Romania, Croatia, Malta, Cyprus. China, having now very stabilised data, has been used as a ‘patient’ of control and a point of reference, to assign different ‘levels of obedience’ to other authorities that are numerically calibrated on the Chinese maximum.

Therefore, China has been assigned the ‘100’ level of obedience and, gradually, lower levels to the other countries, according to a ranking that will not be made public. However, it must be said that Italy, which always finds its great strength in difficult times, has been ranked third with a ‘high’ level of obedience: despite the tragedy, it is an absolute example of abnegation from public and private medical personnel, as well as of exemplary behaviour from the citizens, now cited all over the world.

In order to assess the loss from the forced closure of all its points in the eight countries in which the Stanleybet Group operates, the board members asked to estimate two fundamental parameters for each of these countries: 1) the peak of the pandemic and 2) the moment in which the number of daily infections would decrease to 0 (zero) units. Given that peak means the moment when the infection curve changes from an exponential increase (concavity pointing upwards) to a logarithmic increase (concavity pointing downwards), and that the number of infections at zero is the moment in which the curve reaches its maximum in terms of infected subjects, the model has provided the abovementioned two parameters for each country, with predictable different outcomes from one country to another. According to the Magellan’s model, Italy already reached its peak 4 days ago, on March 27^th; after that date, the number of new infected has started to decrease and it will continue its reduction with an increasing logarithmic trend, reaching its minimum (zero infections) on 7 May 2020. The margin of error should be considered in 4 days in advance or further. The success percentage for the model is 88%. According to Magellan Robotech, therefore, the number of new infections could be zero at any time between 3 and 11 May, but the most likely date, highly dependent on the assumptions underlying the model, is the date of 7 May. Starting from that date on, it will be necessary that everyone will keep the utmost prudence in their behaviours for at least another 14 days.

The green light from the Italian government to a resumption for all the activities across Italy can, therefore, be estimated for the last week of May.

Stanleybet currently runs only their online activities; retail shops around Europe are closed, awaiting further instructions from the respective local authorities. The Stanleybet Group invites all their agents and shop owners across Europe to stay at home and to observe with the utmost scruple and attention all the provisions from the authorities. Stanley asked all its employees and associates to do the same, providing their services via smart working. Absolute obedience to authorities’ prescriptions will bring us to the end of the pandemic as soon as possible.

Giovanni Garrisi, Stanleybet Group CEO, who created the mathematical model used by Magellan, raised his warning via telephone from his home in Malta: “I hope that the forecasts of our research department are correct, at least substantially. There is however a risk. In fact, our model shows that the infections’ trend in the coming days will collapse with an exponential decrease rate. In a nutshell, we will see the newly infected people decrease every day with surprising rapidity, but then the curve will settle in a nerve-wracking swing, day by day, until it reaches zero infections in early May. It is possible, therefore, that a sense of euphoria will be generated in the coming days, between 7 and 15 April, as if the problem would be overcome. But I would advise paying attention, because it is not! A slowdown in compliance with the recommendations from the authorities could generate a new spread of the pandemic. We all must stay at home above and beyond the day declared as ‘zero infections’ day’. Whether we all will be rigorous to the authorities’ prescriptions, the whole gaming industry should start thinking that the reopening will not be beyond the end of May”.

MAGELLAN ROBOTECH “VIRTUAL TRIDENT” READY TO BE LAUNCHED IN COLOMBIA MARKET.

Magellan virtual football Trident passed Gaming Laboratories International evaluation in Colombia and is ready to be integrated by any regulated operator in the market.

Liverpool, MARCH 26 – Magellan Robotech, the B2B brand of Stanleybet Group, a company that creates gaming solutions for gaming operators and virtual 3D games, announces that the popular virtual football “Trident” has been tested by Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) and evaluated compliant with the requirements outlined by Columbia regulators hence the product is now ready to be launched in the market.

Made with full HD graphics, “Trident” allows users to follow the real-time results of 8 or 10 simultaneous events on the screens. Forty-one different markets available, including total goals, up to 7 red cards and first goal scorer. One round available every 5 minutes with 8 or 10 different events (16 or 20 teams) shown simultaneously.

The entire championship can be completed in an hour. In the online and mobile version of the product it is possible to play 4 games simultaneously on a single channel, allowing the player to switch between 3D and 2D viewing simply and intuitively.

These are just some of the features of “Trident”, a product which, in line with all those developed by Magellan Robotech, is highly customizable to the needs of users.

Christian Maglia, CCO Magellan Robotech commented the news: “evaluating and testing Trident Virtual Football Championship for the Colombian market with GLI, it shows once again that Magellan Robotech, through its extensive range of virtual football, virtual races, virtual motors and lottery, is in a perfect position to help operators to shift their strategies and to minimise the negative impact now that sports events are cancelled on a global scale”.

Antonio Salord, sales manager Latam stated: “We are very happy to be able to offer Trident in a regulated market like Colombia. It’s a big step for Magellan Robotech, we’re working to take hold in the region. Colombia is a market where virtual games will be very successful within vertical products and Magellan is ready to meet the needs of operators and be part of this success”

MAGELLAN ROBOTECH WILL EXHBIT AT ENADA PRIMAVERA 2020

The Stanleybet Group B2B trademark hits the jackpot at the London trade show and reveals the new virtual Falcon. The next event will be at the Rimini show from 21 to 23 April

The B2B trademark Magellan Robotech’s first appearance at ICE London, the main trade fair for world-class games, held from 4 to 6 February at the London ExCel Exhibition Centre, proved a massive success for Stanleybet Group, the company that creates gaming solutions for game and virtual 3D game operators.
Hundreds of meetings were held and thousands of visitors from all over the world were entertained at the Magellan Robotech stand, especially from Europe (with Italy, Romania and Spain in first place), South America (Peru, Mexico, Colombia and Brazil above all), and Africa (various countries but with Nigeria always taking centre stage).
There were two main major attractions on the stand: the blockbuster Trident, virtual football with numerous awards nominations as best product in the sector in 2019, exhibited both in the retail and online version (desktop-mobile), and the long-awaited novelty, actually previewed at ICE, Falcon, the first virtual football in “live betting” mode In the world. The success of this new concept is guaranteed not only by the graphics, but also by the game dynamics: 25-30 minute-long games (which can be customised to the customer’s requirements), with a 5-minute interval and pre-game session; from 14 to 20 opportunities to score a goal, depending on how strong the team is.

The mechanics of the game are based entirely on real time simulation, as the software has been developed using a game development platform (Unity 3D). No video has been subjected to pre-rendering.
The artificial intelligence (AI) can be completely extended. New game situations, i.e. tactics management of attack, defence or possession of the ball can easily be added.
The system is constructed on the basis of 360 different movements for each player and can be expanded to easily support more, as they are based on motion capture technology.

Keeping in line with its philosophy of virtual games created by bookmakers for bookmakers, Magellan Robotech brought its concept for betting shops, betting corners and sports cafés within a Casino to ICE. A “wall” equipped with the entire offer: from self-service terminals to SSBT for betters’ independent gaming.
This same concept and same philosophy will soon take centre stage at Rimini too, where Magellan Robotech will be taking part in Enada 2020, scheduled from 11 to 13 March, to confirm its primary interest for the market.
Christian Maglia (CCO Magellan Robotech) stated: «We are proud of the result of Magellan Robotech’s first appearance at ICE. Our prestigious B2B trademark has now become a benchmark worldwide. Thanks to absolutely innovative, revolutionary concepts, such as ‘Trident’ and, above all, the latest virtual ‘Falcon’, the first virtual live betting in the world, previewed in London. We have raised the bar and given aficionados and consumers a product that will revolutionise our sector forever. »

THE POKER ONE BY STANLEYBET 2020, NEW DATES

Dear Agents / Partners / Affiliates / Players,

As you may already know, in order to contain the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) spread, governments and companies have undertaken a series of restrictive measures.

In this regard, noting that the Maltese government has applied the protocol to provide for mandatory quarantine for all travellers coming from the regions of Northern Italy, and ascertained that several airlines have already cancelled most flights from Italy to the Island of Malta, we regretfully inform you that we took what we believe to be the most sensible decision by postponing The Poker One by Stanleybet – 5^th Edition, which was scheduled to take place in Malta from 25 to 29 March 2020.

Moreover, considering the choice given by the airlines, to change the dates of booked flights that have been cancelled due to the COVID-19 emergency, in the interest of all our partners and customers, we have already established the new dates for the event: The Poker One by Stanleybet – 5^th Edition, will be held at Portomaso Casino from Wednesday 2^nd to Sunday 6^th September 2020.

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Magellan Robotech will present its global offer for the first time at Ice 2020.

Magellan Robotech, the B2B brand of Stanleybet Group, a company that creates gaming solutions for gaming operators and virtual 3D games, announces its participation in ICE London, the main game fair in the world, scheduled from February 4th to 6th at ExCel Exhibition Centre in London.

After having successfully participated in the “Betting on Sports” in London in September and the “Sigma I-Gaming” in Malta last November and after having won the CEEG Awards in Budapest in the “Best Lottery Service Provider” category, the group has decided to take part for the first time in the London event, a prestigious stage for which it has many new features in store. The most awaited: the new Falcon, the first LIVE virtual football in the world.

The Magellan Robotech stand at ICE will occupy an area of 150 square meters while the exhibition area, including the lounge, will be 120 square meters. Led strips on the floor will define the different areas. The central body will be dedicated to the group’s software: in the west part an over-view of the virtual products and the Midas and Apache system; in the eastern part there will be virtual products dedicated exclusively to football: Trident, virtual championship, the new LIVE Falcon and Midas, retail touch screen betting system solution.

The VIRTUAL Trident, multi-nominated in numerous awards for the best product in the sector in 2019, will be exhibited both in the retail and online (desktop-mobile) versions. There will also be two stations dedicated to hardware, the MBKs, self-service terminals produced entirely by the company on which it will be possible to see how the machine works with the entire range of Magellan products.

Christian Maglia, CCO of Magellan Robotech, declares enthusiastic: «I am proud of what we have been able to do in a few months with the Magellan Robotech Team. The launch of K1, the first SSBT signed by MBK (Magellan Betting Kiosk) soon distributed in Denmark, Belgium and Romania, and Italy, the addition in our product portfolio of the first third parties, the Virtual pre-recorded greyhound race and the real horse races, the strong interest in our retail solutions and in particular Midas Touch & Bet based on Apache and Galileo but open to integration with any betting platform, the imminent launch of Trident on two Top 5 operators in Peru and two of the Top 10 in Italy. The success of our products in the fairs we have attended in recent months (London, Johannesburg, Amsterdam, Las Vegas, Sofia, Buenos Aires, Malta) – continues Maglia – is proof of the fact that we are moving in the best way to achieve our goal which is to become a point of reference for operators in the sector, an obligatory stop for those who want to have unique and exclusive products. I am sure that our participation in ICE will be the icing on the cake of an exceptional year. But it does not end here – concludes the CCO of Magellan Robotech – because we have already announced our presence at ENADA Rimini, the most important exhibition in Italy dedicated to the gaming sector, and subsequently, we will be in Bogota, Lima, London, and Barcelona».

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Magellan Robotech, the B2B brand of Stanleybet Group, a company that creates gaming solutions for gaming operators and virtual 3D games, announces the achievement of certification for its virtual gaming products, including the famous virtual football “Trident“, in accordance with the gambling division of the Tax Administration of the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Croatia.

This is another award for Magellan, already winner of the “Best Lottery Service Provider ” award at the CEEG Awards last September 24th, and, at the same time, for “Trident”, the virtual football presented last year that gets another success.

Made with full HD graphics, “Trident” allows users to follow the real-time results of 8 or 10 simultaneous events on the screens. Forty-one different markets available, including total goals, up to 7 red cards and first goal scorer. One round available every 5 minutes with 8 or 10 different events (16 or 20 teams) shown simultaneously.

The entire championship can be completed in an hour. In the online and mobile version of the product it is possible to play 4 games simultaneously on a single channel, allowing you to switch between 3D and 2D viewing in a simple and intuitive way.

These are just some of the features of “Trident”, a product which, in line with all those developed by Magellan Robotech, is highly customizable to the needs of users.

“Trident” and the entire Magellan Robotech portfolio will be presented for the first time at the ICE in London, the most important trade fair in the world, from 4 to 6 February 2020.

2009 – 2019: Stanleybet, tra i protagonisti della ricostruzione dopo il sisma in Abruzzo. Il ricordo a 10 anni di distanza

Una donazione di 1.400.000 Euro, da parte del bookmaker inglese, restituì il sorriso ai bambini di Arsita, in provincia di Teramo. Fu costruita una nuova scuola con 13 classi, aule multimediali e una palestra riscaldata “come mai prima di allora”.

Il 6 aprile del 2009 resterà per sempre impresso nella memoria degli abruzzesi, per quel sisma che in pochi minuti, causò morte e distruzione, portando via i frutti e la solidità di una vita di sacrifici. I bambini, però, non devono smettere di sognare. Così, di fronte a una tragedia di tali dimensioni, quando tutti sono ancora in preda allo sgomento, il pragmatismo inglese, unito al cuore italiano, fa sì che la reazione di Stanleybet sia immediata ed esemplare. In meno di 24 ore dall’evento, come dichiara John Whittaker – allora A.D. ed oggi Presidente dello Stanleybet Group – il board del bookmaker inglese approva una donazione da 1 milione e 400mila Euro, ad oggi ancora la più grande donazione da parte di un’azienda privata estera a seguito di un evento catastrofico.

L’importo è destinato alla costruzione di un nuovo edificio scolastico nel comune di Arsita – località in provincia di Teramo, nel Parco del Gran Sasso – la cui scuola è ormai inagibile a causa del terremoto. La scommessa è riuscirci nel più breve tempo possibile: sarà vinta, perché la costruzione viene completata in pochi mesi. L’inaugurazione del nuovo plesso scolastico, nel dicembre 2009, restituisce il sorriso ai bambini di Arsita, grazie a questo meraviglioso regalo di Natale, con 13 classi per scuola per l’infanzia, primaria e secondaria, nuove aule multimediali e una palestra riscaldata “come non l’avevamo mai avuta”, dichiarò l’allora sindaco Enzo Lucci. Una cerimonia alla quale parteciparono anche Guido Bertolaso, al tempo a capo del Dipartimento della Protezione Civile, e l’attrice e produttrice Maria Grazia Cucinotta, madrina dell’evento, da sempre impegnata in eventi benefici volti alla raccolta di fondi destinati all’aiuto dei minori. Qui il video commemorativo dell’evento.

Dieci anni dopo, nel quartier generale di Stanleybet a Liverpool si celebra il ricordo di quella inaugurazione: “Dicembre è il mese del Natale, il periodo dell’anno che più di ogni altro ha un significato speciale per tutti noi, in particolar modo per i bambini. Ancora oggi, nel ricordo del decennale dall’evento, sento di affermare che aver donato nuovamente il sorriso ai bambini di Arsita, aver ridato loro la possibilità di aggregarsi, istruirsi e crescere potendo conservare intatti i loro sogni, è stato per noi il regalo di Natale più bello che potessimo fare non soltanto a loro, ma anche a noi stessi” ha dichiarato il Dott. Giovanni Garrisi, CEO dello Stanleybet Group.

Below the link to the Foundation Corporate Social Responsibility, with a collection of articles dedicated to the event.

Magellan Robotech launches the MBK (Magellan Betting Kiosk) business division and unveils the “K1”: stunning design and high quality for a very unique self-service cabinet.

Magellan Robotech, Magellan Robotech, division B2B of the Stanleybet Group, a company that creates solutions for operators of virtual 3D games and gaming products, has recently unveiled at BOS in London “K1”, the first standalone terminal entirely produced in-house by MBK (Magellan betting Kiosk), Company and brand part of Stanleybet Group.  

K1 combines an outstanding and exclusive design with a high standard default set of components, such as an industrial motherboard and 24” quality monitors, the new product is finished with durable materials and is also compatible with any Magellan product, becoming an end-to-end solution for any operator. As a standard, the cabinet comes out with a custom illuminated laser-cut logo, RGB LED lights and can be produced in endless colour combinations, so as to maximise the customer’s brand visibility. On top of the standard product line, K1 in presented in a range of luxury options to choose from, like the finest metallic paint or the pull-out shelf.

Christian Maglia, CCO Magellan Robotech stated: “We have been proud to unveil this incredible product at BOS 2019. K1 is innovative. Versatile. Functional. Extremely user friendly.

The cabinet has been entirely designed and created by our internal team: this was crucial for us in order to launch a product at the highest standard of the market. K1 is solid, durable, eye catching, highly customisable and it goes on the market at a very competitive price.”

Enthusiastic, Milijan Raspudic, head of sales for MBK division, declared: “The Company directly manages the production process, which enables us to continually monitor and therefore guarantee the quality of our products. Creating K1 has been an incredible creative experience. In Magellan we care about product details: high quality cold rolled sheet metal, electrostatic painting, CNC metal cutting and bending, just to mention a few. Owning a tremendous amount of experience in retail business, our internal team is very skilled in creating products with “bettor-friendly” technology, design and experience. “

The MBK “K1” will be shown at Sigma Malta, 27-30 November 2019.

CEEG AWARDS: MAGELLAN ROBOTECH – STANLEYBET GROUP WINS “BEST LOTTERY SERVICE PROVIDER”

Great success of Magellan Robotech, the B2B brand of Stanleybet Group, a company that creates gaming solutions for gambles and virtual 3D games, at the fourth edition of the CEEG Awards, among the most important in the industry of the game, held on the 24^th of September at the Ritz Carlton Hotel in Budapest. In fact, the brand won the coveted “Best Lottery Service Provider” award, beating fierce competition.

The whole group was enthusiastic, in particular Christian Maglia, the company’s new sales director: «Receiving this award is a source of great pride and satisfaction for us. Magellan Robotech and Stanleybet Group are firmly focused on Central and Eastern Europe. Our presence in Romania, Croatia and soon Serbia, Bulgaria and Poland confirms it. The success of our numerical games and lotteries is confirmed with the CEEG Award “Best Lottery Service Provider”.

After the success in Romania and Croatia, we aim to bring over 80 lotteries available, as well as Keno and Greek Keno also in Africa, Latin America and in the European countries where it will be allowed. I also would like to congratulate – concluded Maglia – with the organizers of the CEEG, in particular Zoltan Tundik, who have shown great professionalism bringing this event dedicated to the Central and Eastern European market to the highest levels in the sector ».

Magellan Robotech e Stanleybet fanno il pieno di nomination per i premi internazionali EGR e CEEGC

Liverpool, 02/09/2019 – Magellan Robotech, il marchio B2B di Stanleybet Group, compagnia che crea soluzioni di gioco per operatori del gioco e virtual 3D games,  festeggia la nomination agli EGR Italy ed ai CEEGC Awards come migliori sviluppatori di gaming softwares e  Virtual Games, a cui si aggiunge la nomination di Stanleybet Group agli EGR Operator Awards come “Best in-house product”.  Le premiazioni degli CEEGC Awards si terranno il 24 Settembre a Budapest, durante la quarta edizione della Central and Eastern European Gaming Conference, mentre gli EGR Operator Awards 2019 avranno luogo il 24 Ottobre a Grosvenor House, a Londra.

Da questi riconoscimenti internazionali parte la strategia B2B del gruppo, messa a punto dal management della società, che con l’esperienza del nuovo Chief Commercial, Christian Maglia, vedrà Magellan Robotech impegnata a portare i migliori prodotti del Gruppo sui mercati mondiali.

Le prossime partecipazioni da qui alla fine dell’anno di Magellan Robotech ai gaming events, fiere e congressi di Bucharest, Budapest, Milano, Roma, Londra, Johannesburg, Buenos Aires e Malta saranno solo il primo passo di quello che sarà il percorso futuro della compagnia.

“Siamo certi che la qualità dei nostri prodotti, che nasce dallo sviluppo in-house, dalla cura maniacale per i dettagli e dalle capacità di problem solving che solo un operatore B2C può avere, sarà una carta vincente sui mercati internazionali. Con Magellan Robotech porteremo l’esperienza degli oltre 60 anni di attività di uno dei gruppi storici del betting e gaming prima inglese e poi europeo ad operatori locali che cercano partner e soluzioni di alto livello. Non siamo certo in concorrenza con i produttori di singoli giochi, nè con i produttori di piattaforme. Magellan Robotech è una delle poche aziende a livello globale in grado di fornire soluzioni a 360 gradi. Un partner tecnologico che porta prodotti, servizi ed esperienza decennali al servizio dei propri clienti. Nei prossimi mesi annunceremo una serie di partnership a cui stiamo lavorando e sarà chiaro come il posizionamento dei nostri prodotti in ambito B2B sarà principalmente orientato verso le grandi realtà nazionali, con forte radicamento e presenza territoriale” ha dichiarato Christian Maglia.

Magellan Robotech to take part in ‘Betting On Sports’, September 17–21 in London

Magellan Robotech, division B2B of the Stanleybet Group, a company that creates solutions for operators of virtual 3D games and gaming products, will take part as a sponsor in the 2019 SBC “Betting on Sports” conference.

For their first time at BOS London, the British group has chosen to sponsor the entire US Sports Lounge, which will have US sports as its theme. The full portfolio of Magellan products will be promoted within the VIP networking area, featuring the latest offerings to be released.

First up, the online version of the virtual football league Trident which, after resounding success in its retail format, will be launched in desktop and mobile versions. Midas Touch&Bet, an intuitive and highly customisable retail touch screen betting system, developed to meet the needs of customers and operators alike.

The MBK (Magellan Betting Kiosks), self-service terminals created in their entirety by the company in an exclusive design available in an array of colours. MBKs are fully compatible with all Magellan products and are made available at a highly competitive price.

Pierluigi Chiusolo, IT Director of the Stanleybet Group, stated: “The ability to innovate and adapt has become a company hallmark and a key source of inspiration for the Magellan team. As such, we are able to provide operators with the capacity to design, innovate and offer USPs in a highly competitive market. Our products are the perfect solution for all operators in the sector in need of an approachable provider who can quickly and easily customise and implement their offerings.”

Christian Maglia, CCO of Magellan, who recently joined the group, enthusiastically welcomes the company’s participation in BOS 19. “Thanks to our bookmaking knowhow and more than 60 years’ experience in the retail sector, at Stanleybet Group we understand that the demands and needs of players themselves can guide the internal innovation process. And when we asked ourselves how to put the players at the center of our R&D strategy, Magellan Robotech was the answer. Being a bookmaker/provider makes us dynamic and effective in attending to operators’ and players’ needs. This is what distinguishes us from any other provider on the market.

Our products are created and developed with the guidance of our customers, who are instrumental in assisting our development team. This process allows us to identify and anticipate trends to explore as well as a player’s ‘must haves’ before they even exist.”

Save the Date:

SBC Betting on Sports Conference, 17–21 September 2019

Magellan Robotech – US Sports Lounge VIP networking area G10 – OLYMPIA LONDON

Hammersmith Rd, Hammersmith, London W14 8UX

Magellan shortlisted at EGR Italy Awards 2019

Magellan Robotech has been shortlisted at EGR Italy Awards 2019 as ‘Best Software Supplier’. The EGR Italy Awards will bring together Italy’s leading online gaming operators and service providers to celebrate industry excellence over the past 12 months.

We are proud to announce that Magellan Robotech has been shortlisted at EGR Italy Awards 2019 as ‘Best Software Supplier’.

Our B2B Company for virtual games and gaming solutions’ development gained this nomination for TRIDENT, our amazing Virtual Football Championship. Our deepest thanks to our amazing team!

The Awards ceremony will take place at Rome Cavalieri Hotel, on Thursday 3 October.

The EGR Italy Awards will bring together Italy’s leading online gaming operators and service providers to celebrate industry excellence over the past 12 months.

All the details on EGR Italy Awards at this link: https://egritalyawards.awardstage.com/

Magellan Robotech expands sales team and welcomes Antonio Salord for Latin American market

Magellan Robotech, division B2B of the Stanleybet Group, a company that creates solutions for operators of virtual 3D games and gaming products, adds a new member to its commercial team. Antonio Salord has been appointed as Sales Manager for the Latin American market

Following his previous steps in Apuesta Total, Salord will provide his experience and knowledge for the brand expansion in the region.

After the appointment, Christian Maglia the new Commercial Director of Magellan Robotech, declared: “We are glad to welcome Antonio in our team, his experience in the Latin American market will be an ideal complement to expand our brand and products throughout the region.”

When talking about his new position, Antonio affirmed: “I appreciate the trust they have put in myself, and I am eager to be a part of a professional team that is respected in the region.”

Magellan Robotech obtains the ISO/IEC 27001 certification renewal for the security standards of its gaming products

Stanleybet Group’s B2B brand Magellan Robotech, leading company that designs and develops solutions for bookmaking and virtual 3D games, has been able to retain the international certification that defines the requirements to offer the highest standards of data and information protection.

“We are proud to announce that Magellan Robotech passed the first renewal audit.” commented Pierluigi Chiusolo , Director of Magellan Robotech’s IT Department, “Over the past year, since we first acquired the certification, we further developed our own information security systems and we kept watching related trends in the global market. We continue to put a great effort for maintaining our internal standards high and to consistently deliver them to our customers.”

The ISO/IEC 27001 standard defines the global requirements for an Information Security Management System (ISMS) and is designed to ensure the selection of adequate and proportionate security controls. The standard also requires periodic checks, thus guaranteeing constant and extreme protection of the certified companies’ customers’ information. 

An enthusiastic Christian Maglia, CCO Magellan Robotech, declared: “The certification renewal confirms the incredible attention and effort that the Company puts into security. We are more and more focused on products and services as an extremely quality driven Company into the B2B global market. Magellan will exhibit in one of the most important events, Betting on Sports ( SBC London) with the aim of presenting all the new released products as our SSBT betting software, the MIDAS adaptable self-service touch screen betting system and the Virtual Football League Trident, currently one of the most competitive products of the Magellan/Stanleybet group portfolio”.

Julian Moore met with Giovanni Garrisi, CEO of Stanleybet, to talk about everything from 90s Modems, to the A.I of the future, to the first robot retail operation for betting shops.

GIOVANNI GARRISI EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW SIGMA MAGAZINE

SIGMA MAGAZINE ISSUE 10

New addition to the Stanleybet Group. Christian Maglia is named Chief Commercial Officer of division B2B, “Magellan Robotech”. 

Maglia brings decades of international experience to the group, including stints as Sales Director of the Italian market at Sportradar and Head of Sales for Betgames tv, a Lithuanian company that produces live games and lotteries. In both roles, Maglia brokered deals with some of the most important gaming groups in Europe.

Over the course of the past year, Maglia worked as Chief Commercial Officer for the platform and games provider WeAreCasino.

Christian Maglia has this to say about his arrival to the Stanleybet group:
“I’m very pleased to have arrived at this point in my career, as Magellan Robotech produces and offers secure, functional and, above all, innovative gaming solutions to the sector. Many of Magellan’s projects offer a startlingly clear vision of the future and are incredibly innovative. I’m certain that in the months to come we’ll manage to implement our growth strategy for the Group and become a point of reference for the sector, in Europe and worldwide, drawing on the experience gained in recent years in Africa, Asia and Latin America.”Giovanni Garrisi, CEO of Stanleybet Group, who orchestrated the negotiations for Christian’s move to Stanley, said: “Christian is an established industry leader who has consistently met goals over the course of his career. Even for our standards, he appears skilled at guiding procedures in which the development of operations, vision and business strategies merge to optimize growth of a company such as Magellan, start-up B2B of the Stanley Group, where Christian, as of today, is now our Chief Commercial Officer. I have tremendous faith in him.”

Kick-start to ‘Roulette Football™’ on Stanleybet.it, an absolute novelty for the Italian market

The Stanleybet Group has recently signed an agreement with KONECT Games for the launch on the Italian market of Roulette Football ™, an innovative product that combines the fun of casino gaming in real time with the passion for in-play football matches.

Liverpool, 25.03.2019 – The Stanleybet Group announces the launch on its website for the Italian market of the new Roulette Football™, following the agreement recently signed with the British company KONECT Games.

The new game, exclusively available in the Italian market on the ‘LIVE GAMES’ section of Stanleybet.it website, combines the fun of casino gaming with the passion for football. The registered users can easily play Roulette Football™, just by choosing an in-play football game and bet in real time on four different betting options, including goals, fouls, corners and cards, with the aim of guessing the exact minute in which the selected event will occur. A short ‘How To Play Roulette Football™’, which shows the main features of the game is available within the game section or on the Stanleybet Group YouTube channel.

Gianluca Porzio, Online Director of the Stanleybet Group, commented: “Stanleybet proves to be attentive to innovations in the gaming industry, proposing an absolute novelty for the Italian market. KONECT Games is a young company, which we have chosen for this partnership because we consider Roulette Football™ an extremely valid product, able to reach new target customers”.

Pamela Allmark, KONECT Games’ Director of Sales, stated: “We are pioneers in presenting sports betting in a different way. KONECT Games develops its products using casino game concepts and key factors to bet on sports events in real time. We have given extreme importance to the Italian market since it is the second largest sports betting market in Europe, and we consider the Stanleybet Group the ideal partner to enter this market”.

New products, participation to the Italian tender, upcoming opening in South America, and a lot more: ENADA Rimini 2019 has been the occasion for exciting news and announcements from the Stanleybet Group.

The interview to Stanleybet CEO, Mr. Giovanni Garrisi, at the link below [in Italian]: https://lnkd.in/dkNTTJQ

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ROME, 04 dicembre 2018 – Stanleybet has an open channel of communication with the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM). Not only that: in 2013, the tax agreement with the administration – which would have guaranteed the bookmaker access to the market – broke down at the last minute because of an unforeseen event. This is revealed in the following interview with the CEO of the Anglo-Maltese company, Giovanni Garrisi, by Agipronews, which also covered the first suspension of tax proceedings – decided by the Bari Provincial Commission – a few days after the referral of the matter to the European Court of Justice. At issue is the flat-rate betting tax assessments with regard to the owners of Stanleybet agencies.

Let’s start with the most recent event: what will be the practical effect of the referral to the EU Court of the documents regarding an assessment for the flat-rate tax?

The Court will issue its ruling in around 18 months. It is more than likely that, at the request of the defence, the pending proceedings will be suspended to await the decisions of the higher court that will be taken in Luxembourg. Suspension has already been proposed in two individual hearings conducted after the referral to the Court of Justice was lodged. For one of the two, we have already have the Court’s decision: the CTP (Provincial Tax Commission) of Bari accepted the application last Friday and ordered the suspension of the proceedings until the ruling of the European Court. It would be a great saving of costs for us and the State if ADM adopted the same approach: because the thousands of hearings that we expect in the coming 18 months could then be suspended by agreement between the parties and without them actually attending.

Why does it seem impossible – at least for the moment – to repeat the agreement that Stanley stipulated last year with the Revenue Agency for the flat-rate tax on bets?

Because the dispute with the Revenue Agency concerned a tax, while the demands of ADM, on the basis of the 2011 Stability Law, concern a penalty disguised as a tax. Negotiations with the Revenue Agency were successful due to the extraordinary goodwill of both parties to find a solution. The same thing could happen with ADM but, on the technical level, the matter is complicated and it would be necessary to sit around a technical round table to study it. It would make good sense for everyone, both us and ADM, to find a solution before the Court of Justice makes its ruling.

We have read some statements in which you invite – with a certain harshness – the Italian Authorities to regard Stanley as being on a par with Italian operators, including from the tax and operational point of view. Is the conflict being further exacerbated?

The conflict is already too bitter so there is no reason to make it more so. The statements to which you refer were expression of displeasure, not harshness. That’s why I felt it was my duty to rectify them. My intention is to resolve the problems, not exacerbate them. That said, it is clear, however, that if we are attacked and damaged, we have the duty and the right to take action. This is the exercise of fundamental rights, including at the constitutional level, as confirmed in the various proceedings over alleged threats, all groundless and dismissed, which were launched against us.

 

Betting, Garrisi (Stanleybet’s CEO): “Very close to a tax agreement with ADM in 2013, correspondence underway with the State Monopolies”.

What is really preventing Stanley’s entry into the system? The dispute with Italy seems endless: the coming ruling of the EU Court (on 19 December on the ‘Lotto’ lottery) will be the ninth in the Italian gaming sector. 

I think that there has been a lack of willingness to fully understand the Stanley phenomenon. I believe the major licence holders, unhappy at the arrival of such a significant English competitor, with their capacity to exert influence, bear great responsibility. Today, however, I believe that influence has been reduced and that Stanley, in the collective imagination, is recognised as having played a positive role in favour of the industry. ADM has modernised and enriched the system many times with new gaming methods and opportunities that Stanley was actually the first to introduce in Italy such as, for example, virtual gaming, which now rightly belongs to all.  

On several occasions in the early months of 2013, I met Dr Magistro, at that time the Director of AAMS (Independent Administration of State Monopolies) and his collaborators. And I must say that an outline agreement had been reached that was due to take effect from September 2013. But then, during the summer, the Finance Police went berserk and launched hundreds of seizures and proceedings against our Data Transmission Centres. All groundless, as the Courts established, but it is clear that, under those conditions, no agreement could last. However, I must make clear that I later learned that ADM had no role in those closures and so I hope that the dialogue can resume.

Is it true that you officially asked the Ministry of the Economy and Finance and ADM to link up with SOGEI and be subject to the regulations in force in the regulated market? Can you summarise the content of the exchange of communications between the company and the Authorities?

Yes, on 30 June 2016, we wrote to ADM, at the time the entire licence system was renewed, asking it to provide us with instructions for starting to pay the flat-rate tax in the same measure as the licence holders. In the same letter, we also confirmed our complete willingness to be connected to the national totalizator, to give the guarantee laid down and be subject to the licence-holder obligations, both administrative and economic (for example, the licence fee). For 2 years, despite various reminders, no reply arrived. In the meeting of the Stanley Board held on 10 July 2018, it was decided to reiterate the request to ADM as if it were a new request but, this time, to also inform the Ministry of the Economy about it. On 16 October, we sent a reminder to ADM, again sending a copy to the Ministry of the Economy. Once again, the Ministry answered immediately but, this time, also contacted ADM directly and asked it to reply to us. Finally, on 26 November, the General Manager of ADM replied to us. The assessment of the reply and the next steps are already on the agenda of the next meeting of the Stanley directors (Board), which will be held in Liverpool in the coming week, on 7 December 2018. The content of ADM’s reply is confidential. But I am positive: the talks that had been interrupted could now resume.

The company has taken part in various international Gaming fairs: which markets are you focusing on in the coming months?

Primarily in South America, for which we are seeking local partners of good standing. But we are also looking closely at the Scandinavian markets, where we are already present in Denmark and where we took part in the consultation process promoted by the Swedish government. We are also assessing a number of proposals regarding an important Asian market. 

Source: AgiproNews 

Betting, Stanleybet.it at the conference “Gaming Rules – The sector in comparison”

Stanleybet announces its participation as a partner in the Convention organized by Global Starnet, scheduled for December 4^th at 11 am. Giuseppe Cruciani will moderate the conference.

Liverpool, 30.11.2018 – Stanleybet Group has announced its participation in the conference “The Rules of the Game – The sector in comparison”, scheduled at Villa Miani, in Rome, next December 4th at 11:00 am, during the Convention organized and promoted by Global Starnet.

The convention will be an important meeting point between the operators of the legal gaming industry and, in particular, the conference will be one of the key events. The conference moderator will be Giuseppe Cruciani, journalist and radio host of the radio programme “La Zanzara” at Radio24. He will discuss with the speakers on current issues such as the regulatory uncertainty about legal gaming in Italy and possible future scenarios.

During the convention, the Stanleybet Group will present various innovations dedicated to the Points of Sale for Stanleybet.it, the site operating on the Italian online market with the ADM Concession.

“A Point for many services” is the claim of the campaign dedicated to those who want to invest in the world of legal gaming, being able to choose between types of varied offers, designed to meet specific business needs for all commercial activities.

BETTING TAX: NOW IT’S BEFORE THE COURT OF JUSTICE

BUT STANLEY AND THE MONOPOLIES REGULATOR HAVE BEGUN TALKS.    

Liverpool, 28/11/2018 – The Parma Provincial Tax Commission, in accepting the request of the defence team acting for Stanley and a Data Transmission Centre (DTC) affiliated to it, represented in court by the lawyers Daniela Agnello and Vittoria Varzi, ordered the case to be referred to the European Court of Justice, raising serious and well-grounded doubts over the compatibility with European Law of the Italian legislation introducing the betting tax for DTCs.

The affair is widely known and can be summarised as follows: in 2000, the first call for tenders was announced in Italy for sports betting. Stanley, a leading English group listed on the London Stock Exchange, attempted to enter the Italian market. This was blocked by exclusion clauses contrary to EU law, implemented to protect the sector’s dominant operators. This has been the conclusion of the Italian judiciary which, in the last 18 years, in several thousand cases and in application of as many as 4 Court of Justice rulings (the Gambelli, Placanica, Costa-Cifone and Laezza cases), has set aside domestic law based on the contravention of EU law of all the calls for tender announced by the Italian State (tender contest of 2000, Bersani tender, Monti tender) and accordingly systematically discharged and acquitted the Stanley DTCs.

Given the impossibility of stopping Stanley entering the Italian market, a new form of discrimination was created, this time through taxation. The Stability Law of 2011, in fact, introduced the obligation on the DTCs to pay the flat-rate tax, declaring in the recitals that it is aimed at giving lawful gaming a level playing field with unlawful gaming. Except that, given that the Stanley DTCs have been systematically acquitted by the judiciary and their activities are considered entirely lawful, it is clear that new and additional discrimination is being perpetrated against them compared to the agents of Snai, Eurobet, Sisal etc., which are not subject to the same tax. It is true that concessionaires directly pay tax on bets, but so does Stanley, which pays tax to the country (Malta) that authorised it, certainly not in favour of the one that has systematically prevented its access. The conclusion is obvious, as reached by the tax court of Parma: the flat-rate tax for the DTCs is not a tax but a penalty in disguise, aimed as discouraging their activity. It clearly follows that discrimination is continuing against Stanley through taxation.

It is now necessary to await the scrutiny of European Justice, bearing in mind that the Constitutional Court has already declared the law unconstitutional, as regards its retrospective validity for periods before the law came into force. For subsequent periods, the decision now lies with the European Court.

“We are confident that the matter can be resolved before the European Supreme Court ruling, which will take at least 1 year.” This is the position of John Whittaker, Stanley’s Chairman, speaking by telephone from his office in Liverpool, who continued, revealing that: “To this end, in July 2018, I began a constructive dialogue with the Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM), notifying the Ministry of the Economy, which so far has only been in the form of an exchange of letters. As recently as yesterday, I received the Agency’s first “technical” response, the details of which I cannot go into but whose concerns I think can be overcome if there is the willingness to find a solution on both sides.”

A similar stance was taken by Giovanni Garrisi, Stanley’s CEO, interviewed this morning at the company’s futuristic stand at SIGMA, the industry’s most important annual exhibition in Malta. “I am respectful and proud once again to be before the judges of the European High Court, but also concerned.” Asked by the Maltese interviewer why he was concerned, he replied: “This affair has been going on for 18 years. Even if the Court of Justice rules in favour of Stanley, I wonder what may happen afterwards. Both we and the officials of the Monopolies authority will, in any event, have to answer in the future for all the time and resources wasted and for not being able to avoid all the harm and damage that this dispute has caused and is causing to so many people and their families, none excluded. The confrontation must be de-escalated. I know that John Whittaker and the ADM, under the watchful eyes of the Ministry of the Economy, have begun to talk. I hope that good sense prevails and that the current problems can be resolved even before the ruling of the Court. I appeal to Snai, Sisal and Lottomatica, which as the historical Concessionaires, to collaborate with us and ADM in order to encourage this process of integration in the best interests of everyone in the industry.”

Magellan Robotech presents its online and mobile versions of the virtual championship football at Sigma I-Gaming 2018

Magellan Robotech, the software house part of the Stanleybet Group, announces its participation in the Sigma I-Gaming to be held in Malta from 28 to 30 November and unveils the launch of one of the most competitive products of the English software house.

Liverpool, 27.11.2018 – The latest virtual 3D product from Magellan Robotech is the awaited virtual game “Trident” in the online and mobile versions.

The new product of the Liverpool software house, part of the Stanleybet Group, will be presented at the Magellan Robotech booth at SIGMA I-Gaming 2018, to be held in Malta from 28 to 30 November.

Trident is a virtual soccer championship made with HD graphics and highly customizable.

The product, already available in the retail version, allows users to simultaneously follow the results in real time of 8 or 10 simultaneous events.

41 the different markets available, including Total Goals, Red Cards and First Goalscorer.

A new round every 5 minutes with 8 or 10 different events (16 or 20 teams) displayed all together. The whole championship completes in one hour.

In the online and mobile version of the product, the absolute innovation consists in being able to play 4 games simultaneously on a single channel, allowing you to switch between 3D and 2D visualization in a simple and intuitive way.

These are just some of the specifications of a product that will be highly customizable to customer needs, like all the virtual games and gaming products and solutions developed by Magellan Robotech.

In addition to the Virtual Football “Trident”, in the 100 sqm stand will exhibit all the products of the English software house, which is investing in the global market and has recently started partnerships in South America and South Africa.

The Stanleybet Group announces a partnership with Playtech

The agreement provides for the distribution on the Italian market of all Playtech gaming products: available from today slots, jackpot games, table games, and live casino. Subsequently the implementation of Poker, in its Hold’em, Omaha and SixPlus variants.

Liverpool, 31 October 2018 – The Anglo-Maltese giant Stanleybet Group and Playtech, leading gambling technology specialist, announce their partnership agreement that initially provides for the distribution on the Italian market via the Stanleybet.it website of all Playtech products. Slots – among which stand out titles such as White King, Football Carnival, Great Blue, and Marilyn Monroe – games with Jackpot, table games and Live Casino with real dealers in streaming are already available for the customers; online poker will also be added later.

Gianluca Porzio, Online Director of the Stanleybet Group, commented: “We always aim to offer our customers the best on the market, and Playtech is an excellence in the industry, a “must have” in the product portfolio for an important licensee like Stanleybet. We opted for the complete offer: slots, jackpot games, table games, and the engaging Live Casino are available on the Stanleybet.it website from today. The online poker will come very soon. Regarding the online poker, the entry of Stanley in the iPoker network will undoubtedly represent an added value for both companies and for the end-users”.

Shimon Akad, Playtech’s Chief Operations Officer, said: “Playtech is the industry standard for quality and leadership in the Italian market, which has already inspired huge local loyalty to our leading online slots. This partnership with Stanleybet is a classic example of what we want to provide for our partners in this region: excellent technology underpinning exciting and relevant games for players. Italy is a real priority for Playtech because of the opportunities it offers as the largest gaming market in Europe, so we are proud to be partnered with Stanleybet and look forward to working with them for many years to come.”

On Stanleybet.it now available the 3D Slots of the Maltese provider BetSoft

Thirteen new slots from the exciting Slots3™ series, a registered trademark of the Maltese provider, which features high-quality 3D games, with a wide range of themes dedicated to all types of players.

Malta, 26 October 2018 – The agreement with the Maltese provider BetSoft was announced at the end of July, and it has been now realized with thirteen new slots from the exciting Slots3™ series on Stanleybet.it, the online website dedicated to the Italian players of the Stanleybet Group.

Slots3™ is a registered trademark of Betsoft that features high-quality 3D games, with a wide range of themes to create a truly unique gaming experience, thanks to fast and impressive gameplay, with intriguing animations and engaging soundtracks. Titles as Mr. Vegas, Alkemor’s Tower, John’s Gems, Magic Shoppe, and Mamma Mia, stand out as their most recognizable games.

To discover the new Betsoft Slots just click here or search for them in the Slots & Games section of the Stanleybet.it website.

 

Johannesburg, 24/10/2018 – The supply of international services to African bookmakers, in a market with enormous potential. With this goal, the Stanleybet Group is present at “ICE Africa”. Luca Grisci, Managing Director of the Group, revealed to Agipronews the strategies of the British bookmaker.

Mr. Grisci, what are your goals at the Johannesburg gaming fair?

“We are present here at “Ice Africa” with our B2B brand Magellan Robotech, in a stand shared in cooperation with Media System Technology. Our intention is to extend our presence here in Africa, a market where we already operate thanks to the agreement with a bookmaker – Bet1960 – to which we supply our Virtual products “.

How is the gambling market structured in Africa?

“There are several small bookmakers and four or five major bookmakers, and two of those are very well known in Europe”.

What are you proposing to visitors to your stand at Ice Africa?

“The flagship product is the virtual game “Trident”, but we are also presenting our solution for bets acceptance, which is both self-service and/or served by counter operators”.

So, does this mean that the Stanleybet focus is mainly on the Retail market?

“It is at his very moment, even if we do not forget online, indeed in a few weeks we will be ready with our “Trident” in the mobile and the web versions. Later, we will also offer our other products, including virtual games on cars and bikes races, horseracing and greyhounds, as well as the instant lotteries like the V-Keno”.

What development can the betting market in Africa have?

“The African continent has enormous potential, far ahead of Europe. To make a comparison, the betting market in Africa is currently similar to the European market of twenty years ago. Mobiles are used as main tools for both payment systems and for participation in games and betting, and the margins for the operators are extremely encouraging: an aspect that we need to consider, even as service providers”.

What will be the next step in your approach to Africa?

“Sign agreements to offer our products into different countries. We aim for a licensee in each of the ten main markets, in particular regulated markets that give more guarantees to players and bookmakers”. 

Source: NT/Agipro

 

Stanleybet.it will again be pitchside in Serie A and Serie B for the 2018/19 season

Stanleybet.it will be visible on advertising hoardings around the pitch during matches throughout the season that has just begun, showcasing special promotions for fans and spectators.

Liverpool, 04.09.2018 – Anglo-Maltese gambling giant Stanleybet and Infront, the agency that oversees LED advertising in the leading stadiums in Italy, have reached an agreement to extend their partnership.

Thanks to the agreement, which is now into its third year, the Stanleybet.it brand will once again be visible around the pitch during Serie A and B matches throughout the season that has just begun. The finalised list of teams covered by the agreement is as follows: Fiorentina, Lazio, Udinese, Atalanta, Genoa, Sampdoria, Chievo Verona, SPAL, Cagliari, Empoli and Frosinone for Serie A, Palermo, Salernitana, Lecce, Crotone, Benevento, Pescara and Ascoli for Serie B.

The statistics from the past two seasons provide us with an idea of the overall scope of this agreement. The duration of LED exposure and subsequent media coverage (estimated at 70 hours) has allowed the brand to reach 8 million fans, with a total accumulated audience – based on past season figures and the allocation of television rights – of 100 million spectators.

These spectators will be able to take advantage of special promotions available on www.stanleybet.it, the brand’s online gambling website for the Italian market. And there are even more benefits in store for fans of Palermo and Salernitana, with both clubs having chosen Stanleybet as their official betting partner.

Buenos Aires, 19.07.2018

 

What will you be exhibiting in the next edition of SAGSE Buenos Aires?

Stanleybet will exhibit as a Group its Global retail and online network focusing particularly on the range of products developed by the internal software house, Magellan Robotech, the B2B brand of the Group.

Under this brand, the Company currently develops and trades 3D virtual products, self-service betting systems, retail and online systems (platforms).

At the SAGSE we will present the highly customizable features of Magellan products and how they can be branded and successfully marketed in a retail environment.

As an International bookmaker with 60 years of presence in Europe (1958-2018), Stanleybet Group offers a great expertise in understanding retail environment and in identifying the innovation paths to make the difference in the industry. Thanks to the experience gained, we have been able to approach the market in a different and versatile way, more focused on understanding the real customer needs.

As a bookmaker, for guaranteeing innovation, we questioned ourselves about how to put our customers “at the core” and Magellan Robotech has been the answer.

The products developed internally by our B2B brand are the perfect solution for all the gambling operators that aim to have a provider which is easy to approach, fast in installing the products and capable to customize them. With its bespoke products, Magellan helps the operators to easily offer a USP (unique selling proposition) in a very competitive market.

 

Why did you choose to participate in this exhibition?

We have chosen to be present at this event because, as a Group, we aim to reach the most important actors in the Gaming sector in South America, and this exhibition is the perfect occasion to show our deep knowledge and experience in the betting and gaming Industry. Moreover, as a B2B Company, we are ready to launch overseas our new bespoke products, fully in-house developed under the Magellan Robotech brand.

 

What are your expectations for the event?

Our aim as a Company is to approach South America market, particularly Argentina, because we believe that, being B2C and B2B operator, we are able to offer a more complete expertise. The Company gained an international knowledge in entering and succeeding in different markets thanks to the right product strategy and the ability to understand the different markets’ needs.

 

How do you see the Latin American market?

We find this market extremely interesting because of the cultural affinity with south of Europe countries, for example Italy, where we are very successful.

In addition, our significant experience in Lottery, key product in Argentina, makes the Stanleybet Group a perfect partner to consider for operating in the Latin American market.

 

In which countries is the Stanleybet Group present today?

As B2B brand, we are currently operating in Croatia, Romania, Nigeria, Italy, Belgium, Denmark, Malta, Cyprus and shortly in the UK.

As B2C the Group operates in Italy, UK, Belgium, Denmark, Cyprus and Germany.

 

Are you interested in the Latin market? In which countries?

Yes we are. We are currently looking at Argentina, Peru and Colombia, and at Central America, as well.