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| March 2025 | Bet365 announced it was ceasing its services in China and other jurisdictions. |
| March 11 2025 | Stake's UK business officially closed following the surrender of its gambling licence. |
| February 2025 | Stake announced it would surrender its UK gambling licence due to a controversial social media advertisement featuring porn actress Bonnie Blue, which was seen as using sexual content to attract young customers. |
| 2024 | Denise Coates faced criticism after receiving payouts of more than £270 million the previous year, including a £220.7 million salary and £50 million in dividends, despite the company posting a £60 million loss. |
| December 2024 | Bet365 won the SBC Bookmaker of the Year award for the fifth consecutive year. |
| October 2024 | The UK Advertising Standards Authority began monitoring Stake's advertising partnership with content aggregator accounts on X, which involved watermarking viral content with Stake logos. |
| August 2024 | The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement ordered Bet365 to pay more than $519,000 to customers it had shorted on payments. |
| April 2024 | Hollywoodbets announced Eben Etzebeth, South African rugby player, and his wife Anlia Star as their newest brand ambassadors. |
| March 2024 | Australia's financial crime agency, Austrac, initiated an investigation into Bet365 for potential non-compliance with anti-money laundering and counter-terrorism financing laws. |
| 2023 | Skrill was named 'Best Digital Wallet' at The Digital Banker's Global Payments Innovation Awards. |
| 2023 | Paysafe won 'Payments Provider of the Year' at the EGR North America Awards, marking its third consecutive win in this category. |
| 2023 | Paysafe was named one of CNBC's World's Top Fintech Companies. |
| 2023 | Betclic will become the presenting sponsor of the Portuguese Primeira Liga, which will be known as Liga Portugal Betclic from the 2023-24 season. |
| 2023 | Betika became the first Kenyan betting firm to have its app available on the Google Play Store. |
| September 4 2023 | Stake experienced a significant cryptocurrency theft when over an unspecified amount was stolen from one of its Ethereum wallets. The FBI attributed the attack to North Korea's Lazarus Group. |
| August 3 2023 | Announced as the new title sponsor of the Sharks Rugby team, with their logo to feature prominently on team jerseys. |
| June 2023 | A federal judge in Manhattan dismissed a $580 million lawsuit against Stake filed by Christopher Freeman, who claimed he was excluded from the business. |
| May 2023 |
Paddy Power
Paddy Power was fined £490,000 by The Gambling Commission for sending promotional betting notifications to customers who had self-excluded from gambling.
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| 2022 | An external audit was ordered by Australian authorities regarding Bet365's financial practices. |
| 2022 | Paysafe won in the 'Payment Solution & Innovation of the Year' category at the SBC Awards Latinoamérica for a second consecutive year. |
| 2022 | Paysafe (Skrill's parent company) was named Payment Service or Solution Provider of the Year at the VIXIO Gambling Compliance Global Regulatory Awards. |
| 2022 | Craven and Tehrani launched Kick, a competing livestreaming service with higher revenue splits and more lenient content guidelines, particularly for gambling streams. |
| 2022 | Stake secured advertising deals with streaming personalities Trainwreckstv, xQc, and Drake, providing them with gambling credits during Twitch streams, which led to increased scrutiny of online gambling streaming. |
| 2022 | Betika launched its largest jackpot in Kenya, worth Ksh 200 million, with a stake of Ksh 49. The jackpot was won by two individuals: Eli Kipruto and Moses Kiprono. |
| November 2022 | Teko Modise, former South African football captain, joined Hollywoodbets as a brand ambassador. |
| November 2022 | Teko Modise, former South African football captain, joined Hollywoodbets as their brand ambassador. |
| September 2022 | Twitch announced a ban on streams of online slots, roulette, and dice games from services not licensed in the United States, effectively prohibiting Stake's gambling streams. |
| September 6 2022 | Bet365 officially opened operations in Colorado. |
| August 1 2022 | Stake.us was launched as a separate site specifically for U.S. residents. |
| June 2022 |
Paddy Power
Launched Paddy Power Games vertical, replacing online casino properties to align with UKGC regulations.
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| June 2022 | Signed a one-year title sponsorship agreement with COSAFA for multiple football championships. |
| April 2022 | Bet365 launched in Ontario, Canada, after approval from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission following the legalization of single-game betting. |
| March 2022 | Betclic signed a deal with Playson to integrate their game collection for Betclic customers. |
| February 2022 | Carol Tshabalala, known as South Africa's 'First Lady of Sport', signed as a Brand Ambassador for Hollywoodbets. |
| February 2022 | Took over from Vodacom as title sponsor of the Durban July Handicap, increasing the prize purse to a record R5 million. |
| 2021 | Hollywoodbets was voted as KwaZulu-Natal's Brand of the Year at the Standard Bank KZN Top Business Awards. |
| 2021 | Betika sponsored 62-year-old James Kagambi in his historic Mount Everest expedition, enabling him to become the first native Kenyan to summit the world's highest mountain. |
| December 2021 | Stake expanded to the United Kingdom through a partnership with TGP Europe. |
| December 2021 | Robert Marawa, radio sports talk show host, was introduced as a Hollywoodbets brand ambassador, appearing in TV commercials and advertisements. |
| December 2021 | Acquired naming rights to Kings Park Rugby Stadium, to be known as Hollywoodbets Kings Park from January 2022. |
| December 2021 | Robert Marawa, radio sports talk show host, was introduced as a Hollywoodbets brand ambassador and appeared in TV commercials and advertisements for the brand. |
| October 2021 | Betclic extended its basketball sponsorship to the Portuguese women's basketball league. |
| September 2021 | Bet365 announced its launch in Colorado with a licensing and revenue share deal with Century Casinos. |
| September 2021 | Hollywoodbets launched the Hollywood Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to community development, focusing on welfare, education, sports, arts, culture, and supporting small, medium, and micro-enterprises (SMMEs). |
| August 2021 | Betclic established a partnership with TVBET, initially making two TVBET games available to their customers. |
| August 2021 | Betclic signed a five-year deal with the French Football Federation (FFF) as an official partner, covering French football seasons until the 2026 World Cup, estimated to be worth between €5 million and €8 million. |
| July 2021 |
Paddy Power
Won the GGA London 'Betting Shop Operator of the Year' award for a second consecutive year.
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| July 16 2021 | Announced as principal partner of Brentford Football Club, with their logo to appear on team jerseys for the 2021/22 Premier League season. |
| June 2021 | Betclic signed a three-season deal with the Ligue nationale de basket (LNB), with the French men's first division championship to be named the 'Betclic Élite'. |
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