Better Collective Q1 revenues up 74%

Summary: Better Collective’s first quarter revenues were up 74% to €67.4m with US revenues up fivefold and now representing 46% of group revenues. Why it matters: Better Collective is one of the largest affiliates in the sector and the US is now its single biggest market, driven by New York state and its media partnership […]

Catena Media CEO on going from gray to regulated market

Catena Media CEO Michael Daly on transition from gray to regulated market”The transition of prior gray markets (such as) Canada to full regulation mean there are short term impacts, such as Catena stopping all affiliate activities in other Canadian provinces. Ontario is white and the rest of the provinces are black (market): in the short […]

Catena Media Q1 revenues up 11%, New York is main market

Summary: The affiliate group saw first quarter revenues rise 11%, New York became its biggest market but Ontario’s sports betting launch was “unspectacular”. Why it matters: Catena Media is one of the leading affiliate companies for online sports betting. Its Q1 revenues were up 11% to €45.2m and adjusted EBITDA was up 2% to €25.6m.CEO […]

Sports betting contributing to increased fan aggression

On sports betting’s role in fan aggression“When people are losing money in real time and they’re pointing to a player on the court and they’re saying, ‘Hey, I bet you to score more points in the second quarter than somebody else and I lost,’ you’re adding an element to that that we’re not talking as […]

Catena Media CEO prefers CPA affiliate deals

Catena Media CEO on CPA vs. Rev Share models“Players have five accounts on average and play on three: if we were on revenue share they would be going through one wallet, but we get CPAs every time we deliver that player to play on one of their accounts.” – Michael Daly, CEO, Catena Media (Source […]