Catena Media has announced a significant media agreement in North America, signing a multi-year partnership with Advance Local’s NJ.com. Advance Local is an online casino and sports betting content media company and owns NJ.com, which is a news and information website.

The partnership will further broaden Catena Media’s North American audience for high-quality digital content addressing online sports betting and casino. The content, authored by Catena Media writers, will inform NJ.com readers about trends and opportunities in online sports betting and casino and will proactively promote a safe betting culture in North America.

“This is a forward-looking opportunity for Catena Media, allowing our sports betting experts to engage directly with a broader audience in the New Jersey market and nationally. Our goal is to help readers become more informed with sports betting and online casino products and to help promote a safer and more productive gaming culture,” Dustin Gouker, Vice President of Catena’s North American content operations, said.

Under the partnership, Catena Media will be responsible for betting content on NJ.com, leveraging its market-leading network of online sports betting and casino writers across North America.

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“Sports betting and online casino gaming are rapidly evolving in New Jersey and beyond, and this partnership with Catena Media is a fantastic way for us to engage our readers with top-notch content and help them to better understand the landscape,” Howard Kamen, VP of Sports Betting & iGaming at Advance Local, said.

Cipher Sports Technology Group has announced a sports betting partnership with leading U.S. publisher Advance Local.

The agreement will see Cipher STG’s predictive analytics tools and content integrated into Advance Local’s PennLive.com, LehighValleyLive.com, and GulfLive.com platforms, providing users with data rich information that will help them make more informed decisions when it comes to their sports betting.

With nearly 10 million unique monthly users, PennLive is the premiere source for news, sports, entertainment, and more across Pennsylvania, one of the earliest adopters of online sports betting following the repeal of PASPA in 2018.

“We are really grateful for the opportunity to partner with several of Advance Local’s leading websites. There’s no doubt Advance Local is one of North America’s most trusted publishers, so for them to engage us at this stage of our journey is a huge shot in the arm for our business,” Adam Fiske, CEO of Cipher Sports Technology Group, said.

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“Our flagship brand, Dimers.com, has been operating across the United States, including Pennsylvania, for a number of years now, so the opportunity to get some of our sophisticated sports betting products, tools and content in front of Advance Local’s audience has already produced some great results,” Adam Fiske added.

Cipher STG specializes in predictive analytics and sports-betting-focused content for all major U.S. pro and college sports, PGA Tour golf, ATP and WTA tennis, plus major soccer leagues such as the English Premier League, La Liga, Liga MX and MLS.

In addition to the integration of their Dimers-powered predictions and quality editorial, Cipher STG will also help to position Penn Live, Lehigh Valley Live, and Gulf Live as platforms of choice for North American sportsbooks looking to reach an educated and broader audience of sports fans.

“The international experience that Cipher Sports Technology Group brings to the table was very interesting to us. Their knowledge of the sports betting industry, and how to create new revenue streams from it, made them the ideal partner for Penn Live, Lehigh Valley Live and Gulf Live as we look to add complementary content to what are already highly respected and trusted platforms,” Howard Kamen, VP of Sports Betting and iGaming at Advance Local, said.

• Feature articles for both casual and regular sports bettors
• Free bets and offers pages
• Scoreboards & betting tools with latest odds
• Custom-made sports betting event guides
• Smart content modules and free-to-play games

“We are proud to be partnering with Advance Local as our teams align on a vision of content-rich, localized sports betting experiences that are more than just creating clickbait,” commented Rick Wolf, SVP, Spotlight Sports Group. “The addition of a turnkey sports betting content platform, uniquely tailored to each local market, will give fans in Syracuse, for example, access to highly localized sports betting content, tools and engagement that makes the games more fun to watch. We are excited to roll out localized versions of our partnership across multiple Advance Local outlets, and seeing the investment made by Advance Local into Spotlight Sports Group repaid in new revenue, and a deeper sports experience for their audiences.”

Advance Local VP of Sports Betting & iGaming, Howard Kamen, said “Spotlight Sports Group provides national and local content to drive engagement, but creating community with games and tools to make sports fans smarter is the exciting part of this partnership. Spotlight Sports Group has relationships with regulated sportsbook operators in multiple states which means they are doing the heavy lifting, enabling us to concentrate on our audience and their needs.”

In addition to turnkey sports betting platforms, Spotlight Sports Group’s partner offerings include the provision of betting intelligence and data, smart content modules, and the creation and activation of digital games. The betting intelligence offering provides partners with a targeted betting experience directly to their audiences, or through affiliated partners, that delivers customized editorial content in over 70 different languages. Smart content modules are powered by Spotlights Sports Group’s state-of-the-art content engine, Superfeed, which utilizes best-in-class AI, expert tipping advice and data analysis to further deepen the conversations with sports betting audiences. Finally, Spotlight Sports Group can provide partners with self-service free-to-play games that help build customer marketing databases, and consumer engagement tools that increase contact points with audiences. Each of the four core Spotlight Sports Group solutions are tailored to meet the specific goals of partners, and all are designed to increase revenue, audience engagement and growth.

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