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Sportium Takes Ownership of Marca Apuestas

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April 21, 2021

Niji Narayan

Sportium Takes Ownership of Marca Apuestas

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Sportium, the sports betting unit of Grupo Cirsa, has reached an agreement with Spanish news publisher Unidad Editorial SA to take control of the Marca Apuestas (MarcaApuestas.es) sportsbook brand.

Marca Apuestas serves as the sports betting subsidiary of Marca (Marca.com), Spain’s highest-selling daily sports newspaper and highest coverage online news portal.

Spanish business news source Merca2.es reports that Sportium has taken ownership of “Unidad Editorial Juegos,” the registered business operating the Marca Apuestas brand.

Meanwhile, Spain business registry has notified that Sportium Chief Executive Alberto Eljarrat and CIRSA Digital Director Mikel Lopez de Torre have been incorporated as general secretaries of the business replacing Unidad Editorial executives Nicola Speroni and Stefania Bedogni.

Further ownership changes have seen Marca Apuestas’ DGOJ online gambling licence transferred to “Bet on Red Digital,” a new subsidiary of Sportium.

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Niji Narayan

Niji Narayan has been in the writing industry for well over a decade or so. He prides himself as one of the few survivors left in the world who have actually mastered the impossible art of copy editing. Niji graduated in Physics and obtained his Master’s degree in Communication and Journalism. He has always interested in sports writing and travel writing. He has written for numerous websites and his in-depth analytical articles top sports magazines like Cricket Today and Sports Today. He reports gaming industry headlines from all around the globe.