Category Archives: Betting

Entain is set to release its H1 2026 results on Thursday against a backdrop of widespread regulatory issues and a share price crisis. It’s fair to say a lot has changed since multinational, a FTSE 100 firm and owner of Ladbrokes Coral, bwin and PartyPoker, last gave investors its Q1 trading update in mid-April. A […]

A draft proposal has been tabled in Mexico to tighten the player safety mechanisms around gaming and sweepstakes. As reported by SBC Noticias, the proposal was drafted by Deputy Alberto Martínez Urincho and presented to the Congress of Mexico City. Because the regulatory framework controlling games of chance and sweepstakes is a federal law, however, […]

Flutter Entertainment is making PokerStars the primary poker product of its UK brands, starting with Betfair before an integration on Sky Bet and Paddy Power later this year. Consolidation of UK brands comes amid a generational leadership change at Flutter, with current Chief Executive Officer and President of International brands, Dan Taylor, whose remit has […]

Genius Sports’ Chief Executive Officer, Mark Locke, has made clear that the rise of prediction markets is a win-win for the NYSE-listed company. It follows the business securing partnerships with the sector’s two dominant forces in Kalshi and Polymarket earlier in the week. Locke affirmed his confidence in working with prediction market platforms in Genius’ […]

UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira, holder of UFC’s all-time records for most finishes, submission wins and post-fight bonuses, will appear at SBC Summit 2026 across two days as an Aviator brand ambassador, courtesy of award-winning game developer SPRIBE. Oliveira will meet attendees at the SPRIBE booth (A416) on Tuesday, 29 September, before taking to the […]

At a time when retail betting operations in the UK are being rolled back, Ladbrokes Coral owner Entain has penned a deal suggesting the opposite. The company has signed a three-year contract with Barron McCann, an onsite and remote IT support services provider. The contract entails multi-device engineering support and lifecycle infrastructure services for Entain’s […]

The success of running an online business depends largely on the technology behind it.  This rings especially true if you’re in the online entertainment sector, where regulations, tech innovation, and customer preferences intersect on a daily basis. For Novibet and its Chief Technology Officer, Yiannis Stavroulas, having a forward-looking vision today of how your business […]

The 2026 FIFA World Cup rewrote football’s record books long before the final whistle. Expanded to 48 teams, staged across three host nations and featuring 104 matches, the tournament presented sportsbooks with an operational challenge unlike anything they had experienced before. While the additional fixtures created unprecedented betting opportunities, they also introduced greater uncertainty. Unfamiliar […]

Kanggiten examines the challenges facing sportsbook operators during peak sports seasons, and explains for SBC News how platform resilience, content depth and prediction markets can help operators manage surging demand while creating new opportunities for engagement and growth. Peak sports seasons expose every weakness in an operator’s sportsbook stack. When major championships overlap and betting […]