Category Archives: Betting

The Affiliate Leaders Summit will take its next major step in 2026, evolving into a standalone global event dedicated entirely to affiliate and performance marketing.  Co-located with SBC Summit in Lisbon from 29 September to 1 October, the event reflects growing demand for dedicated affiliate-focused environments as acquisition strategies become increasingly shaped by creators, AI, […]

Concerns over horse racing’s finances continue to be raised, despite the expectation that income to the Horserace Betting Levy Board (HBLB) will increase for the fifth year running.  Expected income for the year ended 31 March 2026 is projected to be around £110m, representing the highest total since the levy collection reforms of 2017. New […]

Sports betting data provider FeedConstruct has added another league to its partner portfolio, striking a deal with the Romanian Football Federation. This marks FeedConstruct’s sixth major partnership of 2026, with deals penned this year across a range of sports including football and basketball, as well as B2B deals with other companies. The data and streaming […]

“Politics is rotten,” “incompetence rewarded,” and an “affordability checks shambles” – those are just some of the reactions to the news that Andrew Rhodes has landed a new role in the industry. Rhodes, the former Gambling Commission Chief Executive Officer, was this week appointed as a Principal Consultant at Harris Hagan-owned consultancy firm Hawkbridge, and […]

As it stands, prediction markets appear to have gained no significant pathway into Europe, Despite lobbying efforts, European regulators have deemed that prediction markets have a ‘questionable regulatory status’ that undermines current gambling regimes. Yet the subject of the expansion of prediction markets should be considered the most explosive issue in global gambling right now, […]

The 2026 FIFA World Cup will be the largest ever staged, with 48 teams, 104 matches across 16 venues and a knockout format that includes extra time from the round of 32 onwards. For operators and the pricing providers they rely on, the tournament means weeks of high-volume in-play trading where player prop pricing, bet […]

A major modernisation of the UK National Lottery has led to a financial sinkhole in Allwyn’s domestic operations, but the company nevertheless expects to return to growth now that the heavy lifting is over. Allwyn’s preliminary, unaudited results for the three months ending March 2026 have revealed that its UK business has carried out the […]

Wolverhampton Wanderers have secured a new principal sponsorship agreement with UK-headquartered sports betting operator Midnite. The deal will see the company’s logo appear on the front of the club’s men’s and women’s first-team shirts throughout the 2026/27 season. It comes in a bittersweet year for Wolves, who are set to celebrate their 150th anniversary, but […]

SBC Summit has overhauled its ticketing structure with the introduction of five dedicated pass categories, while Affiliate Leaders Summit will now operate as a standalone event with its own separate ticketing system, reflecting the event’s continued growth and increasing audience diversification. With early bird pricing set to end on 5 June, attendees have limited time […]