Category Archives: Betting

SBC Summit Canada is the new identity of SBC’s Canadian conference and exhibition, replacing the Canadian Gaming Summit and marking the next phase in the event’s development. The event will take place from 19 to 21 May 2026. The strategic rebrand strengthens alignment with SBC’s global portfolio of conferences, positioning SBC Summit Canada as a […]

French audiences have been reminded of their rights to be removed from all gambling communications and promotions via voluntary self-exclusion. On Monday 5 January, l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), the Gambling Authority of France, launched a new digital campaign to enhance public awareness of “Interdiction Volontaire” — the national self-exclusion register for gambling harms. The […]

Midnite is going all-in during the early days of 2026 with new product launches and new sponsorship initiatives as it prepares to take on what could be its most critical year yet. The UK challenger brand made two announcements today – firstly, a new product launch in partnership with B2B solutions firm SIS (Sports Information […]

The Ministry of Finance of Montenegro faces backlash over its revision and botched application of how gambling winnings are taxed. On 31 December, Montenegrin gambling licences were notified that they had 24-hours to update software and systems to add new tax calculations on customer winnings to be applied as 1 January 2026. The alert followed […]

Issue four of Affiliate Leaders is out now. Ahead of ICE, in Barcelona, the latest edition of the magazine from SBC Media explores the latest developments in marketing as well as industry predictions for the year ahead. The cover story with Clemence Dujardin, CEO of MyAffiliates, sheds light on why diversity, inclusion and equity initiatives […]

Sportsbook solutions firm BETBY has announced a challenging new element for its chess match at the ICE gaming trade show in Barcelona in just over a week. The company will host a blindfolded exhibition match between Grand Masters Magnus Carlsen and Hikaru Nakamura, who are first and second ranked in the world, respectively. Carlsen is a …

The Grand National continued to reign supreme across Entain’s sports betting markets in 2025, but the bookmaker’s yearly roundup shows that aside from this horse racing was outshone by football and American football. Closing off 2025, Entain revealed its 50 biggest sporting events of the year – unsurprisingly, the list consisted of the biggest high-profile, …

The government of Georgia has finalised a comprehensive sweep of individuals excluded from participating in gambling activities. In 2025, Georgia enacted new executive orders amending  the Georgian Law on the “Organisation of Lotteries, Gambling and Games of Chance”, as demanded by former Prime Minister Irakli Garibashvili. The changes saw Georgia’s Revenue Service tasked with the …