Category Archives: Betting

Arena Racing Company (ARC) has introduced two bonus schemes that will operate across the group’s flat racecourses in the coming months, and into 2023. A winner’s bonus is being implemented across all class four, five and six flat races to offer a minimum first prize of £5,500, £5,000 and £4,000 respectively. Applying to all flat …

Spillemyndigheden – Denmark’s Gambling Authority has reported Tipwin to the police for breaching multiple terms of the country’s  Anti-Money Laundering Act.  Tipwin is accused of significant Danish AML Act failures related to the risk assessment, business procedures and financial supervision of its retail venues operating across Denmark. Of utmost concern, Spillemyndigheden stated that the bookmaker …

Altenar has announced that it has developed a new in-house retail terminal system for sportsbook operators that is ready for commercial launch. The Malta-based technology group has designed its retail offering to provide incumbents with the first next-gen terminal solution which includes a fully customisable on-screen UX. The terminal solution has been developed to provide …

Gross gaming revenue for the esports sector is expected to reach $960m by 2026, according to a new white paper released by Abios and Kambi.  The whitepaper, entitled ‘Bring esports into play’, discusses how sportsbooks can effectively engage and retain audiences within the esports space, as well as looking at the ways in which operators …

With so many markets opening their doors up to regulated betting frameworks, operators and suppliers must ensure that they localise their offering so that they are in compliance with different legal requirements. This is something that Digitain’s Payment Product Manager Arin Adriazian explained can often present its own set of challenges.  However, keeping up to …

Sweden’s Christian Democrat (KD) Party has outlined its intentions to overhaul the rules and standards that govern Sweden’s restaurant casino sector.  KD Minister Roland Utbullt has written an opinion piece on Altinget.se stating that Swedish gambling has a ‘glaring gap in its civic protections’ as restaurant casinos are exempt from duty-of-care rules. Utbullt stated that …

Groupe FDJ has announced the appointment of Philippe Lazare as a  non-executive corporate advisor of the Paris Euronext gambling group.  The French business figurehead will serve on FDJ’s corporate committee for governance, remuneration and appointments.  Lazare (65) is the former Chief Executive and Chairman of leading French payment systems provider Ingenico (2007-to-2020). During his leadership …