Category Archives: Betting

BGC: Royal Ascot bookmakers donate £1.2 million to UK charities

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has revealed that UK charities will be rewarded with a share of £1.2 million from bookmaker profits donated from last week’s Royal Ascot. The marquee festival saw BGC members pledge to donate all winnings taken from Thursday’s Britannia Stakes race, won by 14/1 shot Thesis ridden by Ryan Moore, …

RETAbet and Oddin.gg: a vision for the future of esports

In the constantly changing online gaming world, there is a vertical which has been shown to have an upwards trajectory: esports. Once considered just the latest phenomenon in gaming, esports has now grown into a robust multi-billion industry with no sight of stopping.  So when Spain’s RETAbet Group joined forces with esports provider Oddin.gg, the …

Winning Post: Gambling Review split by the two voices of Public Health

Regulus Partners dissects the recommendations and musings of an open letter authored by the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) to DCMS, in which the organisation has provided conflicting guidance on how to establish a balanced public health approach to treat gambling harms…  The threat to licensed gambling in Great Britain was set out …

Rank lowers 2022 profit guidance due to Grosvenor venues ‘soft performance’

Rank Group Plc has this morning issued a profit warning, accounting for the below expectations performance of its UK Grosvenor casino venues, which have been dragged by a ‘softness in visitor numbers’. The LSE gambling group has revised down its 2021/2022 underlying profits from its previous range of £47-to-£55 million to an expected result of …

NeoGames’ acquisition of Aspire expected in August as tender completed

NeoGames has detailed further progress on its acquisition of Aspire Global, announcing the competition of a previously announced tender offer.  The $480m transaction is now expected to finalise on 11 August 2022, with 99.31% of Aspire’s shares tendered so far. NeoGames had extended its acceptance period for Aspire shareholders to 14 June, with the expected …

Betsson nets €90m from new bond placement

Betsson AB has disclosed that it has successfully completed a transaction to issue a total of €90 million in unsecured bonds. The transaction forms part of a new financial framework, entered by Betsson, that will allow the Stockholm-listed operator to issue up to €250 million in unsecured bonds over a three-year period.  Terms of the …

KSA reminds operators of role model ban ahead of implementation

The Dutch Gaming Authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has issued a reminder to operators active in the country’s marketplace of the immediate ban on ‘role models’ in marketing.  From 30 June onwards, Dutch market incumbents will be prohibited from using any public figures familiar with younger consumers in their marketing and advertising campaigns.  This will include footballers …

Liberal Party confirms Brazil’s gambling delay

As widely expected, Brazil’s governing Liberal Party has confirmed that no federal gambling or sports betting bill will be approved before Brazil settles its general elections in October. The decision was confirmed by Carlos Portinho, Senate leader of the Liberal Party, who backed the delay supported by President Jair Bolsonaro. The delay scuppers original plans …

Enteractive links with Phoenix Malta to strengthen American football ties

Enteractive has signed a double sponsorship agreement with the Phoenix Malta American football team and the inaugural ‘Maltese Super Bowl’ fixture. The deal will see the match branded as the ‘Enteractive Bowl’, as the igaming player retention and reactivation firm seeks to strengthen its ties to American football in tandem with US expansion.  In particular, …