Category Archives: Betting

Flutter wins Best Grassroots initiative for women’s football

Flutter Entertainment’s Cash4Clubs programme has been recognised as the best grassroots initiative helping develop women’s football across Britain. Providing direct funding to 86 women’s grassroots football initiatives, the Cash4Clubs programme was named winner of the Best Grassroots Initiative prize at the 2026 Women’s Football Awards. Cash4Clubs was launched in 2008, as Betfair’s first CSR programme, […]

BETBY launches World Cup package including esports replica

Betting industry preparations for the World Cup are ramping up, with sportsbook solutions firm BETBY the latest to get product enhancements underway. The FIFA World Cup is, unsurprisingly, one of the biggest events of the sporting calendar of the betting industry, but this year the battle for player acquisition is expected to be more fierce […]

Is Ukraine’s PlayCity doing what KRAIL couldn’t?

Ukraine’s gambling regulator, PlayCity, has constituted compliance breaches totaling UAH 946m (£16m) in just under a year. This was announced by the regulatory body in its monthly activity report, as it prepares to commence further inspections of 34 licensed operators by the end of the year. PlayCity took charge of the local gambling sector in […]

New CEO takes helm at ReferOn after successful management buyout

Alex Bukin, the former General Manager of ReferOn, has secured ownership of the platform while also becoming its Chief Executive Officer. The affiliate management platform announced today that Bukin has completed his management buyout of the company following substantial growth over recent years. Alongside Bukin’s change in role, Vlad Bondarenko has transitioned from Head of […]

Report: More BetStop bother for Entain’s Ladbrokes Australia

Entain is facing even more scrutiny over its Ladbrokes Australia brand according to local media, with reports coming just a few days after the firm found itself in the crosshairs of Australia’s de facto gambling regulator. The Sydney Morning Herald reported today that the Australian Media and Communications Authority (ACMA), the regulator of Australian broadcasting, […]

Roundtable: the rise of the challenger brands

A new breed of challenger brands is emerging in regulated markets in Europe, striving to carve out market share while maintaining adherence to the strictest regulatory regimes in the industry.  In this roundtable, we talk to operators and providers to examine the approaches they are taking to keep customers engaged, as brands aim towards sustained […]

Sisal celebrates “80 year revolution of Italian gambling”

This May marks the 80th anniversary of Sisal as Italy’s oldest gambling firm and the first business to pioneer betting markets, football pools and public lotteries. Founded in 1945 by three Milan journalists of Massimo Della Pergola, Fabio Jegher and Geo Molo — Sisal was created with the ambition of launching Italy’s first football betting […]

Gambling Commission to bring in a Head of Illegal Markets amid black market boom

The Gambling Commission is moving to strengthen the UK’s fight against illegal gambling with the creation of a Head of Illegal Markets role. It will focus on leading high-profile investigations and disruption activity targeting black market operators, as the licensed industry in the UK continues to battle the ever-growing presence of unlicensed operators.  Reporting directly […]

Dutch watchdog finds thousands of illegal gambling ads on Meta platforms

Social media giant Meta continues to find itself in the firing line of gambling regulators, a growing number of which are becoming increasingly frustrated with unlicensed advertising on the platform. The company behind Facebook and Instagram is being monitored by the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gambling regulator. The KSA announced its investigation just one day […]