Category Archives: Betting

Mark McGuiness: The Football Pools – Back to the good old days…

Mark McGuiness, Head of Marketing and Casino at The Football Pools, says that global events and the upcoming review of the UK Gambling Act will change how bettors bet, with many consumers looking for big wins from small stakes and with established brands they can trust… You only have to take a quick look at …

GiG to power William Hill’s rebranded Latvia entry

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) and William Hill have come to an agreement, with the igaming software provider powering the UK bookmaker’s launch into Latvia. The partnership has seen GiG construct Wiliam Hill’s new online offering for the country using its igaming frontend framework, designed to provide an ‘attractive, user-friendly and competitive’ sports betting and casino …

Stats Perform launches Opta Vision to ‘empower performance analysis’

Stats Perform has announced a new addition to its suite of sports data and AI products, launching its Opta Vision data feeds offering.  The product incorporates the firm’s Qwinn AI to cover new data points and predictive metrics, such as pass prediction outputs and ‘dynamic changes to a team’s shape’ during a match, for deeper …

Marcus Boyle: “Operator Accountability comes first in new era for the UKGC”

Making his first public statement as Chairman of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), Marcus Boyle has outlined that UK gambling requires a tougher regulatory supervisor. Writing an op-ed for The Times, Boyle stated that his initial focus had been on “identifying beneficial changes for both consumers and the industry”, in which the sector requires better …

Betano secures naming rights to ‘dynamic’ Romanian Cup

Betano – the sports betting and online gaming operator of Kaizen Gaming – has formed a partnership with the Romanian Football Federation. The deal sees the firm become the Cup’s naming partner for the next three seasons, which is to now be called The Cupa Romaniei Betano.  “Our partnership with this historic football association marks …

EEG fights liquidity concerns following $38m esports impairment charge 

Esports Entertainment Group (EEG) has announced that it will revise its operating portfolio in order to improve its current liquidity position.  Publishing its Q3 2022 financial results, the Nasdaq-listed operator outlined that despite recording a two-fold increase in corporate revenues to $15.7m (Q3_2021: $5.3m), it faced a series of ‘near term challenges’ impacting its bottom-line …

Cloudbet anticipates crypto-betting bounceback at Champions League final

Despite the recent turbulence in global  cryptocurrency markets, Cloudbet remains optimistic about crypto-betting volume at the UEFA Champions League final this Saturday. Dubbed the ‘crypto crash’, two weeks ago the cryptocurrency market fell in value by over $100 billion in a matter of minutes, following a Bitcoin price warning. The crash has seen some of …

Greece lifts €2 cap on online casino wagers 

The Greek government has confirmed that it will ease player wagering restrictions on online casino and poker verticals.  Positive developments for market incumbents will see the government increase its €2 maximum wager on online casino (slots and table games) to €20. Announced by the Hellas government gazette, the increase on maximum wagers will be instantly …