Category Archives: Betting

Betegy to bolster marketing efforts with Eugenie Golovina

Betegy has announced a new addition to its senior management team, as Eugenie Golovina joins the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).  The new executive’s focus will be on maintaining Bettegy’s growth in Europe and the US, with the use of its technological solutions and data visulation assets for sports fan engagement marked as a …

EPIC calls for ‘critical’ UK legislation of loot boxes

EPIC Risk Management has cited an ‘apparent’ convergence between video games and gambling in the form of loot boxes, calling for greater restrictions on the controversial assets.  The gambling harm prevention consultancy organisation has argued in favour of a ban on sales of the products to under-18s as well as improved education for parents and …

Koun Gaming: a fresh outlook heralds a new era

Traditional lottery products can be a great way of engaging with players, but rolling out fresh content that includes new and innovative features can help operators to reach a broader demographic of lottery players. That’s according to Vasilis Neiadas, VP Business Development (ex CEO OPAP Greece), and Konstantinos Ladas, Chief Operations Officer, at Koun Gaming. …

BGC lauds industry for ‘driving higher standards’ with new safer gaming code

The UK’s three gaming sector trade associations have announced a new ‘Safer Game Design Code’ for land-based gaming machines.  Members of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), amusements representative Bacta and the Bingo Association have collaborated during the COVID-19 pandemic to design the code that will address risks in game design features. The cross sector …

Low6 purses ‘natural progression’ of UltimateFan product with NFT addition

Low6 has updated its UltimateFan fantasy sports product to include NFTs, seeking to offer a ‘new frontier’ of possibilities for sports, betting and affiliate firms.  The NFTs will be incorporated into the mobile-based UltimateFan offering as the ‘UF Coach’ feature, with the goal of combining NFTs and fantasy sports using in-game and out-of-game structures.  Birmingham-based …

Catena initiates strategic review following acquisition interests

Catena Media has acknowledged that there has been interest from third party businesses seeking to acquire some of its assets. The betting affiliate and publishing group has noted particular interest in its financial trading segment, the ‘Ask Gamblers’ flagship casino brand and ‘certain other’ areas of its global operations.  Addressing the third party interest in …

ITIA suspends two players following alleged anti-corruption breaches

The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has confirmed that Mick Lescure and Jules Okala have been provisionally suspended from the sport. Suspended by independent Anti-Corruption Hearing Officer, Charles Hollander QC, the two French players are pending the full consideration of allegations against them of breaches of the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program. The provisional action was granted …

Miralles vs Sela match flagged an ‘irregular betting pattern’

According to a report from L’Equipe, Police sources are looking into the tennis match between Bernabé Zapata Miralles and Dudi Sela which flagged an ‘abnormally high’ number of bets. The second set, which lasted less than 20 minutes, is said to be the main focus of the reports. Miralles gained a 6-3, 6-0 victory in …