Category Archives: Betting

SOFTSWISS finetunes sportsbook with back office upgrades

SOFTSWISS Sportsbook has carried out a series of upgrades to the product’s back office which it believes will enable its partners to manage the overall betting process much more efficiently. Among the upgrades, SOFTSWISS has added full real-time statistics, bonus customisation options and will also give its clients access to “all projects and data related …

DAZN keeps recruitment focus with CMO and UK/Ontario MD appointments

DAZN’s recruitment strategy of hiring experienced industry executives to head its new DAZN Bet venture has continued, hiring two more former senior Entain employees. Shane McLaughlin joins DAZN Bet as Managing Director for the UK and Ontario, ending a nearly 13 year career with Entain which saw him hold six positions, with the most recent …

VBET continues French market expansion plans with AS Monaco

VBET has agreed a three-year extension to its partnership with Ligue 1 football team, AS Monaco. The online sports betting company noted a desire to strengthen its presence in the French sports betting market. VBET also explained a shared aim to ‘to develop, together, the visibility of both organisations, beyond their respective fields’. David Ozararat, …

OpenBet Hellas praised for ‘forward thinking workplace culture’ with new recognition

OpenBet Hellas has been recognised for its ability to create and maintain a “quality workplace culture” after being awarded an official certification from Great Place to Work Hellas. Based in Athens, OpenBet Hellas was praised for providing its team with “the scope to produce pioneering enhancements across OpenBet’s unrivalled sports betting technology, content and services”. …

Entain and Trident Leagues push for sport volunteers via online hub

The Entain Foundation and the Trident Leagues have created the Pitching In Volunteer Hub – an online portal that aims to connect football fans and potential volunteers.   Set up to assist prospective volunteers with offering their services to clubs, Entain has also promised to promote volunteering through its network of community-based Ladbrokes and Coral betting …

UK online gambling market  registers lowest GGY quarter since lockdown 

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) continues to monitor public engagement with online gambling verticals in light of regional governments easing the majority of COVID-19 restrictions.  Publishing its latest dataset tracking the UK’s online gambling marketplace, the regulator reported that total GGY in Q4 (January to March 2022) stood at £1.2bn, reflecting a decrease of 1% …

ASA details ‘tougher content restrictions’ on gambling ads

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has outlined more stringent restrictions on gambling advertising, as well as limitations on influencer marketing, in order to safeguard young consumers.  Publishing the annual report into advertising viewership in 2021, the ASA and Committee on Advertising Practices (CAP)  revealed that children’s exposure to gambling commercials had fallen by just over …

Sportradar takes the wraps off new Virtual Cricket In-Play betting solution

Sportradar has moved to strengthen its portfolio of cricket products and services today with the unveiling of Virtual Cricket In-Play.  Described by the sports tech firm as the “first in-play virtual-betting solution for the sport”, the new product fully leverages Sportradar’s historic database to generate a ‘real-match’ cricket experience in a virtual setting, bringing fans …

BetConstruct: How to ‘remove the headaches’ around market delivery

Market delivery and market understanding are two key technology obstacles that face operators when considering international expansion, explained BetConstruct, who believe that end to end solution provides a remedy to these ‘headaches’. Prior to the company’s appearance at Betting on Sports Europe, which will be sponsored by BetConstruct, the firm’s UK Regional Director Elliot Banks …