Category Archives: Betting

Genius Sports’ Chief Executive Officer, Mark Locke, has made clear that the rise of prediction markets is a win-win for the NYSE-listed company. It follows the business securing partnerships with the sector’s two dominant forces in Kalshi and Polymarket earlier in the week. Locke affirmed his confidence in working with prediction market platforms in Genius’ […]

UFC lightweight champion Charles Oliveira, holder of UFC’s all-time records for most finishes, submission wins and post-fight bonuses, will appear at SBC Summit 2026 across two days as an Aviator brand ambassador, courtesy of award-winning game developer SPRIBE. Oliveira will meet attendees at the SPRIBE booth (A416) on Tuesday, 29 September, before taking to the […]

At a time when retail betting operations in the UK are being rolled back, Ladbrokes Coral owner Entain has penned a deal suggesting the opposite. The company has signed a three-year contract with Barron McCann, an onsite and remote IT support services provider. The contract entails multi-device engineering support and lifecycle infrastructure services for Entain’s […]

The success of running an online business depends largely on the technology behind it.  This rings especially true if you’re in the online entertainment sector, where regulations, tech innovation, and customer preferences intersect on a daily basis. For Novibet and its Chief Technology Officer, Yiannis Stavroulas, having a forward-looking vision today of how your business […]

The 2026 FIFA World Cup rewrote football’s record books long before the final whistle. Expanded to 48 teams, staged across three host nations and featuring 104 matches, the tournament presented sportsbooks with an operational challenge unlike anything they had experienced before. While the additional fixtures created unprecedented betting opportunities, they also introduced greater uncertainty. Unfamiliar […]

Kanggiten examines the challenges facing sportsbook operators during peak sports seasons, and explains for SBC News how platform resilience, content depth and prediction markets can help operators manage surging demand while creating new opportunities for engagement and growth. Peak sports seasons expose every weakness in an operator’s sportsbook stack. When major championships overlap and betting […]

The five-year licence period granted to Dutch online gambling firms back when the market re-regulated in 2021 is set to expire this October, with some operators already securing an extension. Holland Casino, Bingoal, and Nederlandse Loterij-owned TOTO Online have all announced five-year licence extensions starting 1 October, 2026, following a review process by local regulator […]

LeoVegas has launched its Tiger sportsbook in the UK, marking another major milestone for the Swedish iGaming company’s ambitions in sports betting. The MGM Resorts International-owned firm has been in the process of expanding its sports betting proposition for some time, while also gradually taking technology in-house. LeoVegas’ main sportsbook technology partner has been fellow […]

Ireland will act as the European Union‘s (EU) lead broker in negotiations to settle the 2028–2034 budget, which aims to raise €2trn for the economic bloc’s next funding cycle of key initiatives, projects and programmes. Beginning 1 August, Ireland has taken on the Presidency of the Council of the EU, and will be in charge […]