Category Archives: Betting

Flutter stands by “international balance” as Amy Howe exits FanDuel leadership

Flutter Entertainment has announced that FanDuel will enter a new period of transition following the departure of Amy Howe as Chief Executive Officer of its North America business. The leadership change accompanies the NYSE/LSE gambling group’s Q1 2026 results, as Flutter seeks to re-engineer FanDuel’s position across US sportsbook, iGaming and its entry into prediction […]

Gambling sector risks disruption as Ukraine moves to fulfil IMF duties

An MP has warned that a proposed transfer of gambling policy power between two of Ukraine’s ministries will do more harm than good. Nina Yuzhanina, MP from Ukraine’s European Solidarity party, took to Facebook to publicly criticise the development of draft bill No. 15111-d, which aims to govern tax on incomes generated from digital platforms. […]

SBC Summit 2026 returns to Lisbon with reimagined six-stage conference agenda

SBC Summit will return to Lisbon from 29 September to 1 October, bringing together a six-stage conference agenda, offering a comprehensive, 360-degree view of today’s global iGaming industry. The 2026 agenda has been designed to reflect how the industry operates from every perspective. Each stage focuses on a different force shaping the market, with discussions […]

Online gambling reforms carry low UK economic impact

A macroeconomic study examining the impacts of the UK Gambling Act review has concluded that the agreed reforms would result in only a “limited net negative effect on the wider UK economy”. The assessment has been published by the National Institute of Economic and Social Research (NIESR), Britain’s oldest independent economic research institute, which evaluates […]

BETBY goes back to the ‘90s with latest product push

BETBY has followed its invention of a new sport back in March with a new series of games based around 1990s images and aesthetics. The Malta-based sports betting solutions firm has unveiled the ‘90s series, combining its existing esports titles across basketball, baseball, tennis and combat sports with a 90s-inspired image. The first wave of […]

EPIC Global Solutions brings in ex-DAZN figure Chetan Pandya as Managing Director

EPIC Global Solutions has appointed Chetan Pandya as Managing Director as it continues to scale operations around the world.  Pandya joins from DAZN, where he held senior leadership roles at the international entertainment firm, which operates both the world’s largest OTT sports streaming service and launched a betting proposition back in 2022.  His arrival comes […]

Lottomatica increases market share in Italy’s new era of regulated betting

Lottomatica‘s Q1 financials may offer a mirror image of the wider Italian betting market, which continues to adjust to a new regulatory regime adopted in November 2025. Early figures from the new market have suggested a steady performance for online casinos but less so for online betting, while some key regulatory matters such as retail […]

Sweden sets new compliance charter on credit checks and real-time exclusion

The period of May to August 2026 will see Sweden’s gambling industry enter a new era of compliance and regulatory control imposed by the Gambling Inspectorate, Spelinspektionen, and the Ministry of Finance, Finansdepartementet. The update follows Spelinspektionen executing its first compliance directive of the “comprehensive ban on credit transactions” enforced as a regulatory condition on […]

Australian regulator finds Entain brands breached self-exclusion rules 500 times

Entain’s Australian brands Ladbrokes AU and Neds AU are in hot water after an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation found more than 500 breaches of national self-exclusion rules. The UK-headquartered company has now entered into a court-enforceable undertaking, with the ACMA finding that its brands opened accounts for people registered with Australia’s national […]

ChatBet launches to deliver WhatsApp conversation betting in LatAm

ChatBet has launched version three of its platform, positioning itself as the conversational interface layer for betting. Enabling operators to offer a fully AI-driven, WhatsApp-based betting experience that sits alongside their existing stack. The B2B provider integrates directly on top of operators’ backend infrastructure , adding messaging as a new acquisition, conversion and retention channel […]