Category Archives: Betting

The cross-charity TalkBanStop initiative has been broadly successful in its objectives, with participants suffering less harmful effects from gambling as a result. This is according to recent research by Ipsos and reported by GamCare, one of the three organisations involved in the safer gambling programme, together with Gamban and GamStop. Ipsos found that TalkBankStop – …

SBC Summit North America 2023 has been confirmed for May 9-11, when the region’s leading sports betting and igaming event will return in significantly expanded form at Meadowlands Exposition Center in Secaucus, New Jersey.  The conference and tradeshow has enjoyed strong growth since its launch in 2019 and has established itself as the place for …

EveryMatrix has declared that it will accelerate the development of its house games studios and US market expansion following a strong start to year trading.   Providing a Q1 trading update, EveryMatrix declared period gross profits of €14 million, up 14% on like-for-like 2021 comparative results of €12.3 million. The increase in Gross Profit was attributed …

The Greyhound Board of Great Britain (GBGB) has issued an update on its welfare commitment, detailing progress across a number of areas. Notably, the sporting body has focused on the British betting industry’s contribution to greyhound welfare standards, noting that its strategy can ‘only be released’ with the sector’s long-term funding.  Building on this, the …

Having streamlined its operations as a B2B business, Gamingtec is set to target emerging opportunities in a range of international markets.  This is according to the firm’s Sales Manager and Commercial Director, Denis Wittebrood and Andrei Beu respectively, who spoke to SBC Media at ICE London 2022 last month.  Commenting on the company’s objectives for …

The Norwegian government has launched a consultation to gather stakeholder feedback on Storting’s (Parliament) approved order to merge and replace the nation’s fragmented gambling laws.  Proposed by the Ministry of Culture and Gender Equality, Norway’s government has been urged to replace its gambling laws formed under the separate Totalizer Act (1927), Gaming Scheme Act (1992) …

Having streamlined its operations as a B2B business, Gamingtec is set to target emerging opportunities in a range of international markets.  This is according to the firm’s Sales Manager and Commercial Director, Denis Wittebrood and Andrei Beu respectively, who spoke to SBC Media at ICE London 2022 last month.  Commenting on the company’s objectives for …

Veikkaus Oy’s international B2B division Fennica Gaming has officially launched, as the company progresses with its expansion plans enabled under Finnish legislation. The Finnish state-backed betting monopoly’s new division will provide game services and products internationally to corporate customers across betting and gaming.  Fellow Scandinavian state monopolies Norsk Tipping (Norway) and Svenska Spel (Sweden) have …

WPT Global has announced the latest poker players and celebrity additions to its ‘Poker Heroes NFT Club‘ collection.  Developed by web 3.0 innovation studio GAMAVRS, the Poker Heroes NFT Club forms part of WPT Global’s launch as the new online poker platform of the World Poker Tour (WPT), operating in over 85 countries. NFT rewards …

Writing for SBC News, Tomas Ericsson, Abios VP of Odds, discusses FIFA and NBA2K as betting products and their future potential as filler products for regular sports.  When referring to esports, many think of games such as League of Legends, CS:GO or Dota 2, typically landing in the categories of first-person shooters or MOBAs. The …