Category Archives: Betting

Collaboration and proactive education initiatives around the potential risks of sports betting can help form the basis of a holistic athlete wellbeing program, according to Jim Brown, Sportradar’s Head of Integrity Services & Athlete Wellbeing for North America. Announcing the launch of the Athlete Wellbeing Program at SBC Summit North America, Brown began by giving …

Bacta – The British Amusement Catering Trade Association has announced the appointment of John Bollom as Vice President on an interim basis. Bollom, the current Managing Director of the Swansea-based Mumbles Entertainment Pier, will succeed incumbent VP Trevor Sutton, who has stepped down from the trade body to focus on external commitments. Replacing Sutton – …

Kindred Group’s target of generating 0% of its revenue from problem gambling has somewhat stalled according to the firm’s latest report.  The firm issued an update this morning revealing that total group share from problem gambling during Q2 2022 currently stands at 3.3%, the same as during Q1 2022 and in Q3 2021.  On the …

Hundreds of representatives from casino operators, platform providers, game studios and player acquisition specialists operating on a global scale will gather in the ‘Casino and iGaming Zone‘ at SBC Summit Barcelona. The delegates will meet like-minded professionals and discuss business opportunities in the casino and iGaming sectors as the exhibitors showcase their products to the …

STS Group has underlined its confidence in achieving its full-year 2022 commercial and tech objectives, following strong H1 corporate performance.  Publishing a snapshot update on H1 2022 trading, Poland’s largest betting group matched like-for-like H1 2021 NGR results of PLN 296m (€62m). The positive NGR result was generated from combined group wagers of PLN 2.2bn …

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has issued an extreme weather warning, as UK racing stakeholders manage a record heatwave across venues, stables and racetracks.  The warning follows the Met Office issuing a ‘red extreme heat warning’, due to areas of the country reaching a record 39-40C during this week. On Monday, the BHA reported that …

The European Gaming & Betting Association (EGBA) has underscored the significant progress in standards and best practices by members that have applied its Responsible Advertising Code.  The statement follows an independent evaluation undertaken by the European Advertising Standards Alliance (EASA), the Brussels-based association representing Europe’s self-regulatory organisations for advertising. Following its positive adoption by EGBA …