Category Archives: Betting

Better Collective cools Spotlight Sports M&A speculation

Better Collective AS has branded UK media reports as ‘highly speculative‘ of its’ front runner interest’ in acquiring Spotlight Sports Group for £500 million. This weekend, The Sunday Times reported that private equity fund Exponent LLP, the majority investor of Spotlight Sports since 2016, had placed its racing and betting media asset ‘under starters orders‘  for a …

Kindred Group celebrates historic night for Rangers and Scottish football

On Thursday night, Rangers FC qualified for the 2022 Europa League final, beating match favourites RB Leipzig 3-1 on the night (3-2 on aggregate) at Ibrox to make it through to the final against Eintracht Frankfurt in Seville on May 18. It will be the club’s first European final in 14 years, and Giovanni Van …

ADM ordered to clarify laws on esports gaming venues

Italy’s Agency of Customer and Monopolies (ADM) has caused uproar in the esports community by shutting down three ‘digital entertainment venues’ located in the North of Italy.  The government agency that oversees gambling policies across Italy’s 20 regional provinces shut down the ‘three gaming halls’ that were deemed to have ‘lacked any form of authorisation, …

Football and Europe continue to dominate GLMS Q1 report

The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) has detailed that it generated over 300 alerts and notifications to its members during the first quarter of the year.  Of these alerts, 243 were sent out prior to the start of a fixture, with a further 12 based on in-play odds changes and 45 triggered after the end …

BETER expands transparency and integrity efforts across live events

Betting and gaming solutions supplier BETER has extended the scope of its integrity and transparency operations covering its live events.  Strengthening of such measures will cover the Setka Cup and ESportsBattle tournaments, with the company’s policies developed in line with the standards of the International Olympic Committee (IOC) and other international sports bodies.  “The utmost …

Parimatch contributes €500k to Ukraine humanitarian efforts

Parimatch has detailed that its Parimatch Foundation has contributed a total of €510,000 to support humanitarian causes in Ukraine, as the Russian invasion nears its 10th week. Since 24 February, the sports betting operator and technology firm has spent €135,000 on the construction and maintenance of hubs for internally displaced persons in western Ukraine, where …

Jdigital bolsters integrity training as sports corruption is placed at forefront of Spanish reforms

Jdigital, Spain’s online gambling trade association, has shared knowledge and insights on match-fixing and sports corruption with the National Police Department. This week in Barcelona, Jorge Hinojosa, Director General of Jdigital, participated in a series of workshops organised by the Training & Development unit of Spain’s police department.  Jdigital’s workshops aim to strengthen the training …

Smarkets appoints Crawford and Thiercelin as People & Product leaders 

Smarkets has reorganised its executive leadership team following a series of internal promotions and new hires, bolstering the day-to-day management of its organisation.  Former Communications Officer Celine Crawford has been promoted to the c-level leadership role of Chief People Officer (CPO). Recognised as a ‘proven talent’, Crawford has served as Smarkets communications lead since 2015, …

Swedish Administrative Court upholds penalties against operators

Following deliberations, the Administrative Court in Linköping, Sweden, has rejected appeals from three separate operators. Online casino providers Casinostugan, ComeOn and Snabbare, were appealing to the court to overturn fines levied against them for duty of care failures, and each case was rejected ‘in their entirety’ by the court on 28 April. A fourth firm, …

PandaScore: How game literacy requirements impact barrier to entry in esports and betting

With interest in esports as a betting product continuing to rise, Oliver Niner, PandaScore’s Head of Sales, highlights the importance of simplicity when promoting the market to the general consumer.  To read Oliver Niner’s interview with SBC about the distribution, consumption and operation of esports betting products, click here. Esports has seen consistent growth year-on-year, …