Category Archives: Betting

Norwegian gambling authority Lottstift has praised media counterpart Medietilsynet for upholding its decision to continue to ban gambling advertising on all TV formats.  The Norwegian media authority will not review its gambling advertising policies, despite complaints from media broadcasters Telia and Altibox. The firms have urged for rules to be revised as they apparently contradict …

As part of its “#CodereConEllas” campaign, Spanish-market facing operator Codere Online has announced a $300,000 investment into women’s football. Specifically donating the funds into women’s football in Mexico, the Spain and Latin America-focused company will direct the money into the ‘She Wins’ NGO. An organisation which aims to empower women through sports and education, She …

An appeal to Sweden’s Supreme Administrative Court by Zecure Gaming has been dismissed by legal authorities, upholding a previous ruling which reduced an imposed penalty.  Zecure had been fined SEK 3.5m by the Spelinspektionen – the Swedish Gambling Inspectorate – in 2019, for offering betting on an under-17 football match between Georgia and Slovakia. As …

Following PM Boris Johnson’s resignation, the Conservative Party has begun whittling down the field of leadership contenders to a final two candidates, as Britain’s next PM will be chosen by the Tory’s 200,000 party members.   Observing candidates party pledges and courtship of members’ votes, how have bookers priced a tribal and sadistic affair… SBC …

The Daily Mail’s lead reporter for gambling affairs, Tom Witherow, has reported that the UK Government will delay the publishing of the White Paper on industry reforms until the Conservative Party elects a new Prime Minister. This afternoon, Witherow tweeted that a fourth delay of the White Paper will be sanctioned by the government, who …

Whilst US states have rushed to launch their sportsbook regimes, market observers have been left frustrated by a conservative approach to legislating further igaming verticals. Frustrations were highlighted by a diverse panel of market stakeholders at the SBC North America Summit, scrutinising ‘iGaming’s convergence with Sportsbooks’. Four years since PASPA’s federal repeal, the US igaming …

The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) detected 287 alerts and notifications during the second quarter of the year. Issuing an update for the period between April and June 2022, GLMS revealed that total alerts were down year-on-year by 40%, with geographic distribution showing Europe as the continent generating the most alerts at 156. Europe was …