Category Archives: Betting

A BOLA, the iconic football journal for Portuguese football, has received a digital makeover by parent firm Ringier Sports Media Group (RSMG). Celebrating its 80th year in existence covering all football leagues for Portuguese audiences, RSMG has fully revamped the digital platform ABOLA.PT. The new website delivers a faster, smarter, and more immersive experience, designed …

Martin Lycka’s Safe Bet Show takes viewers on a trip to Brazil as the latest episode saw the host speak with Leonardo Baptista on the rapid evolution of the country’s iGaming sector.  As CEO and Co-Founder of Pay4Fun, Baptista brings unique insights on Brazil’s payments and finance landscape. While this episode revolved around payments tech …

Matthew Ball, metaverse trailblazer, pioneering tech authority and bestselling author, will deliver a keynote at SBC’s flagship event — the SBC Summit Barcelona 2022 conference and trade show. Ball’s thoughts are certain to appeal to the SBC Summit Barcelona delegates, as he has played a monumental role in understanding the metaverse and emerged as one …

The Belgium Gambling Commission (BGC) has reduced the number of betting operator/business licence concessions to 30. The decision was granted by Belgium’s government, which approved new amendments to the Royal Decree of December 2010, which outlines the licence requirements and business obligations for betting operators (online or retail) to engage with customers. As a result, …

Minimum race values for 2023 UK fixtures have been increased across both jump and flat racing, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has revealed.  Releasing its fixture list, the BHA, Racecourse Association (RHA) and Thoroughbred Group have boosted the race values for upper and mid-tier fixtures starting from 1 January 2023, with the largest being for …

Conall McSorley has moved up the ranks of SIS (Sports Information Services), taking on the responsibilities of Head of International Horse Racing.  Having joined the live betting services supplier earlier this year, McSorley has been working for SIS in the capacity of Commercial Manager for the UK and Europe. In his new position, McSorley will …

Will Edwards, Director at XEDIA, walks us through the developments taking place at Betting Partners, aff.ai and Cashback.bet as the company prepares to “revolutionise the industry from multiple angles”. SBC: For those that might not know, can you tell us about XEDIA? XEDIA is a company I created, to unite a group of the most …

SOFTSWISS has made its entry into the esports space after naming Kostya Sivko, a CS:GO commentator, as its new brand ambassador. Sivko has previously commentated at the CS:GO Major Championships, and was also named “the best commentator in the industry” in 2020 and 2021. By partnering with Sivko, SOFTSWISS will be able to strengthen its …