Category Archives: Betting

Playtech has launched an exclusive live gaming show ‘Well Well Well’ for Ladbrokes, the flagship UK property of FTSE100 gambling group Entain Plc. Live-streamed from Playtech’s state-of-the-art studio in Riga, Latvia, the offer has been cited by the firm as one of its ‘most complex bespoke games developed to date’ for Ladbrokes customers. Playtech outlined …

BetitRight has entered into a business arrangement with ComeOn Group, expanding its foothold in the Swedish betting and gaming market in the process.  Facilitated via BetitRight’s joint venture with Spotlight Sports Group (SSG), the deal with ComeOn will see the latter incorporate its new partner’s bet-prompt and in-play service across its operations.  This will include …

Tekkorp Capital the online gambling investment fund led by Matt Davey (CEO) and Robin Chhabra (President), has bolstered its strategic advisory, welcoming industry figurehead Steve Schrier to its ranks.  An expert in the commercial development and planning of igaming enterprises, Schrier is the former Commercial Director and founding team member of Ash Gaming, an independent slot …

Strategic advisory firm Regulus Partners has acquired Global Betting & Gaming Consultants (GBGC), intending to leverage the latter’s proven capabilities and ‘high-quality team’. Regulus, which focuses on the sports and leisure industries including gambling, will incorporate GBGC’s global betting and gaming data and reports into its wider portfolio.  The firm – which contributes regularly to …

In a fast-moving and ever-evolving sports betting industry, sportsbook customers have come to expect a higher level of wagering, always looking for something new to enhance their experience and new ways to bet on their favourite markets. SBC sat down with Oren Cohen Shwartz, CEO of Delasport, to talk about the firm’s latest innovation – …

Kambi Group Plc maintains confidence in achieving its 2022 commercial and operating objectives, despite a tough start to year trading.  Publishing its Q1 trading results (period ending 31 March), the Stockholm-listed sports betting technology supplier registered a 15% decline in corporate revenues to €37 million (Q1 2021: €43m). This fall in headline revenues was attributed …

The European Gaming and Betting Association’s (EGBA) Secretary General, Maarten Haijer, has highlighted the importance of a ‘common mentoring and reporting framework’ following the results of a new study. Pan-European research by the City, University of London of 20 countries found that 12 have regular national surveys about problem gambling prevalence, although there are ‘significant …

The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) has entered into a new academic partnership with the University of Portsmouth, focused around loot boxes. Specifically, the partners aim to develop educational material focused on potential financial and psychological harms that can result from loot boxes – virtual assets within video games that contain unspecified items, …

Swedish gambling company Svenska Spel has reported a ‘challenging start’ to 2022 in that both revenue and earnings have been affected by pandemic impacts and regulatory developments  during the first half of Q1.  However, as set out in its interim report for January – March 2022, the state-owned group’s focus on gaming liability measures seem …

The Dutch Gambling Authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has initiated an investigation into advertising by betting firms in the country that may be accessible by underage consumers.  Issuing an update, the KSA detailed that the research will consist of two parts – firstly, the authority will request information from licensed providers to confirm whether adverts have been …