Category Archives: Betting

Birkbeck, University of London and Stats Perform have announced an extension of their collaboration, with the sportstech firm continuing to deliver a dedicated football analytics module at the school. The eight week module will function under the University’s Sport Management and Business of Football MSc, and will commence at the start of the 2022 summer …

Mario Abdo Benitez, President of Paraguay has signed an executive order that will overhaul the South American nation’s land-based gambling laws. This week, Abdo Benitez fulfilled a principal mandate of the ANR Colorado (Conservative) government signing Law-6903 ‘Ley de Tragamonedas’ as a federal order to be implemented across Paraguay’s 17 provinces.    The Law’s headline directive …

Spotlight Sports Group (SSG) and BoyleSports have announced a new partnership, which will see the Irish operator act as title sponsor of the content and media company’s weekly golf programme.  BoyleSports sponsorship of The Sweet Spot will see its branding featured on each weekly show, which features ‘golf gurus’ discussing betting options and markets on …

Proposals by Belgian legislators to enforce customers to open multiple accounts for different gaming verticals have been criticised by the country’s gambling industry trade association. The amendment to Belgian gambling law would require bettors to open multiple accounts with the same operator across different gaming offerings – i.e., different accounts for sports betting, online casino, …

Blexr has moved to strengthen its day-to-day media and marketing operations by appointing two new executives to join its senior management team.  The Malta and Barcelona-based publisher has confirmed the appointment of Nick Walker as Chief Operating Officer (COO), joining Blexr from iTech Media, where he formerly served as Head of Agile Delivery. An expert …

Sportradar has maintained momentum on its international integrity and anti-doping operations, extending its pre-existing arrangement with the Australian Federal Police Force. The renewal of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the Swiss sportstech’s Sportradar Integrity Services (SIS) division and the Bundeskriminalamt (BK) of the Ministry of the Interior (BMI) will see the continuation of Sportradar’s …

La Française des Jeux (FDJ) has detailed a strong start to 2022, with revenue increases recorded for both sports betting and lottery, although stake numbers for the former did decline slightly. Updating stakeholders, the French national lottery and sports wagering provider reported total revenues of €613 million, a 14% increase on the previous year’s figure …

LeoVegas AB will utilise personalised on-site messages to interact with customers in its key markets of Sweden and Denmark, making them aware of its suite of safer gambling tools.  The decision follows the successful trial of personalised on-site messaging with UK customers that has been running since the Autumn of 2021. “On-site messaging is a …

PokerStars has moved to enhance its position in the sports betting market by launching a peer-to-peer online betting exchange. Made available to the Flutter Entertainment brand’s customers today via its .com and .EU domains, the PokerStars Exchange will enable the firm’s customers to buy and sell bets with other punters internationally with access to a …