Category Archives: Betting

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has shed more light on its latest black market report, acknowledging the challenges but remaining firm in its commitment to counteract illegal operators. Tim Livesley, UKGC Head of Data Innovation Hub, highlighted that the UKGC’s methods for data collection have been noticeably improved thanks to a more tightly-knitted collaboration between …

The company behind Betfred has been charged £240,000 by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) for operating slot games that failed to meet regulatory standards. According to the Commission,Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited hosted slot games which didn’t display customer’s net position, while some other games celebrated losses as wins. The Commission’s Remote Technical Standards (RTS) set out …

DGOJ, the Directorate General of Gambling in Spain, has revealed further plans for player protections and centralised monitoring controls to be applied to the digital environments of Spanish online gambling licences.  The update coincides with the Directorate renewing its certification under the National Security Scheme (ENS), Spain’s central information system for public services and government …

Polymarket has come up against another ban as regulators continue to view its product as blurring the lines between trading and betting, though now that the firm has re-secured entry to the US it may not be overly concerned. The Colombian betting and gaming regulator, Coljuegos, has banned the company, claiming that by offering predictions …

Betting content firm BETER is continuing to build up its relationships with fellow B2B firms, striking a deal with FIRST, a sportsbook solutions supplier. The deal largely centres around BETER’s portfolio of esports products, with FIRST utilising the company’s EsportsBattle tournaments including eFootball, eBasketball and the Setka Cup table tennis tournament. This latter tournament is …

Day two of SBC Summit Tbilisi 2025 will gather 2,000 professionals to look at how sports partnerships, creative engagement, and emerging talent are redefining iGaming in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. The event, held in partnership with SMH Global, will take place at the Sheraton Grand Tbilisi Metachi Palace on 15-16 October. Through two days …

Three of the largest newspapers in Montenegro have issued a joint call for a revision of the recently-imposed restrictions on gambling advertising. In a letter addressed to the State Parliament and Ministries of Finance, Culture and Media, news outlets Vijesti, Dan, and Pobjeda cite an “obvious discrimination” against local private media, raising concerns that the …

Since its federal launch on 1 January 2024, Brazil’s nascent ‘Bets’ market has come up against ongoing regulatory and transitional headwinds, but the sheer scale and value of Brazil online gambling sees B2B firms of all shapes and sizes are undeterred. BetConstruct, a tech supplier for global gambling has established a strong foothold in Brazil, …

It’s no secret that while affiliate marketing done properly can be a very lucrative sector, but scratch beneath the surface and there is a murky world with very little trust between operators and their affiliates.  At the heart of this is data. Whether it is shaving or arguments over traffic figures, data plays a key …