Category Archives: Betting

An illegal gambling den has been busted following two house searches by Swiss authorities. A joint operation by the Swiss Federal Casino Commission (ESBK) and police authorities led to two addresses being searched in St Gallen and Zürich, with multiple assets being seized as a result. Police uncovered two gambling rooms in Uznach, St Gallen, …

Pfizer‘s Sally Susman has become the latest senior hire at Flutter Entertainment, in a move indicative of the company’s increasing focus on the US markets. The NYSE/LSE gambling group announced that Susman had been appointed as a Non-Executive Director, due to commence the role on 29 May 2026. When looking at Susman’s background, there are …

Matchbook has confirmed to SBC News that it is working on a prediction market platform for launch in the UK and engineered for the acute pricing of British politics and entertainment markets. Bloomberg reported this week that Matchbook, the heritage betting exchange, has a “predictions market product under development”. The outlet reported that Matchbook planned …

Few leaders manage to turn a single year into a milestone that shapes both personal and corporate trajectory. For Tom Light, 2025 is exactly that.  Recently named to the 40 Under 40 list and leading FIRST – Best in Sports to win Sportsbook Platform of the Year at the SBC Awards, Light says that the momentum is …

International gambling conglomerate Superbet Group is rebranding to Super Technologies, or Super for short. The new brand identity, according to management, will be more closely aligned with the firm’s evolution and appetite for strengthening its global footprint through aggressive expansion. Hans-Holger Albrecht, Chairman of Super, said: “Super represents the natural step from a leading global …

In Chile, the  long-running conflit to regulate online gambling has returned to congressional debates, as independent Senator Karim Bianchi submits a new bill targeting the advertising and promotion of offshore betting platforms. The intervention comes as political and legal pressures mount on lawmakers to revive Chile’s side-lined Gambling Act, a reform effort that began with …

AI is not just changing how consumers search, but also influencing how and where they shop, which raises questions about data ownership and the state of affiliate marketing, writes Jyoti Rambhai, SBC’s Affiliate Editor. Self-driving cars, vacuum cleaners, and voice-controlled AI assistants for smart home systems like Alexa and Google are essentially robots, already part …

BETBY has introduced a major update to its eCricket offering ahead of the Men’s T20 World Cup. The new version of the Betby.Games platform introduces expanded content, upgraded performance, and an expanded user experience across both the T1 and T5 formats, now featuring a dedicated World Cup tournament to fuel up interest in the Men’s …

Sports betting volumes in Denmark fell sharply year-over-year in October, a warning sign for the sector ahead of a wide ranging ban on advertising looming in a year’s time. In stark contrast to October 2024, which saw a huge surge in betting activity compared to 2023, the same month this year saw betting gross gaming …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Gambling Authority of the Netherlands, has enhanced its stance on the technical and data-quality standards of operators’ Control Databases (CDBs) of Dutch gambling.   The CDB is recognised as the principal data monitoring system that enables the KSA to oversee all licensed online gambling activity in real time. Under the Remote Gambling Act …