Category Archives: Betting

Andrew Rhodes takes full leadership of Gambling Commission

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has confirmed that Interim Chief Executive Andrew Rhodes has been appointed to the leadership role on a permanent basis.  Rhodes was appointed Interim CEO last June, following the abrupt resignation of Neil McArthur last Spring due to the Commission’s regulatory failings that were brought to life by the administration of …

Strive Sponsorship to provide content services for Smarkets’ newly launched sites

Strive Sponsorship has been appointed to manage content and editorial services for Smarkets newly launched Smarkets News and SBK Betting Zone sites.  Services included under the agreement are written and podcast content, editing and content management covering nine initial sports such as football, golf, rugby, the NBA and NFL. The company will provide Smarkets with …

BetCity.nl gains exposure throughout international hockey

BetCity.nl has signed a three year deal with the International Hockey Federation (FIH) in becoming the first-ever betting partner of hockey’s world governing body. The collaboration covers the upcoming FIH Hockey Women’s World Cup as well as the FIH Hockey Pro League seasons in the Netherlands, until June 2025.  The Dutch betting company will be …

Mark McGuiness: The Football Pools – Back to the good old days…

Mark McGuiness, Head of Marketing and Casino at The Football Pools, says that global events and the upcoming review of the UK Gambling Act will change how bettors bet, with many consumers looking for big wins from small stakes and with established brands they can trust… You only have to take a quick look at …

GiG to power William Hill’s rebranded Latvia entry

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) and William Hill have come to an agreement, with the igaming software provider powering the UK bookmaker’s launch into Latvia. The partnership has seen GiG construct Wiliam Hill’s new online offering for the country using its igaming frontend framework, designed to provide an ‘attractive, user-friendly and competitive’ sports betting and casino …

Stats Perform launches Opta Vision to ‘empower performance analysis’

Stats Perform has announced a new addition to its suite of sports data and AI products, launching its Opta Vision data feeds offering.  The product incorporates the firm’s Qwinn AI to cover new data points and predictive metrics, such as pass prediction outputs and ‘dynamic changes to a team’s shape’ during a match, for deeper …

Marcus Boyle: “Operator Accountability comes first in new era for the UKGC”

Making his first public statement as Chairman of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), Marcus Boyle has outlined that UK gambling requires a tougher regulatory supervisor. Writing an op-ed for The Times, Boyle stated that his initial focus had been on “identifying beneficial changes for both consumers and the industry”, in which the sector requires better …