Category Archives: Betting

Real Luck Group, the operating company of esports betting platform Luckbox, has confirmed the appointment of Benn Timbury as new Chief Operating Officer (COO).  A key addition to Real Luck’s executive management team, Timbury has extensive experience in scaling-up igaming operations,  having worked “across all areas of operations, driving revenue growth, player acquisition and retention, …

IGT Plc has underlined the group-wide strategic progress achieved by its corporate transformation programme, as all business units surpass trading expectations.  Posting its full-year 2021 results, the NYSE gambling technology group registered corporate revenues of $4.1 billion, up 31% on corresponding FY2020 results of $3.1 billion. The firm’s Global Lottery unit achieved a 29% increase …

The Entain Foundation and the three Pitching In Trident Leagues (The Isthmian, Northern Premier and Southern Leagues) have offered 19 clubs grants of up to £5,000 each from the latest round of allocations. From the Trident Community Foundation, the grants cover clubs across England and Wales, with a focus on strengthening community relations. Some of …

Bacta has made updates to its bactaPortal, launching version two of the safer gambling platform, as it aims to strengthen the functionality and value of its offering.  The new version of the portal has been developed to include a customer interaction recording solution, self-exclusion options, a compliance handbook and ‘seamless compatibility’ across mobile, desktop and …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Netherlands gambling authority, has confirmed that its ‘Cooling-Off’ command will expire as of Friday 1 April 2022.  The Cooling-Off command was enforced by KSA as a pre-licensing condition to safeguard the launch of the KOA Regime on October 1 2021, which saw the Netherlands establish its regulated online gambling marketplace. Spanning a …

UK Tote Group has signed an agreement with machine-learning technology platform, Voxbet, to introduce a direct betting functionality through the Viber messaging platform.  The platform allows sports bettors to ‘securely and accurately’ bet via a text message, described as a ‘next-generation bet execution’, having already grown in Asia, LatAm and Eastern European territories. The collaboration …

Julian Wheeler has been appointed as the Chief Technology Officer of SIS (Sports Information Services), coordinating the technological efforts of its long-term expansion plans. The new appointee will be tasked with leading delivery of SIS’ technology programmes and formulating a single strategy across its Architecture, Broadcast Engineering, IT Infrastructure, Programme Management, Service Delivery and Software …