Category Archives: Betting

l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), France’s unified gambling regulator, has updated its market ‘guidelines and recommendations’ on advertising.  Last summer, following the conclusion of the UEFA Euro 2020 Championships – the ANJ was forced to review industry advertising due to public complaints on the ‘oversaturation of adverts’ during the football tournament.   Called into action, the …

Svenska Spel has been named one of Sweden’s top employers at the Magnet Awards, securing Gold in the Grand Prix category for Employer Branding. In particular, the state-backed sports betting and casino gaming operator was praised for having conducted ‘the most complete work’ on employer branding. The firm has attributed its success in the category …

OPAP SA, the operator of the Greek national lottery and retail sportsbook franchises, has become the principal sponsor of the Hellenic Basketball Federation (EEC).  At a press conference hosted at the Athens Olympic Gymnasium, OPAP was announced as the ‘Gold Sponsor’ of EEC Greek men’s and Women’s basketball teams.  The partnership will span a period …

The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA), Spillemyndigheden, has revealed that it blocked 55 websites for illegal/unlicensed gambling during 2021, the highest figure registered in a single year. As detailed in its ‘Report on illegal gambling 2021’, the DGA – in cooperation with the Danish Tax Agency – completed six searches for potentially illegal websites in 2021.  …

Deploying a Sportsbook iFrame solution allows casino operators to add sports betting offerings quickly and easily and reach entirely new groups of players. That’s according to Oren Cohen Shwartz, CEO of Delasport, who shares the benefits of sports betting offerings and the simplicity of adding a Sportsbook iFrame; it is as easy as adding a …

Vicente Di Loreto has chosen to end his leadership tenure as Chief Executive of Spanish gambling group Codere.  This morning, Nueva Codere – the business identity of Grupo Codere SA under the ownership of bondholders – published a leadership succession plan informing the market that Di Loreto would be replaced by the new leadership duo …

The Spanish government has ordered state-owned companies to comply with a 2022 Budget Law order that will demand incumbents to drastically reduce their sports marketing and sponsorship budgets.  Enterprises such as SELAE, Spain’s state-run lotteries society and monopoly counterparts RENFE (rail networks) and Correos (the post office) can no longer spend more than 2% of …

IMG Arena has been appointed as the official fast betting data partner for 19 European football leagues and 44 competitions. The deal sees the sports content and technology business gain access to live game data in stadiums from around 8500 matches a season and distribute this to sportsbook operators globally. This includes top and lower …

Sportradar Integrity Services (SIS) has secured an extension of its contract with the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF) for a further three years. The integrity unit of Nasdaq-listed sports data and technology firm Sportradar, SIS – which first partnered with the CBF in 2017 – will also provide bet monitoring of a wider range of Brazilian …