Category Archives: Betting

Bookies Corner: Pricing a Tribal Affair…

Following PM Boris Johnson’s resignation, the Conservative Party has begun whittling down the field of leadership contenders to a final two candidates, as Britain’s next PM will be chosen by the Tory’s 200,000 party members.   Observing candidates party pledges and courtship of members’ votes, how have bookers priced a tribal and sadistic affair… SBC …

National Lottery transfer in jeopardy as UKGC’s enabling agreement is revoked

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has had its ‘enabling agreement’ reversed by the Court of Appeal – a decision that will severely impact the transfer of National Lottery duties and technical arrangements to Allwyn UK On 29 June, the High Court of England and Wales granted an enabling agreement to the Commission, which allowed the …

Gambling Review to be delayed until PM is elected

The Daily Mail’s lead reporter for gambling affairs, Tom Witherow, has reported that the UK Government will delay the publishing of the White Paper on industry reforms until the Conservative Party elects a new Prime Minister. This afternoon, Witherow tweeted that a fourth delay of the White Paper will be sanctioned by the government, who …

iGaming’s slow US start points to a generational and cultural conflict 

Whilst US states have rushed to launch their sportsbook regimes, market observers have been left frustrated by a conservative approach to legislating further igaming verticals. Frustrations were highlighted by a diverse panel of market stakeholders at the SBC North America Summit, scrutinising ‘iGaming’s convergence with Sportsbooks’. Four years since PASPA’s federal repeal, the US igaming …

GLMS betting alerts decline in Q2 but football cases rise

The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) detected 287 alerts and notifications during the second quarter of the year. Issuing an update for the period between April and June 2022, GLMS revealed that total alerts were down year-on-year by 40%, with geographic distribution showing Europe as the continent generating the most alerts at 156. Europe was …

ACMA nears launch of BetStop across all Australian states

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has announced major progress on the development and launch of a national self-exclusion registry for Australian gambling.  The launch of a self-exclusion registry was announced last June, as a headline initiative of the ACMA’s 2022 roadmap to provide new safeguards for consumer protections for Australia’s digital and telecoms …

Betcris makes Polish top-flight football debut with Pogon Szczecin

Betcris Poland has signed a sponsorship deal with Ekstraklasa team Pogon Szczecin, giving the online betting firm the official name of the club’s key partner. The two-year agreement, announced at the top-flight team’s new stadium in Szczecin, gives Betcris further brand recognition in the region. Jacek Jakubowski, Board Member of Betcris Poland, added: “Becoming a …

Stoke MP calls for Gambling Review ‘pause for thought’ as Tories vote for PM

Jack Brereton MP has argued that rushing the Gambling Act review amid the ongoing political situation in Westminster ‘would be a mistake’, as other legislative decisions are delayed.  Writing in Politics Home, the Conservative representative for Stoke-on-Trent South – whose Adjutant constituency, Stoke-on-Trent Central, is home to bet365’s head office – highlighted ‘concerning’ reports about …

GiG bolsters global expansion as UK client signed and Ontario licence acquired

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has secured two key milestones for its continued global growth, signing a tier-one UK firm as a client and gaining entry into Ontario. In the UK, the sports betting and iGaming software company has signed a head of terms agreement with Aspers Group, entering into a platform and managed services partnership …

Bulgaria to review BST expansion of Toto BG network 

Bulgaria’s National Assembly has confirmed that it has received a bill that seeks to expand the games offering and retail coverage of state-owned gambling operator BST – Bulgarian Sports Totalisator (BST).  The mandate calls for BST, the operating company of Toto BG, to be allowed to expand its retail presence, doubling its point of sales …