Category Archives: Betting

Ben ‘Noxville’ Steenhuisen, Senior Software Architect at Bayes Esports, looks at the overlaps between esports and ‘traditional’ sports before assessing some of the key challenges companies face when marketing the concept of competitive video gaming to new demographics of bettors. For a long time the variety of sports available for traditional sports betting was a …

GambleAware has invested £2.5 million to expand The Gambling Education Hub Service (GEHS) to span across England and Wales.  The grant has been issued to safer gambling charity GamCare working alongside education partners YGAM and the Adferiad Recovery to expand GEHS programmes. Following a successful pilot in Scotland, GEHS – which helps prevent gambling harms …

Venture capital fund Tekkorp Capital has announced that it will launch a new sportsbook business in Australia under the domain of NTD Pty Limited, partnering with the Murdoch family’s News Corp Australia media subsidiary.   Expected to launch in the latter half of this year, Tekkorp’s venture will be led by Australian market figurehead Matt Tripp, …

Global sports OTT platform DAZN Group has this afternoon confirmed that it will partner with Pragmatic Play to launch its much-anticipated sportsbook offering.  Having re-capitalised its business at the start of the year, DAZN announced to investors that it would launch a sportsbook platform, to expand its business beyond its OTT sports programming vertical. Early …

The International Betting Integrity Association’s (IBIA) membership has been further enhanced, as VBET becomes the latest operator to join its ranks. VBET will now feed into the IBIA’s global betting integrity monitoring and alert platform, bolstering the association’s international scope due to the firm holding licences in jurisdictions such as Great Britain, Malta, France and …

The Hong Kong Jockey Club has revealed that it is going to offer a ‘record total’ prize money and incentives of HK$1.62 billion (approximately £158.6 million) across the 2022/23 racing season. The overall purse will be bolstered by a record single-season increase of 11.5% (HK$167.2 million) and feature a range of innovations, including increases in …

The Scottish SPCA, one of Scotland’s leading animal welfare organisations, has called on MSPs to initiate a ban on greyhound racing in the country. In a letter to Scottish legislators, the body’s Chief Superintendent, Mike Flynn, described greyhound racing as an ‘outdated industry’ and pointed to cases of death and injury to greyhounds, as well …

As the firm continues to increase its focus on the expanding North American betting and gaming market, 888 has announced Howard Mittman as President of its US operations.  In his new role at 888, Mittman will be responsible for coordinating the Gibraltar company’s strategic partnership with Authentic Brands Group (ABG), in addition to the rollout …