Category Archives: Betting

UK gambling stakeholders have been warned that the government will announce a further delay in the publishing of the White Paper of proposals to reform the industry. This morning, The Guardian reported that a further delay would push the publication of the White Paper to May 2022 – citing “three sources with knowledge of the …

A GamblingTV exclusive this week saw SBC Managing Director Andrew McCarron interview Clarion Gaming counterpart Stuart Hunter (MD) on reawakening the ICE 2022 conference following its two-year hiatus under COVID-19 lockdown. Sticking to its mantra as global gaming’s ‘agenda-setter’, ICE 2022 was originally planned to be hosted at London’s Excel Centre in February. However, Omicron …

Betway has announced a deal with the Ghana Football Association (GFA) as the gambing firm becomes the development partner of the Ghana Women’s Premier League. The collaboration sees Betway focus on supporting Ghanaian teams and helping expand the league, whilst key benefits include a season-long mentorship programme with local and international resources for officials of …

Video virtual sports developer Highlight Games has plans to offer horse and dog racing products in its wider suite of offerings.  The new releases will be incorporated into the firm’s video virtual sports games portfolio, a move described by Nick Gardiner, Co-CEO of Highlight Games as a ‘key business development’ for the firm.  Supplied by …

Unibet the flagship sportsbook of Kindred Group Plc, has renewed its commitments as a partner of French amateur football’s #AuCoeurDuFootball program.  For a fourth consecutive season, Unibet will provide team jerseys and kits for matchday volunteers of #AuCoeurDuFootball syndicated leagues played across French provinces. Unibet has been a partner of French amateur football since 2019, …

Spotlight Sports Group (SSG) and Betfair have extended and expanded their existing partnership centred around the provision of horse racing video content.  Covering multiple events throughout 2022, including the upcoming Cheltenham Festival, Grand National and July’s Royal Ascot, the agreement will see SSG supply Betfair with its Racing Post Live programme.  Included in this offering …

The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, has detailed that levels of sports betting in the country were on the rise for some time before the launch of the regulated online market last year, but were dealt a blow by the COVID-19 pandemic. Publishing its periodical Market Scan for country-specific games of chance 2022, the …

UK racing has formed ‘a cross-industry working party’ that will establish an action plan that aims to breed a culture of respect across all components of the sport. The directive was originally announced last December, as racing stakeholders issued a joint-statement “regarding the conduct of those who work in the sport, and a commitment to …

Oliver Lietz, CEO at nanocosmos, takes a look at the ways that security concerns can impact a business’ approach to live streaming, highlighting that system security of server and cloud operations are becoming increasingly important, especially for monetised environments like live gaming. A flaw in Log4j, a common Java library for logging error messages in …