Category Archives: Betting

The board of Playtech Plc has this morning announced that Hong Kong fund TTB Partners has been granted an extension period to submit a deal to acquire the FTSE250 technology group.  TTB Partners’ previous deal submission deadline was due by 17 June, a date that has been extended to Friday 15 July, as Playtech governance …

Malta has ended its year-long purgatory as a ‘greylist’ financial jurisdiction of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) the global AML and anti-terrorist financing watchdog of the G7. The Times of Malta outlined that the FATF had made the decision to remove Malta from its list of countries under ‘increased monitoring’ and classified as financially …

SBC is once again inviting industry startups to pitch their business ideas in front of leading investors during the SBC North America Summit, taking place at Meadowlands Exposition Center, New Jersey, July 12-14.  Last year’s First Pitch competition at SBC North America saw two joint winners. The judges could not decide between The Parleh Media …

The German Sports Betting Association (DSWV) has entered into agreements with three different fintech groups, as it seeks to bolster its payments and compliance operations.  Deals have been inked with Kerberos, DIMOCO and TrueLayer, following the launch of a partnership programme by the DSWV at the start of the year, open to companies from the …

Betano has secured peak brand coverage across Portuguese football, becoming the principal partner of SuperLiga champions FC Porto. The pan-European sportsbook property of Kaizen Gaming, Betano announced that it had secured a four-year agreement to serve as the Dragões front-of-shirt sponsor. Of significance, the sponsorship agreement sees Betano obtain an active relationship with Portuguese football’s …

AllSported has signed an agreement with The Racing Partnership, expanding its holdings of international horse racing data rights.  The arrangement will see AllSported carry data for UK and South African horse racing content on its platform, distributed to licensed betting operators.  AllSported aims to improve engagement with customers via front end content, whilst also offering …

New Dutch Justice Minister, Franc Weerwind has cited caution in how the government should approach its next phase of gambling reforms, in light of the KOA Regime launching last October regulating the Netherlands online gambling marketplace. Weerwind is charged with overseeing Dutch gambling’s regulatory policy, having replaced former incumbent Sander Dekker at the start of …

Italy’s ADM, the Agency of Customs and Monopolies, has notified licensed operators and retail merchants that it will apply new measures to control Punto Vendita Ricarica (PVR) – retail points of sale for gambling concessions.  The government agency charged with gambling regulation and oversight stated that it wanted to apply a better monitoring of PVRs …

The President and Vice-President of the Association of Directors of Public Health (ADPH) have written to Gambling Minister Chris Philp, making recommendations ahead of the Gambling Act review White Paper. Although the consultation period for recommendations informing the legislative overhaul ended on 1 April, Professor Maggie Rae (President) and Greg Fell (VP) expressed their viewpoint …