Category Archives: Betting

A World Cup with adjusted goalposts – BOSE examines Qatar 2022 marketing

The FIFA World Cup is one of the biggest events in the sporting calendar and subsequently for bookmakers, but this year’s tournament comes with some unique challenges.  Discussing the turbulent marketing conditions ahead of the winter World Cup this November/December, the ‘Making noise ahead of Qatar – driving cooperation between product and marketing’ panel identified …

Entain shows Dutch hand acquiring BetCity.nl for €850m

Entain Plc has agreed to acquire BetEnt BV, the Dutch licensed operator of BetCity.nl, in a move to secure a leading presence within the Netherlands’ newly regulated online gambling regime. This morning, FTSE100 Entain announced that it had entered a deal to acquire BetEnt’s entire share capital from owner Sports Entertainment Media BV for an …

Swedish Moderates call for Svenska Spel split and sell-off 

Sweden’s Moderaterna Party (Liberal Conservatives) have submitted a provisional mandate to the Riksdag, outlining plans to overhaul the country’s gambling regime. Ahead of the General Election on 9 September, Moderaterna has formed a four-party right-wing bloc that will challenge Sweden’s left-of-centre coalition government led by Social Democrat Prime Minister Magdalena Andersson.  Should it win the Autumn …

‘Mattress Mack’ to share experience and insights at SBC Summit North America

The legendary American sports betting enthusiast and Gallery Furniture owner Jim McIngvale, better known as ‘Mattress Mack,’ will be among the speakers at July’s SBC Summit North America conference and tradeshow in New Jersey.  Mack will sit with ESPN’s David Purdum in a special keynote session to discuss the economics and science behind his sports …

GambleAware raises concerns of gambling prevalence in ‘most deprived areas’

GambleAware has revealed that participation and spend on gaming products are disproportionately concentrated in the most deprived areas of Great Britain. This conclusion came as the charity revealed its commissioned Patterns of Play study, carried out by researchers from NatCen and Professor David Forrest and Professor Ian McHale, from the University of Liverpool.  The data …

Report: High number of accas expected from Royal Ascot

A strong field at this week’s Royal Ascot is expected to result in a large number of accumulators placed throughout the week, according to BusinessDay. Consulting some of the UK’s leading bookmakers, the business news site stated that firms are anticipating an ‘avalanche of accumulator bets’ throughout the five days of the festival. In particular, …

BOSE: New German regulator can fix GlüNeuRStv limitations

German market stakeholders remain positive that inbound regulator ‘Glücksspielbehörde’ (GGL) will be able to settle the glaring obstructions of the online gambling marketplace formed under the Fourth Interstate Treaty on Gambling (GlüNeuRStv) regime. Reflecting on Q1 trading updates by PLC operators that had lumped Germany alongside the Netherlands as ‘problem child’ jurisdictions – Mathias Dahms, …

‘Worlds collide’ as MetaRace runs first virtual NFT horse race

MetaRace, the world’s first NFT collectively-owned racehorse, is running its first race at Windsor racecourse today. The play-to-earn, NFT-based horseracing Dapp is built on the Caduceus blockchain, looking to bring together the oldest sport in history with virtual innovation. MetaRace’s Community Manager commented: “This is a huge milestone for MetaRace. We have a community, some …

Bolsonaro stalls Brazil’s sports betting launch ahead of October Elections

The progress of Brazil launching its new federal sports betting regime in 2022 has been blighted as President Jair Bolsonaro refuses to sign-off on the approved mandate’s regulatory decree.  Six weeks have passed since the Ministry of the Economy put forward its Brazil Sports Betting decree to President Bolsonaro’s office to sanction its signature and …

Stats Perform launches Opta Vision for ‘new generation’ of sports data

Stats Perform has announced a new addition to its suite of sports data and AI products, launching its Opta Vision data feeds offering.  Utilising the firm’s Opta event data in conjunction with tracking data in order to create a ‘single, merged dataset’, the new offering has been released to provide greater performance insights to sports …