Category Archives: Betting

Genius Sports lauds Edge football trading impact with 17% margin rise

Genius Sports lauds the conclusion of a record-breaking football season for clients boosted by the enhanced margins through its Edge automated pricing software and wider technologies. The NYSE technology group has delivered an overall 16.6% increase in football margins for outsourced trading customers using Edge across European leagues during the 2025/26 season. Launched in 2024, […]

FIFA predictions partner ADI Predictstreet launches three days ahead of World Cup

Newly founded predictions platform ADI Predictstreet has begun trading, with the launch coming just three days ahead of the FIFA World Cup kicking off on Thursday 11 June. The start-up venture was officially launched in early April under a Gibraltar licence. Upon launch, it became the first predictions company to secure a licence with the […]

BetBlocker welcomes Monica Shafaq as Director of Strategy

Duncan Garvie, Founder of gambling harm tool BetBlocker, has welcomed Monica Shafaq as the new Director of Strategy and Partnerships. Shafaq carries a comprehensive career experience when it comes to problem gambling, having previously held the Chief Executive Officer position at Gordon Moody, a prominent UK charity specialising in gambling harm treatment. She’s also a […]

Entain: England and Scotland punters showing little faith for World Cup prospects

Punters are getting behind their national teams across various nations during this year’s World Cup, but with one big outlier – England. Patriotic betting is a regular feature of World Cup trading, as shown by data released by the likes of Entain ahead of successive World Cups and European Championships and by trading on exchanges […]

Italian football contenders want 2% betting tax to fund revival

Giovanni Malagò and Giancarlo Abete, the two candidates seeking the presidency of Italian football, have outlined rival plans to modernise the governance and structure of the national game. The duo are vying to win the election for the presidency of Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on 22 June, but both agree that football should receive a […]

From startup to scale-up: Wager Games’ next chapter

A startup’s journey is hardly ever easy. Not only must startups challenge the established players in the industry, but they also face fierce competition from peers pursuing the same path. Yet success awaits those who get it right, which is why Wager Games was recognised at the First Pitch competition during SBC Summit Americas 2025. […]

New DCMS gambling boss commits to “getting the balance right”

The UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has a new Director of Sport and Gambling. Emma Floyd took to LinkedIn earlier today, 8 June, announcing that she has been selected to take over the role after her predecessor Ben Dean moved to a new Cabinet role in early 2026. It is unclear at […]

Sportradar makes long-touted leap into predictions via Kalshi deal

Sportradar, one of the world’s biggest sportstech companies, has put its money where its mouth is by partnering with Kalshi, one of the two biggest prediction market platforms globally. The global deal comes after months of speculation that Sportradar was going to launch in the predictions space, having already built up a considerable foothold in […]

DSWV: Germany faces a €400m World Cup wagering blackhole  

Germany’s Interstate gambling regime faces a potential loss in betting turnover to unregulated operators of €300m-to-€400m during the FIFA World Cup. The estimate has been put forward by Deutscher Sportwettenverband (DSWV), the trade association of Germany’s licensed online sportsbooks, which has once again called on regulators and Bundesländer to recognise the structural deficiencies within the […]