Category Archives: Betting

888 anticipates closure of William Hill acquisition in Q2 2022

888 Holdings has updated that the full completion of its takeover of the non-US assets of William Hill and William Hill International will take place in the second quarter of 2022. Additionally, Q2 2022 will also see the international gambling group publish a combined circular and prospectus for the acquisition and capital raise, with a …

Year in Review Part Four – UKGC reaches conclusions and M&A sagas come to a close

The final quarter of the year saw huge news across a range of areas of the international betting and gaming industry, as two major acquisition sagas concluded – with differing results – and the UKGC made a number of important announcements. In the second half of 2021, the betting sector closely followed a prominent transatlantic …

Tennis authorities announce new year ‘integrated approach’ to integrity

The global governing bodies of tennis have announced a new integrity strategy for 2022, adopting an ‘integrated approach’ and placing greater responsibility on the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). Undertaking its decision, the Tennis Integrity Supervisory Board approved the move to transfer the Tennis Anti-Doping Programme to the ITIA from the International Tennis Federation (ITF) …

BOSE: Cross-sector responsibility in the betting ecosystem

The expansion of the betting and gaming industry internationally has accelerated rapidly in recent years, attracting the attention of those with concerns about the potential harmful side-effects of gambling. This fast-paced growth and the increased threat of gambling related harm requires responsibility and action from a variety of actors in the wider betting ecosystem, according …

EPIC Risk Management: Customer interaction must ‘not a tick box exercise’

For EPIC Risk Management, player protection and customer affordability is a process requiring strong understanding of and interactions with customers. Sharing their views in this two part interview, three of the gambling harm consultancy’s core team members – Head of Safer Gambling, Dan Spencer; Vice President of Prevention US, Dan Trolaro and Head of Delivery …

Year in Review Part Three – Firms look to Nasdaq whilst William Hill auction comes to a close

The third quarter of 2021 saw further regulatory developments across Europe, and one of the year’s biggest M&A saga’s concluded as 888 Holdings finalised the terms of its William Hill acquisition. Sportradar, the Swiss sports data and technology company, successfully completed its public listing on the US Nasdaq stock exchange in September, with some assistance …

Betby recruits Groove to assist with 2022 international strategy

Betby has become the latest firm to enter into an agreement with Groove, which will see it leverage the aggregator and platform’s services across igaming verticals. By integrating Groove’s products, Betby aims to bolster the range of betting options available per event, and enable an ‘expanded market offering’ for its operator clients to provide to …

Bill South: Tackling sports corruption requires an organised operator approach

As the complexity of the sports betting industry has increased with a shift towards online and mobile gaming, a huge range of markets available and more jurisdictions opening up to the sector, it would be easy to assume that maintaining integrity and countering match fixing is harder than ever. This is not the case, however, …

SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator experiences significant increases in bet sums and GGR

The SOFTSWISS Game Aggregator has experienced a significant uptake across both GGR and average bet sums, as well as identifying a trend which has seen more extensive use of cryptocurrency. Publishing its financial results for the full year covering 2021, annual GGR increased from €130 million in January to €250 million in December, whilst the …

Year in Review Part Two: Bidding battle for Hills and legislative backlash in Germany

The second quarter of 2021 saw major developments across the European betting industry, as Germany introduced a new tax regime, British regulators came under increasing scrutiny and a major bidding contest got underway. In Germany, April saw the ratification of the federal Fourth Interstate Treaty on Gambling (GlüNeuRStV) by the Bundesländer of Saxony-Anhalt, following approval …