Category Archives: Betting

Polymarket has vowed to fight the French gambling regulator’s block of its platform. The New York firm argues that the Autorité Nationale des Jeux’s (ANJ) block against its French online presence “targets people going to Playmarket purely for information, not to trade”. Polymarket is adamant that “most people come to Polymarket solely to learn the […]

FIFA’s claims of no match-fixing alerts during the World Cup have been refuted by one of its own Integrity Task Force members, the Council of Europe. Earlier this week, the global football governing body was quick to point out that its Integrity Task Force and its international partners have found no suspicious betting cases during […]

Spain may have lifted the World Cup trophy, but in the betting industry Bet Builder retained its crown as one of the top products. With the tournament now over, operators, suppliers, and FIFA itself are releasing data detailing betting trading throughout the month-and-a-half-long event – which as always captivated bettor attention. DATA.BET, a Cyprus-based betting […]

SBC has officially announced the shortlisted nominees for the 13th edition of the SBC Awards, set to take place at Lisbon’s MEO Arena on Thursday, 1 October, bringing down the curtain on SBC Summit 2026. Bringing together 1,200 industry professionals, the ceremony will present 38 awards recognising outstanding achievements across the global betting and gaming […]

Adult Gaming Centers (AGCs) are all but confirmed to be facing an increase in business rates on England’s high streets, but a question hangs over whether bookmakers will be included too. Retail betting was excluded from the tax increase announced in the November 2025 budget by Rachel Reeves, then Chancellor of the Exchequer under Keir […]

The upcoming Premier League ban on front-of-shirt betting deals is not deterring Betano from continuing to work with its biggest footballing partner, Aston Villa FC. Betano and Aston Villa have put pen to paper on a three-year extension of their partnership, first inked in 2024, taking the deal until the 2028/29 season – with one […]

A Gambling Commission consultation on where betting companies’ fines should go has drawn a sharp line between operators on one side and charitable organisations on other. Between February-April 2026, the regulator consulted on whether regulatory settlements should be paid into the government’s Consolidated Fund. The Commission ultimately decided that money from enforcement actions should head […]

All things considered, the UK licensed gambling sector seems to have kept on the good side of the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA). As its name suggests, the ASA is responsible for monitoring marketing and advertising standards compliance, especially across digital platforms. The authority has now released a glimpse into how well those standards are being […]