Category Archives: Betting

Kindred backs ‘Racing is Everyone’s Sport’ via Unibet

Kindred has made a commitment to support Great British Racing’s (GBR)‘Racing is Everyone’s Sport’ inclusivity campaign, in a strengthening of its CSR initiatives. The international Nasdaq Stockholm-registered gambling group’s Unibet sports betting operator served as the sponsor of the Unibet Becher Chase Day at Liverpool’s Aintree Stadium on Saturday. In doing so, Unibet encouraged jockeys …

GambleAware launches £300k research project into minority communities experience of gambling harms

GambleAware continues to bolster its research capacity, confirming that it has sanctioned a £300,000 grant to an academic consortium that will examine the ‘lived experiences of minority communities around gambling harms’.  A consortium led by Ipsos MORI and the University of Manchester, working in collaboration with ClearView Research, won a bid to take on GambleAware’s …

Catena ends share buyback programme with over 2m repurchased

Catena Media has announced the end of its share buyback programme, having repurchased a total of 2.3 million shares during the fourth month period. First announced on 13 July and commencing on 13 September, the share buyback scheme allowed Catena to repurchase no more than 10% of the company’s issued share capital for a maximum …

MGA confirms departure of Dr Sant as General Counsel 

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) seeks a new General Counsel, confirming that incumbent Dr Yanica Sant has chosen to end her four-year tenure as legal lead of the regulatory authority.  Updating stakeholders, the MGA confirmed that Sant would remain in office until February 2022, continuing to fulfil functions that “MGA’s management consider to not give …

Dutch Minister states that online market is ‘larger than previously thought’

A recent letter to the Dutch House of Representatives has revealed two key updates on the current ‘state of affairs’ with regards to the Netherlands’ newly launched online gambling market. In the letter to the country’s parliamentarians last week, Sander Dekker, Minister for Legal Protection, asserted that a key ‘preliminary’ conclusion is that ‘the size …

Pinnacle Solution: The more profitable answer to those still ‘line copying’

Too much ‘line copying action’ was one of the reasons Pinnacle stepped into the B2B space back in 2018, allowing operators to benefit from its trading and risk management expertise – particularly on the esports side – rather than trying to compete against them. Three years on and Pinnacle Solution continues to knock back an …

‘Why We Kneel, How We Rise’ wins William Hill 2021 SBOTY 

Cricket legend Michael Holding’s “Why We Kneel, How We Rise” has won the William Hill 2021 ‘Sports Book of the Year’ Award.    Award judges described Holding’s book one of the most important sports books of the modern age – providing a roots analysis of black athletes facing prejudice and racism and its toll on performance …

Italian sting implicates Malta businesses in money laundering network 

Italy’s federal police force has arrested 12 suspects connected to its ‘Operation Game Over II’ criminal investigation of illegal and mafia-associated gambling websites.  A dozen individuals have been charged on counts of criminal conspiracy to carry out the ‘fraudulent conveyance of assets’ through illicit online gambling businesses. Investigators cited that the suspects were processing illegal …

KSA targets 15 affiliates for gambling advertising violations

The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, has taken action against 15 advertisers, labelling the firms as ‘so-called affiliates’, for marketing illegal gambling products. A total of 22 investigations were conducted by the authority, which found that 15 websites had been advertising unlicensed online games of chance in violation of the terms of the KOA …