Category Archives: Betting

DCMS hears athlete feedback on National Lottery’s accountability concerns

A DCMS Select Committee has heard the lived experiences of Olympic and Paralympic athletes supported by National Lottery funding.  Adam Peaty (MBE), 3x Olympic Gold swimmer, champion Paralympic rower Lauren Rowles and swimmer Ellie Robinson served as witnesses to the Committee’s ‘What next for the National Lottery’ panel. MPs probed the athletes on their experience …

Codere Online finalises merger with DD3 whilst making new board appointment

Codere Online has completed its merger with DD3 Acquisition Corp, following the approval of the latter’s stakeholders in 18 November, whilst also announcing the appointment of Patrick Ramsey to its board. The Latin America-focused online sports betting and casino gaming operator predicts that the finalised transaction will result in gross proceeds of approximately $116 million, …

Georgia PM moves forward on tax, age and advertising clampdown of gambling

Georgia PM Irakli Garibashvili has followed through on his demands for drastic restrictions to be placed on the online gambling industry protecting citizens and the economy.  In an update at the Executive Government Meeting, Garibashvili backed a new draft proposal recommending that taxation on online gambling be increased, to an ‘overall tax base of the …

Stats Perform enhances PressBox as part of ‘strategic focus on fan engagement’

Stats Perform has moved to strengthen its fan engagement product offering by enhancing the PressBox platform with an integration of PressBox Graphics to further boost visual content creation. The sports technology and AI company aims to provide visualised graphics along with data and insights to sports teams, leagues and media outlets, identifying a challenge faced …

GambleAware lauds improved treatment outcomes of National Gambling Treatment Service

GambleAware has cited an improvement in gambling addiction treatment outcomes of the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS), as 92% of patients that completed treatment during 2020/2021 improved their Problem Gambling Severity (PGS) index score.  The above statistic was presented as the headline result of GambleAware’s 2020/2021 annual statistics for the NGTS – the UK’s network …

Malta triple tax exposure threatens domicile of tier-1 operators

Malta is set to introduce a new corporate tax rate in 2023, according to the Times of Malta, which could have a substantial impact on the revenue of a number of international businesses registered on the island. Quoting government sources, the outlet stated that between 18 and 20 foreign companies could pay up to three-times …

Betsys lauds consecutive listing as Deloitte ‘Fast-50’ CE enterprise

Betsys, the technology unit of STS Group, has been recognised by global auditing group Deloitte as one of the fastest-growing tech companies operating in Central Europe. For a second consecutive year, Prague-based Betsys has ranked in Deloitte’s “Fast 50 Tech” index for Central Europe, listed as 39th amongst the fastest growing enterprises of Europe’s most …

Mark Robson joins Eminence as CEO ahead of gaming launch

Mark Robson, who has held a number of senior positions at various gambling companies including Bally Technologies, has been named as the new CEO of Eminence Holdings. As CEO of the Isle of Man-based technology company, he will work with Chief Technical Officer Daniel Keller to deliver an ‘ambitious growth strategy’ as the firm looks …

GAMSTOP hits milestone of 250,000 self-excluded users 

GAMSTOP has declared an operating milestone, as UK gambling’s self-exclusion programme has registered more than 250,000 users. During 2021, GAMSTOP recorded a spike in users joining its programme, with more than 67,000 players choosing to self-exclude, compared to the 51,000 recorded in 2020. Of significance, March 2021 saw GAMSTOP record its second-highest month of self-exclusions …