Category Archives: Betting

EPIC Global Solutions brings in ex-DAZN figure Chetan Pandya as Managing Director

EPIC Global Solutions has appointed Chetan Pandya as Managing Director as it continues to scale operations around the world.  Pandya joins from DAZN, where he held senior leadership roles at the international entertainment firm, which operates both the world’s largest OTT sports streaming service and launched a betting proposition back in 2022.  His arrival comes […]

Lottomatica increases market share in Italy’s new era of regulated betting

Lottomatica‘s Q1 financials may offer a mirror image of the wider Italian betting market, which continues to adjust to a new regulatory regime adopted in November 2025. Early figures from the new market have suggested a steady performance for online casinos but less so for online betting, while some key regulatory matters such as retail […]

Sweden sets new compliance charter on credit checks and real-time exclusion

The period of May to August 2026 will see Sweden’s gambling industry enter a new era of compliance and regulatory control imposed by the Gambling Inspectorate, Spelinspektionen, and the Ministry of Finance, Finansdepartementet. The update follows Spelinspektionen executing its first compliance directive of the “comprehensive ban on credit transactions” enforced as a regulatory condition on […]

Australian regulator finds Entain brands breached self-exclusion rules 500 times

Entain’s Australian brands Ladbrokes AU and Neds AU are in hot water after an Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) investigation found more than 500 breaches of national self-exclusion rules. The UK-headquartered company has now entered into a court-enforceable undertaking, with the ACMA finding that its brands opened accounts for people registered with Australia’s national […]

ChatBet launches to deliver WhatsApp conversation betting in LatAm

ChatBet has launched version three of its platform, positioning itself as the conversational interface layer for betting. Enabling operators to offer a fully AI-driven, WhatsApp-based betting experience that sits alongside their existing stack. The B2B provider integrates directly on top of operators’ backend infrastructure , adding messaging as a new acquisition, conversion and retention channel […]

GeoLocs on why operators are quietly changing geolocation providers

As operators expand into new regulated markets, geolocation is emerging as a critical component of performance, compliance, and player experience. Once viewed as a fixed part of the tech stack, providers are now being reassessed more frequently as expectations around accuracy, scalability, and cost evolve. GeoLocs by mkodo arises as a go to solution to […]

Entain confirms Ricky Sandler’s departure following closure of Eminence Capital

Entain has confirmed the departure of Eminence Capital Founder Ricky Sandler as a Non-Executive Director of the company.  The inevitable news follows the announced closure of the Eminence fund last week, with Sandler stating that the business has “fallen short of our very high standard and your expectations”. Eminence was reported to be Entain’s third-largest […]

Meridian Holdings nets $2.3m in Q1 profits under new identity

Meridian Holdings has delivered a “breakthrough statement”, marking its first profitable quarter under its new business identity. During Q1, the NASDAQ-listed Golden Matrix Group Inc (GMGI) completed its rebrand to Meridian Holdings, adopting the MRDN ticker as part of a wider transformation as a multi-market gaming group. Publishing its Q1 accounts, Meridian reported group revenue […]

Veikkaus appoints Ilkka Kosola as CFO for 2027 makeover

Veikkaus has appointed Ilkka Kosola as its new Chief Financial Officer (CFO), who will be tasked with overseeing the regulatory transformation of Finland’s gambling market. Kosola will take up the role at the end of September 2026, joining the executive management to transform Veikkaus ahead of Finland’s transition to a multi-licence online gambling regime, which […]