Category Archives: Betting

Betsson boosts Brazilian football investment with Gauchão

Betsson has revealed that it will be sponsoring the Campeonato Gauchão football championship and be present in all commercial properties of the competition. After having invested in Brazilian football since 2021, the Swedish online betting platform now sponsors the 102nd edition of the competition, where 12 clubs will play 72 games to compete for the …

XLM predicts strong full year trading despite European Casino hurdles

XLMedia (XLM) expects 2021 to be a year of successful trading ahead of the publishing of its trading results for the 12 months ending 31 December, driven by several sports acquisitions and partnerships.  Overall, the digital performance publishing group expects full year results to be ‘in line with expectations’ with revenue of $66.6 million (2020: …

Betby further enhances global sales team with Rocio Moitino appointment

Betby has strengthened its Latin America expansion plans by appointing Rocio Moitino as new Head of Sales for the region. Predicting that its regionalised approach in the LatAm markets will ‘bear dividends’, the company intends to enhance its commercial department via Moitino’s appointment, with the new hire set to join Rosaire Galea Cavallaro in Betby’s …

NSoft: Embracing innovation and challenges in the gaming industry

With six years under its belt, NSoft’s sister company, Stark Solutions continues to make its self service betting terminals available to businesses across the world. Speaking to SBC News, Mila Mariċ, a Mechanical Engineer at Stark, shares her thoughts on the rising demand for SSBTs before reflecting on some of the major milestones in her …

IOC outlines bet monitoring operations ahead of Beijing 2022

The Beijing 2022 Winter Olympic Games are due to commence later this week, and in preparation the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has outlined a number of integrity measures.  Notably, the Committee has partnered with several bet monitoring organisations, including sports data and tech firm Sportradar, the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) and Global Lottery Monitoring …

Zoe Osmond: Mandatory levy needed to bring full transparency to RET funding

Zoe Osmond Chief Executive of GambleAware has restated that UK gambling’s existing voluntary agreement to fund problem gambling research, education and treatment (RET) programmes is no longer fit for purpose. GambleAware’s CEO has issued a response to weekend news reports that the NHS will announce that it will no longer accept funds/donations from gambling-associated charities. …

Digitain: ‘record number of bets’ expected during Winter Olympics

Digitain is expecting its 150-strong network of partners to process a ‘record number of bets’ at the Beijing 2022 Olympic Winter Games. When compared to the number of bets placed during the 2018 Winter Olympics in South Korea, the Digitain trading team expects this year’s Games to “easily surpass those numbers, for both bets struck …

ANJ to review operator Action Plans on safer gambling  controls

l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) France’s unified gambling regulator has instructed all licensed operators to submit a yearly ‘Action Plan’ outlining their responsible gambling controls as a licensing duty.   The direct command follows recommendations made by an ANJ-sanctioned study on ‘the prevention of pathological gambling and gambling by minors’. Operator submissions will be scrutinised by …

PokerStars launches multi-product offering in Greece

PokerStars has made its multi-product offering  available in Greece under the terms of a full operating licence from the Hellenic Gaming Commission (HGC). The licence, secured in July of last year, enables the Flutter Entertainment firm to operate sports betting and gaming products, launching the PokerStars, PokerStars Sports and PokerStars Casino brands. PokerStars offering will …

GambleAware launches new campaign focusing on women gamblers

GambleAware has initiated a new campaign warning women about the dangers of problem betting, after identifying how up to one million could be at risk of experiencing gambling-related harm.  The campaign focuses on promoting three key warning signs to female bettors – losing track of time; spending more than can be afforded; and keeping gambling …