Category Archives: Betting

W88 removed from Crystal Palace shirts amid gambling ban push

Crystal Palace FC has replaced online gambling company W88 in announcing cinch as its new official front of shirt sponsor for the 2022/23 season. The news follows continuing discussions of a betting sponsorship ban throughout football, and this month the UK government cooperated with the Premier League in a bid to put forward an early …

BetWarrior seals ground breaking sponsorship of AFA football

BetWarrior has announced its biggest sponsorship commitment to date, becoming the ‘Official Sponsor’ of the Argentine Football Association (AFA).  Agreeing on a four-year deal, BetWarrior will serve as the principal partner of Argentina XI National Teams, the AFA Cup and national tournaments. The AFA announced that the sponsorship would mark its debut in the upcoming …

Safer Gambling Week to ‘see a blitz’ of omni-channel messaging

The UK’s four betting and gaming industry trade associations have confirmed that this year’s Safer Gambling Week will take place between 17-23 October. Issuing a joint update, the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), Bingo Association, Lotteries Council and amusements representative Bacta pledged to ‘build on last year’s record breaking success’. The organisations stated that this …

Smarkets: Boris clean from Sue Gray report as PM survival chances improve 

PM Boris Johnson remains steadfast that he will not resign over parties held at Number 10, as the UK public observed national lockdown rules, obeying his government’s orders.  The PM stated that he would ‘take full responsibility for the scandal’, as yesterday the Met published Sue Gray’s delayed report that laid bare incidents of ‘intoxicated …

Sportradar’s Synergy signs multi-year agreement with Haarlem Baseball

Sportradar has signed its second partnership of this week, entering into an agreement with Netherlands-based bi-annual baseball tournament Haarlem Baseball Week (HRH). The multi-year deal was signed between HRH and Sportradar’s subsidiary Synergy Sports, which will exclusively offer its technology, products and services to teams and players competing in the week-long tournament. Synergy will record …

Alexander Kamenetskyi: understanding the mechanics behind the SOFTSWISS Sportsbook

Risk management has always been an important part of any sportsbook operation, and with online becoming increasingly prevalent, operators must be able to ensure that they can effectively identify potential risks and fraud. In an interview with SBC News, Alexander Kamenetskyi, Product Owner at SOFTSWISS Sportsbook, takes a look at some of the challenges operators …

Jada Gaming & Symplify: Why culture is ‘not just a buzzword’ in igaming

Although many may simply write-off discussions of ‘company culture’ as just another business cliche, for Jada Gaming and Symplify this couldn’t be any further from the truth.  Towards the end of last year, Symplify acquired AI specialists Jada Gaming for a total of $30 million, and the two firms have subsequently embarked on a product …

Polish cross-party committee calls for rethink of sports betting taxes 

Pressure is mounting on Poland’s Ministry of Finance to undertake a review of its gambling tax structure, revitalising income generated from licensed bookmakers.     A cross-party Sejm (lower parliament) committee representing ‘Polish consumers and entrepreneurship’, had announced that it has submitted a proposal advising the Ministry “to abandon the 12% turnover tax applied to sports betting.” …

Super Group marks steady Q1 opening on NYSE 

Super Group Inc, the parent company of Betway and Spin brands, has outlined a confident and stable start to trading as an NYSE-listed business.  Publishing its first quarterly results on the New York Stock Exchange, Super Group achieved group revenues of €334m, attributed to a split of –  53% Betway / 47% Spin. Revenue growth …

Leigh Herdman, Algosport: Differentiating the betbuilder product for the World Cup

A packed sporting schedule awaits operators in the second half of 2022, as the domestic football season is intercut with the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. As more betting firms add betbuilders into their product arsenal, Leigh Herdman, CEO of Betting on Sports Europe sponsor Algosport, highlighted the increasing importance of differentiating this offering.  SBC …