Category Archives: Betting

Zoë Osmond: Open letter on GambleAware RET duties

GambleAware Chief Executive Zoë Osmond has responded to an SBC article on the ongoing RET Levy debate. Osmond explains the grant-making charity’s duties in support of frontline organisations delivering a nationwide system of treatment services for those at risk of gambling harm… ___________ I write in reference to Jordan Lea’s comments made on SBC’s featured …

Michael Dugher: Public favours common-sense approach to govern gambling’s future. 

Michael Dugher has warned the government that it risks alienating itself from public opinion should it conform to prohibitionists’ approach to gambling regulation.  Writing in Commons news source Politics Home, the Chief Executive of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) reflected on political opinion and commentary in light of May’s Local Election results. “For the …

bet-at-home projects improved full year performance despite 50% Q1 revenue decline

bet-at-home has encountered difficulties during the first quarter of the year, as its total group revenue declines by over 50% to €14 million.  However, the Dusseldorf-based betting and gaming operator maintains that this figure – dispute representing a 54% decline on Q1 2021 revenues of €30 million – is still indicative of a strong start …

Norsk Rikstoto selects BetMakers’ Global Tote as tote provider

BetMakers has made further inroads on the European sports betting space, signing an agreement with Norway’s Norsk Rikstoto. The 10-year agreement will see BetMakers provide new tote technology and services to the Norwegian horse racing pari-mutuel betting operator, including its Quantum tote engine as part of a fully managed SaaS solution. Quantum will be used …

William Hill Swedish subsidiaries ordered to pay fines on reporting failures

Spelinspektionen – Sweden’s Gambling Inspectorate – has notified that the William Hill subsidiaries of Evoke Gaming and Mr Green Limited have received fines totalling SEK 1.45 million (€140K). The fines concern the subsidiaries failure to match the inspectorate’s standards on key operator reporting duties. “The companies have for a long time had shortcomings in their …

SRIJ Portugal opens consultation on the rules to govern Crash game types

SRIJ, Portugal’s gambling inspectorate, seeks to become the first European regulator to establish a framework for the new casino game types of ‘Crash’ and ‘Loot’.  Last week, SRIJ – the Portuguese Gambling’s market supervisor under the authority of Portugal’s Tourism Board – launched a 30-day consultation for stakeholders to review its draft law governing the …

Betegy to bolster marketing efforts with Eugenie Golovina

Betegy has announced a new addition to its senior management team, as Eugenie Golovina joins the company as Chief Marketing Officer (CMO).  The new executive’s focus will be on maintaining Bettegy’s growth in Europe and the US, with the use of its technological solutions and data visulation assets for sports fan engagement marked as a …

EPIC calls for ‘critical’ UK legislation of loot boxes

EPIC Risk Management has cited an ‘apparent’ convergence between video games and gambling in the form of loot boxes, calling for greater restrictions on the controversial assets.  The gambling harm prevention consultancy organisation has argued in favour of a ban on sales of the products to under-18s as well as improved education for parents and …

Koun Gaming: a fresh outlook heralds a new era

Traditional lottery products can be a great way of engaging with players, but rolling out fresh content that includes new and innovative features can help operators to reach a broader demographic of lottery players. That’s according to Vasilis Neiadas, VP Business Development (ex CEO OPAP Greece), and Konstantinos Ladas, Chief Operations Officer, at Koun Gaming. …

BGC lauds industry for ‘driving higher standards’ with new safer gaming code

The UK’s three gaming sector trade associations have announced a new ‘Safer Game Design Code’ for land-based gaming machines.  Members of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), amusements representative Bacta and the Bingo Association have collaborated during the COVID-19 pandemic to design the code that will address risks in game design features. The cross sector …