Category Archives: Betting

Altenar extends Bulgarian footprint with Alphawin deal

Alphawin has become the latest Bulgarian operator to benefit from Altenar’s fully-managed sportsbook solution. Having launched last week, Alphawin now has access to an extensive range of sports content and risk management services as well as trading and business support. “We are happy to enter into this new agreement with another licensed operator in Bulgaria,” …

NI Communities Minister calls for Mandatory Code of Practice on gambling venues 

Northern Ireland Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey has urged Stormont Assembly ministers to support amendments introduced to the “1985 – Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements (Amendment) Bill”.  Hargey has been charged with leading the overhaul of Northern Ireland’s gambling laws, which have remained unchanged for the past 35-years. This September, Northern Ireland’s assembly approved Hargey’s ‘first …

ComeOn Group to incorporate hybrid working into post-COVID strategy

ComeOn Group has announced the initiation of its hybrid working policy as part of its post-COVID approach to its operations, with the aim of offering ‘better collaboration’ and ‘flexibility’ for its employees. Indicative of a wider trend towards an approach combining both office-based and home-based working in the aftermath of pandemic-induced lockdowns and increased demand …

NSoft: Doing business in Q3 2021

NSoft is on the right track towards successfully completing this financial year-end, writes Dražan Planinic, COO at NSoft, who gives us a breakdown of the numbers for this quarter.  The third quarter of the year is generally the slowest one – in terms of, well, everything. We are vacationing, building our immune system by the …

Sportradar enhances partnership with UEFA to include betting data collection

Sportradar has reached a new agreement with UEFA, becoming the continental governing body’s authorised collector and distributor of data for betting purposes, building on its current position as the authority’s integrity partner for the past 12 years.  The agreement will see Nasdaq-registered Sportradar collect and distribute betting data from 1,550 matches beginning with the 2021/22 …

GambleAware: NGTS campaign hits record engagement with target audience

GambleAware cites continued progress on its objective of raising awareness of the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS), amongst the primary target audience of high-risk male gamblers – PGSI 8+. The gambling harm RET charity headline campaign has secured engagement amongst 74% of high-risk male gamblers in August 2021, and 79% amongst affected others.  Positive feedback …

Dugher reiterates importance of Safer Gambling Week as problem rates fall

Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) Chief Executive Michael Dugher has described responsible gambling as the industry’s ‘top priority all year round’ as the sector enters Safer Gambling Week. Commencing this week and running to 7 November, the annual campaign has the support of the BGC, amusement machine trade association Bacta and the Bingo Association. Having …

LeoVegas penalised for due diligence and AML shortcomings by Danish regulator

The Danish Gambling Authority, Spillemyndigheden, has charged LeoVegas with failure to comply with national customer due diligence and Anti-Money Laundering requirements. Conducting an examination of a sample of 20 LeoVegas players in Denmark, the Authority found that the operator – which holds a Danish licence until 2026 – had breached AML requirements in five cases, …

Better Collective appoints Pablo Jensen as new tech lead 

Better Collective AS has moved to strengthen its technology leadership, announcing the appointment of Pablo Jensen as SVP of Product & Tech.  The former CTO of Sportradar (2013-2019), Jensen joins Better Collective leadership team from North American SaaS compliance solutions provider GAN Integrity, where he served as the business’ technology lead. Better Collective underlined Jensen’s …

Swedish sports to establish unified anti-corruption programme 

Swedish sports leading regulatory bodies have agreed to form a new anti-corruption programme promoting internal cooperation to aid investigative work into match-fixing and further threats.  The development of the programme will be led by Riksidrottsförbundet (RF)– Sweden’s Sports Confederation tasked with developing protective measures to safeguard the country’s pro-sports against match-fixing threats and corruption.   RF’s …