Category Archives: Betting

Betway celebrates 4000 UK & Ireland racing sponsorships

This Saturday saw Betway celebrate its 4,000th individual sponsorship of UK and Irish horse racing fixtures.  The milestone event was marked by the online bookmaker sponsoring its self-branded “Betway 4000 Race Sponsorship” handicap at the Wolverhampton Racecourse at 7.15 PM. The race featured Betway closing the final leg of its free-to-play racing game ‘4 To …

AstroPay and Burnley FC expand sponsorship arrangement

Burnley FC has enhanced its existing arrangement with official payment solution partner AstroPay, expanding the firm’s scope to include the club’s women’s team. As an official partner of the Premier League club, AstroPay sits alongside Burnley’s other commercial co-operators such as principal partner SpreadEx Sports and Asian betting partner BetVictor. AstroPay first partnered with Burnley …

Due diligence breaches see Unibet sanctioned by Danish authorities

Unibet has faced enforcement actions by the Spillemyndigheden, the Danish Gambling Authority, for breaches of anti-money laundering and due diligence requirements. The Kindred Group brand has been accused of failure to comply with due diligence rules and allowing a player to deposit DKK 1.4 million to his account between December 2016 and December 2018 without …

Pronet Gaming ‘significantly ahead’ of three-year growth plan

Pronet Gaming has maintained confidence in its long-term expansion strategy, detailing a number of commercial successes and corporate goals achieved over the two years. Reporting that it remains ‘significantly ahead’ of its three-year growth plan after an initial 18 month period, the platform provider informed that it had signed 35 new clients. Additionally, the firm …

BGC forms Ad Tech Forum for widest input on advertising protections 

The Betting and Council (BGC) has established a cross-industry ‘Ad Tech Forum’ to provide UK online gambling incumbents with the best technical guidance and oversight for protecting children and vulnerable audiences from gambling harms.  The forum sees the BGC place technology at the forefront of its governance duties, as tech giants Meta, Twitter, Google and Snap …

Winning Post: Better Informed but None the Wiser…

Regulus Partners reviews the keynote speeches of DCMS under-secretary Chris Philip and UKGC Interim CEO Andrew Rhodes delivered at the 2021 GambleAware Conference. Whilst leadership can take some comfort on the regulators’ grounded approach to governing the sector, UK gambling remains none the wiser on the outcome of its generational review. Last week, the Government …

Gal Ehrlich, BETER: A step towards our long game

A significant upgrade for its data services, a new product to transform the Live Casino space and a doubling of the sports events covered by the Setka Cup. It’s all part of the repositioning at BETER, led by CEO Gal Ehrlich, as it looks to become a content ‘powerhouse’- particularly for esports – in the new …

Atif Rafiq joins Flutter’s repurposed Risk and Sustainability Committee

Flutter Entertainment has announced its Risk Committee has been reorganised as its Risk and Sustainability Committee, whilst also confirming the appointment of Atif Rafiq as an independent Non-Executive Director of the body. As a member of the Risk and Sustainability Committee, Rafiq will sit among a group of directors responsible for the management of the …

BoyleSports Eddie Bennett confirms exit as Digital MD

BoyleSports seeks a new leader for its online division, as incumbent Eddie Bennett has announced his departure from the Irish betting group.  Posting a LinkedIn update last Friday, Bennett confirmed that he had chosen to end his six-year tenure as Digital MD of BoyleSports. “Today is my final day at BoyleSports, drawing a close to …

SBC Awards 2021 set to celebrate the best of the best in the industry

Next week’s SBC Awards 2021 ceremony is set to bring together the betting and gaming sector for a celebration of the very best the industry has to offer.  The eighth edition of the event takes place at Evolution London on the evening of 14 December and will once again combine honouring the top performing companies …