Category Archives: Betting

SGC strengthens commitment to responsible gaming with AGA Education Week

Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has moved to reinforce its commitment to responsible gaming across its business operations by recognising the American Gaming Association (AGA) Responsible Gaming Education Week (RGWE). Taking place between 19-25, the AGA RGEW will see SGC focus particularly on its Lottery Group’s Healthy Play programme, with which the Nasdaq-listed company aims to …

SBC Summit CIS set to reveal operators’ insights on regional market opportunities

SBC Summit CIS, Presented by Parimatch, is set to see senior executives from leading operators provide valuable information about the markets opening up in the region and share some of the secrets of their successes. The conference and exhibition for the betting and gaming industry in the CIS and Eastern Europe takes place at Parkovy …

Bally’s acquisition of Gamesys to close on 1 October

Bally’s Corporation has confirmed that its takeover of Gamesys Group will reach completion on 1 October, putting an end to the months-long acquisition process. The US sports betting and gaming conglomerate revealed that the M&A process had received regulatory approval from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), but added that approval was still required from US …

Stanislav Mykhailov joins Betbazar to oversee sales campaigns

Gaming industry sales body Betbazar has appointed Stanislav Mykhailov as its Sales Director, with the responsibility of leading the firm’s global sales campaign. Beginning with this week’s SBC Summit Barcelona, Mykhailov will operate as an ‘integral asset’ for the company’s B2B expansion, as it looks to strengthen its revenue streams across multiple supply verticals and …

Dekker orders KSA to end cooling amnesty for unlicensed operators

A last-minute order by Dutch Legal Protections Minister Sander Dekker has enforced regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) to terminate its ‘cooling-off’ reprieve for unlicensed operators awaiting to join the KOA Regime that will be launched on 1 October. Yesterday, Dekker informed the Kamer that he had instructed KSA to no longer offer cooling-off rights to unlicensed operators …

Gordon Moody: Using technology to grow the global conversation around problem gambling

Speaking to SBC News ahead of the SBC Summit Barcelona, where Gordon Moody will be exhibiting, Paul Dent, Gambling Therapy Manager walked us through the reasons behind the technical upgrades and how the use of translation software is helping to grow the global conversation around problem gambling. SBC: 50 Years of Gordon Moody (GM), congratulations! …

Rami Avital, Delasport: Scalability and personalisation are the key to success for developers

Scalability and delivering a ‘personal touch’ to your applications are among the key challenges for betting and gaming companies. But according to Rami Avital, VP of R&D at Delasport, developers must get these two components right if they want to remain competitive. In an interview with SBC, discussions began by looking at Avital’s previous experience …

Michael Jordan to provide ‘guidance and strategic counsel’ to Sportradar

Shortly after successfully completing its IPO and listing on the Nasdaq Global Exchange, Sportradar has announced that early investor and former National Basketball Association (NBA) player Michael Jordan has joined its Board of Directors. Jordan will serve as a Special Advisor at the company, effective immediately, whilst also increasing his investment, with the providing ‘guidance …

Aspire Global and Esports Technologies enter strategic partnership

Aspire Global is set to integrate Esports Technologies’ proprietary odds modelling, market creation and trading feed into its own esports platform. As a result of a strategic licence agreement between STO-registered Aspire and the Nasdaq-listed esports betting organisation, the latter will also gain access to the former’s offerings and managed services. These offerings will include …

Yorkshire nets £800k to launch community-focused safer gambling programme

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has awarded Yorkshire and the Humber £800,000 to develop its community-focused gambling harm prevention and support programme. The region’s funding forms part of the UKGC’s National Strategy to Reduce Gambling Harms – in which public health directors will develop a customised programme treating problem gambling harms across the eight counties …