Category Archives: Betting

SOFTSWISS launches fixed-odds prediction markets

SOFTSWISS has ventured into the space of prediction markets with a new B2B offer that unlocks fixed-odds, event-based wagering. Eliminating the peer-to-peer exchange mechanics, operators can directly engage audiences beyond traditional sportsbook frontiers by allowing them to wager on real-world events that span across politics, economics, technology, and more. The fixed-odds framework does not rely […]

Finland’s affiliate ban has “a lot of room to be more precise”

Finland is quickly approaching the launch of its regulated market in 2027, but the decision to ban affiliate marketing has raised a question – what happens after? Affiliates usually have a well-established symbiosis with licensed operators in liberal markets across Europe, but decision makers in Finland have decided to completely ban them from the new […]

Polymarket partners with LALIGA as predictions space lands first European football deal

Polymarket cannot seem to escape the limelight at the moment, and this time the prediction market platform is in the headlines due to a multi-year partnership with LALIGA North America. The deal marks the first time in which a European football league has entered into an official agreement with a prediction markets operator, although the […]

Paraguay ends quiniela monopoly as two suitors advance to final stage

Paraguay’s quiniela tender has entered its final phase, with the domestic incumbents of Technologies Development of Paraguay (TDP) SA and the Daruma Sam Alliance confirmed as the remaining bidders of the lotto games franchise. Launched in November 2025, the tender forms part of President Santiago Peña’s broader agenda to privatise state-controlled businesses, beginning with gambling […]

Flutter bids farewell to Hurley Jr as US director

LSE-listed gambling group Flutter Entertainment has confirmed the departure of Alfred F Hurley Jr, following his decision to retire as a corporate advisor of the LSE/NYSE gambling group in June 2026. A seasoned US corporate director, Hurley Jr joined the board in 2016 during a transformative period for the business. He played a role in […]

Polymarket ban in Romania will remain in place

Polymarket will remain blacklisted in Romania after the court sided with the gambling regulator in a legal battle instigated by the prediction markets platform. Vlad-Cristian Soare, President of the ONJN gambling authority, announced on LinkedIn that a court appeal filed by Polymarket against the decision to ban it as an unlicensed gambling provider has been […]

Roundtable: how to captivate bettors to maximise World Cup opportunity?

At the World Cup this summer, bettors around the world will be presented with more options than ever in both creating their own multi-leg betting propositions and being presented with pre-packaged selections. Nikos Zygouris, Head of Sportsbook Product at Altenar, Jeevan Jeyaratnam, Chief Betting Officer at Abelson Sports, and Aidan O’Sullivan, Head of Commercial, Trade […]

New Steven Gerrard gambling deal raises complex questions

Another day, another dollar for a well-known UK footballer who signs to promote a betting company that’s definitely not supposed to target UK consumers. With Michael Owen having a Punt Casino partnership on his record, and Teddy Sheringham doing the same with 8xBet, this time around the star of the show is Steven Gerrad – […]

Reformed fraudster tackling crime raises alarm bells over ‘Wild West’ unregulated betting market

A study of the recent Cheltenham Festival commissioned by Flutter Entertainment has raised fresh concerns over fraudulent activity from the unlicensed gambling market. The study was conducted by former fraudster Alex Wood, who has now turned to protecting the public against frauds themselves. Wood was a fraudster for over 25 years, spending eight of those […]

Altenar to challenge Sportradar in court over data monopoly

Sportradar AG faces legal claims alleging that its control and distribution of official sports data from key leagues is unfair and discriminatory towards rival sportsbook suppliers. Malta-based sportsbook solutions provider Altenar confirmed that it has filed multi-million-pound lawsuits against the Nasdaq-listed sports data and technology group. Claims have been lodged in the US District Court […]