Category Archives: Betting

Hope dawns for a much-needed reform of Italian gambling, as the Ministry of the Economy and Finance is reported to have taken charge of a ‘reorganisation plan’ to implement an overhaul of market safeguards.  Despite securing cross-party consensus during the close of 2021, Italian MPs failed to approve any gambling reforms to be adopted by …

Betway has become the official premium partner of five football clubs in the Chilean First Division – a first in the country for the Super Group-owned brand. In a deal brokered by 1190 Sports, the teams in collaboration with the betting firm include; Union La Calera, Coquimbo Unido, Everton, Audax Italiano and Deportivo Ñublense. In …

Oddin.gg has agreed to supply its esports betting solution to BetBoom after the Russian bookmaker laid out plans to capitalise on the “growing interest in esports in its home country”. The agreement marks Oddin.gg’s first partnership with an operator in Russia, with the solutions provider underlining its plans for further international expansion. “BetBoom is already …

Sports Information Services (SIS), has extended its partnership with Codere to distribute its 24/7 Live Racing Channels to the operator’s Argentine customer base. The multi-channel betting supplier’s existing deal with Codere has provided its racing content to the online operations in Spain and Mexico. Codere’s Argentine online customers will now also have access to SIS’s …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has cautioned operators with regards to responsibilities on digital advertising and third party affiliate marketers.  In particular, the regulator has underscored that betting firms’ digital adverts are not to be featured on websites providing ‘unauthorised access to copyrighted content’, whilst also detailing three core requirements with regards to these forms …

Understanding the payment landscape and evolution in Brazil is the backbone of our business, AstroPay CEO Mikael Lijtenstein told SBC Noticias, as he dives into the company’s offering in Latin America and how PIX “can further real-time payments and foster financial inclusion”. SBC: Why is Latin America such an attractive market for AstroPay to explore? …

Entain Plc has this afternoon confirmed that it has acquired leading Canadian sportsbook brand Sports Interaction by striking a  CAD300 million (£175m) deal to acquire operator Avid Gaming.  The FTSE100 gambling group brokered a deal with Middlebrook Investments Limited, the owner of Avid Gaming, whose Sports Interaction brand is licensed, to exclusively provide online gambling …

Betsson AB has made another step forward in its Latin American expansion strategy, having secured a licence to offer its casino product in the city and province of Buenos Aires.  The Nasdaq Stockholm-listed gambling group collaborated with local land-based operator Casino de Victoria, part of Grupo Mautone, in order to initiate the launch. The firm …

The executive of Saxony Anhalt has launched the official website for German gambling’s federal regulator, Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) – “The Joint Gambling Authority for German Federal States”.  The GGL is yet to be fully composed, as the newly-formed regulatory body is required to finalise its senior management ranks, workforce and administrative structures governing …