Category Archives: Betting

Chiliz the blockchain operator of football fan token Socios.com has filed a commercial injunction against the Argentina Football Association (AFA).  The injunction has challenged the sponsorship of the AFA by leading cryptocurrency exchange Binance, which this week was announced as Argentine football’s ‘global partner’. Securing Argentine football’s history biggest ever sponsorship, the AFA declared that …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has clarified its regulatory oversight on ‘Free Draws’ and ‘Prize Competitions’, following an increase in public enquires related to ‘win a house’ or ‘win a cash prize’ competitions. Free Draws and Prize Competitions are not regulated by the 2005 Gambling Act. However, the Act provides a distinction in how Free …

Star Sports has announced a new retail content agreement with Spotlight Sports Group, that will see its 18 UK betting shop locations enhanced by the premium content suite of the Racing Post delivering betting news, insights and information.    The Partnership will see Spotlight Sports deliver a daily informative print product that covers upcoming horseracing and …

Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) has revealed its 2021 year-end figures which reported an on-course betting bookmaker turnover of €12.9m, showing an increase of 67.5% on the previous year. Results suggest that the industry has ‘bounced back from a difficult 2020’, with most figures far ahead of both the previous 12 months and the pre-pandemic figures …

PressEnter Group has confirmed the appointment of Qurban Hussain as Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of the Malta-based online gambling challenger brand operator.  A 15-year industry executive, Hussain has formerly led finance and accounting units for a number of distinguished igaming operators including Tipico, ZEAL Group, Probability Plc, Betfair and William Hill. As CFO, Hussain will …

The Swedish government’s plans to re-impose temporary restrictions on online casino in the country on 7 February have been scrapped, prompting relief from the betting sector.  Planned restrictions would last until the end of June, and include all temporary measures introduced last year due to the COVID-19 pandemic, including an SEK 4,000 deposit limit – …

The user interface layer of a payments solution has long been considered to be a major pain point and conversion killer, according to AstroPay CEO Mikael Lijtenstein. But by taking a new, ‘radical approach’ to integrations in 2022, the payment provider hopes to streamline the user journey and ‘virtually remove all pain points’ for customers. …