Category Archives: Betting

Sportradar has hired Brendan Tinnelly as its Head of Paid Social Advertising, with responsibility for managing the ad:s marketing performance platform.  Overseeing the multi-channel offering, Tinnelly will lead a group of paid social media specialists with the end-goal of utilising the ad:s proprietary technology to optimise client campaigns. Tinnelly joins Sportradar as the company continues …

Genesis Global, an online casino operator, has been served a £3.8 million fine and must meet further licensing conditions after a UK Gambling Commission (IUKGC) investigation found  “significant social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures”. The Commission’s investigation into the company, which operates 14 casino sites, is long running, with the company first having its licence …

Rank Group Plc welcomes a return to profitable trading, driven by the strong recovery of its Grosvenor, Mecca and Enracha (Spain) venues remerging their businesses from COVID-19 constraints.  Publishing its interim H1 2021/22 results (period ending 31 December), Rank registers a group underlying NGR of £334 million, up 90% corresponding to H12020/21 results of £175 …

Ardalan Shekarabi, Sweden’s Minister of Social Securities, having drafted a raft of new safer gambling and consumer protection proposals, has seen them endorsed by the Swedish government.  Addressing the media, Shekarabi stated that “the gambling market is where many Swedish consumers are vulnerable and therefore the government is right to take back control”. The minister …

YGAM, The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust has embarked on its Gambling Support University Tour in partnership with safer gambling counterparts GAMSTOP and RecoverMe.  The Tour will see teams from the three organisations visit university campuses across the UK, to engage students and university staff on wide-ranging issues related to gambling harms. Of significance, …

Planet Sport has expanded into the Indian market by offering its B2C and B2B services to operators, suppliers and affiliates targeting the region. After having signed its first client in the Indian region, Planet Sport has detailed that it is in negotiations with other potential customers as it prepares to ‘make a significant push’ into …

The Netherlands Online Gambling Association (NOGA) has added online casino operator Bayton as its latest member, as the organisation seeks to provide representation for the burgeoning Dutch web-based gaming market.  Welcoming Bayton to its ranks, the NOGA has identified a ‘paramount’ need for Dutch online gambling stakeholders to take on a unified approach in order …