Category Archives: Betting

Swedish Bingo Association warned by regulator for lack of compliance logos

Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Inspectorate, has issued a warning to the Swedish Bingo Association for failure to comply with social responsibility requirements on its website.  After conducting its assessment, the Inspectorate concluded that logos for self-testing, bet limitation, game suspension and determination of login time were absent from the idrottensbingo.se when customers were logged out. …

Slotegrator: How to get a UK online gambling licence

Slotegrator, the igaming software and business solution provider for online casino and sportsbook operators, has produced a comprehensive guide for companies seeking a UK online gambling licence. Titled How to get a gambling licence in the UK 2022, it covers in detail the scope and cost of all five types of online gambling licences available (casino, …

PickGuru announces UK launch with £1m competition 

PickGuru, the new venture of Stats Perform and DAZN co-founder Oliver Slipper, has launched in the UK, promoting its £1 million ‘UltimateGuru’ game.     The start-up has launched its app on Apple and Google stores, which host UltimateGuru, a multi-sport predictor contest where players forecast the outcome of 12 major sporting events in the 2022 calendar. …

Novusbet to leverage Oddin.gg esports solution for LatAm and Africa targeting

Sports betting and platform provider Novusbet has entered into an agreement with Oddin.gg, utilising the latter’s services to expand its portfolio of esports wagering offerings.  Identifying the esports wagering space as a rapidly evolving niche market that offers a ‘potentially large, mostly untapped’ revenue source for operators, Novusbet has undertaken the decision to bolster its …

Genius to provide NFL and soccer streaming to bet365 customers outside the US

Genius Sports has expanded its pre-existing partnership with bet365 to include streaming of the National Football League (NFL) and popular association football tournaments outside the US.  As a result of the collaboration enhancement, bet365 will leverage Genius Sports’ streaming solution to ‘deliver unique new content’, with the goal of enhancing customer retention and bet placement.  …

GAMSTOP & YGAM highlight concerns on gambling habits formed during University

A new survey commissioned by safer gambling charities GAMSTOP and YGAM has revealed insights into university students gambling habits and spending. Taking feedback from 2,000 Students across UK campuses, the survey undertaken by research agency CensusWide revealed that 80% of participants had gambled. Of those students, 41% admitted that gambling had a “negative impact on …

Betby enhances legal oversight with Ilze Ramolina appointment

Ilze Ramolina has joined Betby as a Senior Lawyer, as the company seeks to bolster its legal capacity to better navigate the compliance, certification and licensing landscape. The sportsbook supplier has underscored a goal of rapidly expanding its legal team in line with continued growth of its international commercial operations, as it looks to establish …

Avento Group enhances marketing compliance with GiG Comply

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) will continue to supply its GiG Comply tool to Avento Group for a further two years after the duo agreed to extend their current partnership.  By using GiG Comply, Avento Group will be able to scan more than 30,000 web pages each day for content including links and iGaming code red …

Inside Stats Perform’s tennis betting revolution

Tennis betting markets powered by an umpire generated data feed have met the needs of betting operators for a long period of time, but as demands for more entertaining betting markets increase, the provision of the data that fuels those richer experiences must evolve as well, Shane Gannon, Senior Vice President of Stats Perform told an audience at SBC Summit Barcelona, SBC’s flagship event in 2021.  …

888 regulated market efficiency clears German/Dutch hurdles

​​888 Holdings hails ‘another record breaking year’, as the FTSE250 gambling group publishes its pre-close trading statement ahead of its transformative enlargement with William Hill.     Of significance, expansion within regulated markets offset German regulatory challenges for 888, as the firm detailed that a strong performance in four key markets helped drive revenue by 14% in …