Category Archives: Betting

Former Entain Director Reynolds joins GAMSTOP leadership

GAMSTOP has announced an expansion of its senior leadership team, having appointed Simon Reynolds as a Non-Executive Director of the National Online Self-Exclusion Scheme. The responsible gambling awareness organisation has expressed confidence in the ‘knowledge and experience’ of safe betting policies and procedures due to his 30 years’ of cross-sector experience in the industry. The …

Paul Merson’s BBC documentary to place gambling addiction in the public spotlight

The subject of problem gambling returns to UK primetime terrestrial TV screens, as BBC One will air tonight its “Paul Merson: Football, Gambling & Me” (9 pm) programme. The documentary will recount the former footballer’s latest relapse into gambling addiction, triggered by the anxieties of COVID-19’s national lockdown, in which Merson has admitted to losing …

FIBA signs global sports betting partnership with J9

The International Basketball Federation (FIBA) has named Philippines-based sports betting and gaming operator J9 as its new global partner until 2024. Under the terms of the agreement, J9 will gain commercial rights across FIBA competitions, including the men’s and women’s FIBA Continental Cups, the FIBA Womens’ Basketball World Cup 2022 and the FIBA Basketball World …

Sweden updates licencing requirements to bolster consumer protection

Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gaming Inspectorate, has made changes to its licencing requirements, announcing that any operator without the appropriate licence will be excluded from the country’s market. Describing the updates as ‘good for consumer protection’, the Inspectorate now requires all incumbents to offer deposits, withdrawals and winnings in Swedish currency whilst also provide any information …

Winning Post: Digging in the Sandbox of privacy

Last week the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) granted the Gambling Commission its phase-1 sandbox approval to proceed with its Single Customer View (SCV) project. Despite its GDPR greenlight, Regulus Partners outlines the foreseeable challenges the Commission will face in turning its headline project into reality. Meanwhile, in Manchester, Regulus observes another think-tank ‘echo chamber’ debate …

Esports in a post-COVID world – can it maintain its momentum?

Esports will continue to grow beyond COVID, writes Mark Balch, VP Esports Betting Services at Bayes Esports, however we must keep an eye out for danger lurking on the horizon. To kick off the article, we should more clearly define the broad term of esports now. For betting companies, there are basically two types of …

Betta1 taps into BtoBet’s Neuron 3 in new partnership

BtoBet has strengthened its presence in the Zambian iGaming market after signing a new partnership with Betta1. Under the terms of the agreement, igned alongside BtoBet’s regional Certified Partner STM Gaming, BtoBet will power the Betta1 online brand with its Neuron 3 platform. “The African market is continuing to register strong shifts towards mobile,” commented …

Saxony-Anhalt sees no interest for GlüNeuRStv casino and poker licences

The Bundesländer of Saxony-Anhalt has published its ‘whitelist’ of operators that have been approved licences in accordance with the laws of GlüNeuRStv – Germany’s fourth interstate treaty on gambling. Saxony-Anhalt has been appointed to serve as the Bundesländer that will house German gambling’s new federal regulatory agency – Glücksspielbehörde. The GlüNeuRStv regime was formally launched …

Betway gains ‘prominent exposure’ in tennis sponsorship

Betway has agreed to sponsor the Stockholm Open, becoming the official betting partner of the tennis competition. Commencing on 6 November, following last year’s cancellation, the competition promises to give Betway association rights as well as ‘prominent’ courtside branding. Anthony Werkman, Betway’s CEO, commented on the sponsorship of the oldest Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) …

David Conde to ‘optimise customer acquisition’ as Real Luck Group’s data lead

Real Luck Group has appointed David Conde as its new Head of Data, with responsibilities ranging across the firm’s operations, including its esports and sports betting Luckbox subsidiary. Conde’s new position will see him oversee the group’s business intelligence efforts, in particular to optimise customer acquisition and retention campaigns, which Real Luck states is ‘on …