Category Archives: Betting

Gambling sponsorships halve as clubs meet social responsibility demands

Professional sports clubs are increasingly turning away from sponsorship agreements with betting and gaming companies, as the construction and engineering, automotive and financial services sectors increase their market share. According to the latest figures from Caytoo, the gambling industry accounts for 8.1% of all sponsorships across football, rugby and cricket. Holding the top spot two …

Night time economy restrictions continue to hinder Rank Group performance

A lack of international tourism and restrictions on London’s night time economy have put a dampener on Rank Group’s performance according to a trading update published by the company. While current trading is “in line with management expectations”, Rank highlighted a disparity between its Grosvenor Casinos based outside of London and those within the capital …

Novibet strengthens global market position with Microsoft Azure

Novibet is taking its partnership with Microsoft Azure ‘to the next level’, which the operator believes will help strengthen its global market position. Having first made the transition to Azure in March, Novibet explained that Microsoft has helped guide the company’s digital transformation. Sotiris Haritos, Novibet Chief Technology Officer, said: “Our target for moving to …

FATF greylisting has little impact on Malta ratings

The greylisting of Malta by the the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has had no immediate impact on the island’s ratings or those of its domestic rated banks, according to Fitch Ratings. However, the firm did acknowledge that the greylisting demonstrates structural weaknesses in Malta’s anti-money laundering infrastructure, and the Mediterranean territory will be required …

Statscore renews ‘key partnership’ with Polish football’s second tier

Statescore has extended its partnership with the Polish second tier Fortuna 1. Liga for a further two years, continuing to provide sports data solutions, match centres and statistical visualisations for the league and its clubs. First initiated in 2020, the partnership has seen Statscore Scouts operate directly from the league’s venues, collecting information on various …

Intralot renegotiates fiscal duties to help drive Sokratis’ US vision

Sokratis Kokkalis, founder and chief executive of Intralot SPA, has underscored the technology group’s ‘business priority’ to bolster and accelerate all North American units, services and customer contracts.     Having retaken leadership of the Athens-listed group last November, Kokkalis presented Intralot’s new strategic vision to investors at the firm’s AGM on Tuesday 29 June. Despite facing …

‘Fakta om spel’ site launched to ‘increase awareness’ about Swedish market

The ‘Fakta om Spel’ (Facts about Gambling) website has been launched by four of Sweden’s largest operators, with the aim of increasing awareness of the country’s gambling market. First announced last month and developed in cooperation with BOS, the Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling, the new website has the backing of Betsson, Kindred Group, …

Betinvest secures RNG approval to unlock new markets

Betinvest has moved forward to unlock new global markets, having received approval of its RNG from Gaming Laboratories International. The certification will allow Betinvest to launch its products in jurisdictions requiring a certain level of technical standard and compliance, such as Romania – where the firm already maintains a B2B licence – Croatia and Curaçao. …

Italian eyes on ADM’s judgement call on future concessions and licensing 

Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency (ADM) has confirmed that sports betting concessions will be extended until 31 October.  The decision was authorised following an ‘in-depth assessment’ taken by the Ministry of the Economy to ‘apply a reprieve’ on betting licences that were due to expire at the end of June. Last year, at the peak …

Spotlight Sports integrates Crossword’s Rizikon to boost supplier management

Spotlight Sports Group has implemented Crossword Cybersecurity’s Rizikon Pro, a supplier assurance and third party risk management platform for SMEs. The integration of the system has enabled Spotlight Sports to halve the time spent on supplier management, gain better visibility of its supplier risk and cut the costs of maintaining its ISO 27001 Information Security …