Category Archives: Betting

Last week Netflix announced it would be acquiring Warner Bros Discovery’s (WBD) film and TV studios, but several days later, Paramount swept in with a hostile cash offer. The takeover saga has got not just Hollywood talking, but marketing agencies, politicians and regulatory bodies. Guy Meyers, Senior Director, Customer Success (Global), Recurly, said: “The battle …

Sports betting solutions developer DATA.BET has completed yet another product launch as the firm moves to bring what has been a highly active 2025 to a close. The company announced a new ‘expanded and configurable’ Bet Boost earlier today, with the end goal of enhancing and strengthening operator performance and boosting player engagement. The Bet …

A French tennis player has been handed a 20-year suspension by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA). Quentin Folliot was found in breach of 27 regulations under the Tennis Anti-Corruption Program (TACP), allegedly part of a network of professional players operating on behalf of a match-fixing syndicate. With Folliot, this makes a total of six …

Pari Mutuel Urbain (PMU) has named Cyrille Giraudat its new CEO, tasked with accelerating the development of the group’s sportsbook and gaming ambitions to advance the group’s wider transformation goals. Giraudat will take leadership of PMU from January 2026, succeeding Emmanuelle Malecaze-Doublet, who stepped down earlier this year, with Christophe Curt having served as interim CEO. …

An illegal gambling den has been busted following two house searches by Swiss authorities. A joint operation by the Swiss Federal Casino Commission (ESBK) and police authorities led to two addresses being searched in St Gallen and Zürich, with multiple assets being seized as a result. Police uncovered two gambling rooms in Uznach, St Gallen, …

Pfizer‘s Sally Susman has become the latest senior hire at Flutter Entertainment, in a move indicative of the company’s increasing focus on the US markets. The NYSE/LSE gambling group announced that Susman had been appointed as a Non-Executive Director, due to commence the role on 29 May 2026. When looking at Susman’s background, there are …

Few leaders manage to turn a single year into a milestone that shapes both personal and corporate trajectory. For Tom Light, 2025 is exactly that.  Recently named to the 40 Under 40 list and leading FIRST – Best in Sports to win Sportsbook Platform of the Year at the SBC Awards, Light says that the momentum is …

Matchbook has confirmed to SBC News that it is working on a prediction market platform for launch in the UK and engineered for the acute pricing of British politics and entertainment markets. Bloomberg reported this week that Matchbook, the heritage betting exchange, has a “predictions market product under development”. The outlet reported that Matchbook planned …

International gambling conglomerate Superbet Group is rebranding to Super Technologies, or Super for short. The new brand identity, according to management, will be more closely aligned with the firm’s evolution and appetite for strengthening its global footprint through aggressive expansion. Hans-Holger Albrecht, Chairman of Super, said: “Super represents the natural step from a leading global …

In Chile, the  long-running conflit to regulate online gambling has returned to congressional debates, as independent Senator Karim Bianchi submits a new bill targeting the advertising and promotion of offshore betting platforms. The intervention comes as political and legal pressures mount on lawmakers to revive Chile’s side-lined Gambling Act, a reform effort that began with …