Category Archives: Betting

BetitRIght performance drives Sporting Risk in-play development plans

C&N Sporting Risk has detailed confidence in the continued strong performance of its BetitRight bet-prompt and in-play service, as the company maintains plans for further development of its in-play offering. A greater enhancement of the firm’s in-play focus has been motivated by a strong performance for the BetitRight product, with Sporting Risk primarily pointing to …

DCMS opens hearings on National Lottery funding and conduct  performance 

DCMS will host its first committee hearing as a key assessment of the National Lottery’s license competition on Tuesday 30 November.  The hearing, hosted under the domain of “What Next for the National Lottery?” – will receive oral evidence on the performance of Camelot UK as the steward of the National Lottery raising funds for …

Cobra Casino completes SOFTSWISS Sportsbook integration

Cobra Casino, an operator already running on the SOFTSWISS Online Casino Platform, has rolled out a sportsbook solution for its players via the same provider. The SOFTSWISS Sportsbook offers 1,200 betting markets across 22,000+ live events each month, covering over 180 sports including esports.  Integration of the sportsbook platform, confirmed both parties, was “quick and …

ANJ warns of underage gambling exposures with Mon Quotidien 

ANJ – France’s unified gambling regulator – has partnered with children’s news journal Mon Quotidien to publish ‘Jeux d’argent et protection des mineurs’ (‘Gambling and the Protection of Minors’).  The special edition of Mon Quotidien sees ANJ launch its first education-specific campaign targeting children aged 10-to-14, whilst further raising awareness of gambling behaviours amongst families …

Aspire Global reports strong performance for BtoBet client Bettarget.com

Aspire Global has reported ‘major success’ for Bettarget.com during the operator’s first three-months leveraging the former’s BtoBet platform to enhance its sportsbook offering. The Nasdaq Stockholm-listed B2B betting and gaming provider has been supplying Bettarget with services via its BtoBet unit with a specific focus on sports betting operations in the UK and Irish markets.  …

Better Collective Spotlight: Taking the safer gambling conversation to the next level

For November’s Better Collective Spotlight, we delve into the world of social responsibility and some of the initiatives that the Danish sports media publisher has introduced to tackle problem gambling behaviour. Following on from Safer Gambling Week (SGW), which took place from 1 – 7 November, Esben Skou Vinther (pictured below), Senior Director for Group …

Winning Post: Anti gambling lobby makes bold move for Boris full attention

Regulus Partners observes a week of bold anti-gambling lobby plays carried out in Commons, the House of Lords and UK media – undertaken to ensure that PM Boris Johnson maintains his election pledge to drastically reform the UK gambling sector. The heat on gambling was turned up again this week as the Peers for Gambling …

Spelinspektionen reveals Swedish sales increase of 5%

Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Inspectorate, has detailed a 5% year-on-year increase in the number of betting and gaming sales in the country during Q3 2021. Publishing the preliminary sales figures for the third quarter of the year (players’ contributions minus winnings paid out), the authority updated that gaming companies with a Swedish licence – there …

Government backs PSTI safeguards to end use of default passwords

Gambling leadership has been alerted to the government-backed Product Security and Telecommunications Infrastructure (PSTI) Bill – which aims to safeguard the use of smart devices. Drafted by DCMS, the legislation will allow the government to ban universal default passwords and force firms to be transparent to customers about what they are doing to fix security …