Category Archives: Betting

BetInvest: How live streaming is helping drive Quick Sports engagement

With the rise of mobile gambling, live streaming and in-play betting are anticipated to remain a major trend in 2022, according to representatives from BetInvest. Offering bettors the chance to wager on events as they unfold certainly drives engagement with sports fans. Players are no longer restricted to wagering on a game before it begins …

Sportradar adds three-year extension to ITF collaboration

Sportradar has extended its current partnership with the International Tennis Federation (ITF) with a focus on enhancing integrity measures and driving fan engagement. The data agreement between Sportradar and ITF, which will run for three more years, will enable the federation to deliver a number of ongoing integrity-led major projects, including the development of technology …

Euro market adjustments see Betsson anticipate a tougher 2021 landing

Betsson AB has maintained confidence in its sports betting operations, with revenue in the sector offsetting a decline in casino, whilst also lauding its acquisitions strategy but acknowledging hurdles in the newly regulated Dutch market. Publishing its Q3 trading update, the Nasdaq Stockholm registered group reported overall revenue of SEK 1,733.3 million, representing a 3% …

Lithuania authorities issue warnings over illegal remote betting sites

The Gaming Control Authority, part of the Ministry of Finance of Lithuania, has issued a warning to the country’s sports betting and gaming industry regarding illegal remote betting sites. Publishing an update today, the Authority notified the industry that ‘only properly licenced companies having special permission for this online betting operations in Lithuania. Under Lithuanian …

ANJ vows to use Consumer Code powers to penalise bet restrictions

l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) France’s unified gambling regulator, has warned licensed sportsbooks that player bets cannot be refused, restricted, or limited ‘without legitimate reasoning’. The warning follows a raise in player complaints made against online sportsbooks, registered by national gambling ombudsman Games Mediator – that cited ‘a rising 17% of complaints’ had been against …

Betsson withdraws Lindwall CEO exit as headwinds loom

The board of Betsson AB has withdrawn its decision to replace Pontus Lindwall as Group CEO. The decision follows a consideration of the Stockholm-listed group’s ‘near-to-mid future priorities’, made in light of Betsson’s unexpected failure to secure a Dutch KOA online gambling regime licence and to help further execute new market expansion projects in the …

Racing Post and SIS announce betting’s 8 frontline champions

The Racing Post and Sports Information Services (SIS) have announced the eight winners of ‘The Betting Shop Champions Awards’. The one-off awards were launched by Racing Post and SIS this summer to recognise the momentous efforts of individuals working in betting’s frontline during the sector’s most challenging work period. Betting Shop Champions were selected from …

BGC seeks new Comms lead as Schofield returns to politics beat

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) requires a new Director of Communications, following the departure of Kevin Schofield as the trade body’s media and public-relations lead. A 25-year politics journalist, Schofield had joined the BGC at the beginning of 2020, as the trade body began its mandate to become ‘the single representative voice’ of the …

Former Paddy Power Directors call for regulatory changes as Ireland legislates

Former Paddy Power Chief Executive Stewart Kenny and Chairman Fintan Drury have called for changes to oversight of the betting and gaming industry in Ireland, as the country moves forward with legislation to introduce an industry regulator. As reported by The Times, the duo – along with Ian Armitage, the former director of the now …