Category Archives: Betting

France’s online gambling sector has registered a record turnover of €617 million, as the public engaged with May and June’s Roland Garros (tennis) and the UEFA Euro 2020 Championships.  The turnover results represent the ‘highest level of activity’ recorded by the French online gambling sector since the ‘opening of the French marketplace in 2010’ – …

Releasing their fourth annual joint report, Stats Perform Integrity and Starlizard Integrity Services identified a reduction in the number of suspicious football matches during 2020. Marking the third successive year that the proportion of suspicious matches has fallen, the investigators identified 217 matches in 2020 as suspicious – 0.35% of the 61,296 matches analysed – …

Sports betting software and online gaming supplier Playtech is set to be purchased by Australian-listed gaming manufacturer Aristocrat Leisure, which has announced a cash offer of £2.1 billion for the European firm. Aristocrat aims to leverage the company to boost its revenues, ‘operate and innovate’ in the European market through the acquisition’s Snaitech division, reach …

Donald Trump has been given a 20% chance of making a return to the White House in 2024, with Smarkets prices indicating that the former President is already “way ahead in the race to be the Republican nominee”. Having fallen to a low of 3% following the storming of Congress back in January, Trump has …

Launching a new consultation on its Revised Audit Service Provider Guidelines, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has invited betting and gaming operators, service providers and wider interest groups to comment. Running until 11 November 2021, the consultation will seek feedback from gaming incumbents relating to the amendments introduced in the MGA’s audit guidelines, as well …