Category Archives: Betting

UKGC orders Maple International Ventures to pay £360,000

Maple International Ventures has been ordered to pay £360,000 after the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) uncovered failings in the operator’s approach to social responsibility and anti-money laundering. The settlement, announced this week, requires Maple – which runs the online betting and casino site Lottomart.com – to pay the full amount to socially responsible causes. Failings and …

Live coverage of SBC Summit Lisbon: Day 2

The SBC Media team is out in force at SBC Summit this week. Live from Lisbon, the SBC News, iGaming Expert, SBC Amercas and Payment Expert teams are on site and will keep you updated with the major happenings across “the Greatest Show in Gaming”. Keep checking back throughout the week with insights from the floor, comments from speaker and the breaking news coming out …

FDJ United extends PSG partnership until 2028

FDJ United has confirmed it will remain a partner of Paris Saint-Germain until 2028, keeping its ParionsSport Point de Vente brand closely connected to the French champions. The agreement will see the operator’s betting kiosks stay inside the Parc des Princes and continue to feature on stadium advertising boards. FDJ will also be able to …

Antonia Svensson takes charge of commercial operations at Relax Gaming

Relax Gaming has appointed Antonia Svensson as its new Chief Commercial Officer. She will be based at the company’s headquarters in Malta and take charge of commercial operations across the group. Svensson brings more than a decade of experience in the industry. Her career began at payments provider Trustly, followed by a senior commercial role …

B2B activity heating up in Italian betting market

The Italian gambling market is entering a new era, one which has caught the attention of some of the global industry’s biggest betting and casino companies. This has, understandably, also captured the interest of the various B2B firms which make their living selling solutions and services to customer-facing operators. Indicative of this is a deal …

Live from the floor of SBC Summit Lisbon: Day 1

The SBC Media team is out in force at SBC Summit this week. Live from Lisbon, the SBC News, iGaming Expert, SBC Amercas and Payment Expert teams are on site and will keep you updated with the major happenings across the Greatest Show in Gaming. The team on site today includes Ted Orme-Clay, Viktor Kayed, …

Why fully native apps are now critical to LatAm success

Ulrik Restorp, SVP of Product at Shape Games, explores the opportunities and advantages fully native applications can unlock for operators throughout Latin America. The rise of regulated sports betting throughout Latin America has opened a vast sea of opportunity for the sports betting industry as local operators and international brands vie for market share. There …

Dutch affiliates stand on quality as KVA unveils new website

In the Netherlands, the Responsible Affiliates Quality Mark (KVA) has unveiled its new website to strengthen its position as the “trusted seal in the Dutch online gambling market for national consumers”. KVA was founded as an affiliate association in 2021 to coincide with the launch of the Netherlands’ Remote Gambling Act (KOA). Its membership follows …

Better Collective makes NFL play as season gets underway

The 2025 NFL season kicked off last week and various stakeholders in the betting and gaming space are scrambling to get in on the action, the latest being Better Collective. The company, based in Denmark but active internationally, has launched a new AI-backed betting solution, taking it live in the US first – a logical …

GamCare has faith in gambling debt service as calls for reform mount

British charity GamCare has expressed confidence in the contribution its Money Guidance Service (MGS) makes as part of its wider gambling harm treatment programmes. The charity first launched the MGS back in 2022 with pilots in the East Midlands and Yorkshire & the Humber regions of England, as a response to demands for financial advice. …