Category Archives: Betting

Brazilian sports gaming brand Rei do Pitaco (RDP) is eyeing up an expansion of its prospects in the local sports betting market. The firm has partnered with DATA.BET, an international B2B solutions firm specialising in betting solutions, particularly around esports, to support its ambitions. Esports betting is hugely popular in Brazil, with esports in general …

Online casino and sportsbook platform Slotegrator has appointed Olga Ivanchik as its new Chief Operating Officer, at a time of significant change in the international casino and casino aggregation space. Ivanchik has been assigned several core tasks, namely cutting time-to-launch for operators, integrating Slotegrator’s ESG strategy and responsible gaming standards, deepening market localisation and segmentation, …

South Africa has proposed a tax amendment that might be signalling the upcoming introduction of long-forgotten reforms. First and foremost, the proposal ponders the idea of introducing a unified online gambling tax to improve cross-country compliance. This is to avoid the practice of provinces competing with each other on the headline level of taxes in …

Riten Gohil, Digital ID, fraud and AML evangelist at Signicat, writes for SBC News regarding the importance of a truly holistic customer view.  The gaming industry has long wrestled with the challenge of balancing growth with responsibility. As customer engagement is totally focused on digital channels, so too is the complexity of ensuring that operators …

SBC News understands that BETBY is planning an ambitious activation at ICE in January featuring its high profile global brand ambassador Magnus Carlsen alongside other global elite chess talent and digital creators. Marketing material viewed by SBC News indicates that BETBY’s recent partnership with Magnus Carlsen may soon expand into a broader chess-centric initiative featuring renowned …

Tom Light, CEO of FIRST, tells SBC News that platforms must be specifically tailored and built for the specific region that operators are in.  Light notes that as a global supplier of sportsbook technology, FIRST is focused on localising its product for each region, and offers a whistle-stop-tour of the provider’s global operations and how …

Stake has been welcomed as the latest member of the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC). The iGaming and sportsbook operator will serve as a tier one anti-corruption partner tasked with  promoting fair competition and strengthening integrity frameworks across the eSports betting market. Furthermore, Stake’s role will aid ESIC with its integrity monitoring efforts to ensure that …

The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against yet another bookmaker social media advert, with the complaint lodged by an educational institution many gaming stakeholders will be becoming familiar with. A researcher from the University of Bristol filed a complaint against a social media post from online bookmaker challenger brand Midnite, questioning whether the advert …