Category Archives: Betting

Slotegrator appoints Olga Ivanchik as COO as online casino faces critical juncture

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 African government hints at lifting iGaming ban

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 …

Exc: BETBY to bring Carlsen, Nakamura and GothamChess to ICE

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 …

FIRST: building localised sportsbooks from the ground up

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 to support global eSports integrity monitoring

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 …

University of Bristol researchers make another gambling advertising complaint

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 …

Entain and Evoke stocks take a hit as gambling tax raises announced

Gambling tax hikes were confirmed today prior to Rachel Reeves, Chancellor of the Exchequer, delivering her budget announcement in the House of Commons, and some of the industry’s biggest players have already felt an impact. The Office for Budget Responsibility‘s (OBR) forecast report, usually published following the Chancellor’s address to the Commons, was leaked this …

First ads detected in Google’s AI Overviews and AI Mode

Google is beginning to show ads inside search results across AI Overviews and AI Mode. This signals a major shift in how the tech giant is merging sponsored content with AI-generated answers, which could reshape the search experience for marketers. Adthena, an AI search intelligence platform, has been the first to detect signs of Google’s …