Category Archives: Betting

Oddin.gg Building a profitable esports betting product from the ground up

Marek Suchar, co-founder and Managing Director at Oddin.gg, outlines the exact nuances an operator must get right in order to have a successful esports betting offering. Suchar also outlines the spoils on offer for those operators who can successfully navigate this fast-growing vertical. You wouldn’t build a stadium without solid foundations, lighting and seating. Yet …

Simon Westbury, 1xBet: operators require more regulator dialogue for effective player protection

As regulated markets become more ubiquitous across the globe, there has been an increased focus on player protection measures. Operators are under more and more pressure to put all guardrails in place to ensure players don’t fall into problematic patterns. But that is a challenge becoming increasingly difficult without effective and constructive dialogue with regulators, …

Brazil Bets tax increase to be modified to a retroactive tax model

SBC Noticias – Brasil’s Ana Maria Meneses reports that the Brazil Bets tax increase has changed course at the last minute, as the rapporteur seeks to apply retroactive taxes on pre-regulated operators. In a surprise move for all stakeholders, Brazil’s provisional measure outlining tax increases for the country’s ‘Bets’ betting and gaming market has been …

Brazil approves footvolley & altinha as pro-sports for Bets investment

The Senate of Brazil has officially recognised Futevôlei (footvolley) and Altinha (keepy up) as professional sports. The move is viewed to deepen sports opportunities and unlock public/private investment while paving the way for regulated betting markets around the two disciplines. The Senate’s Sports Committee (CEsp) approved Bills No. 423/2025 and 434/2025, authored by Senator Romário …

Estonia told that AML safety comes before gambling tax breaks

The Ministry of Finance of Estonia has declared that it will consider all economic risk elements before its signs-off on any tax cuts granted for online gambling. The statement follows a recent assessment by the Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU), which reported a growing number of anti–money laundering (AML) incidents linked to gambling operators, particularly those …

BETBY becomes esports integrity partner of ESIC

BETBY has become a Tier One anti-corruption partner of the Esports Integrity Commission (ESIC). The sportsbook solutions provider is now part of ESIC’s Anti-Corruption Supporter programme that unites betting operators and industry stakeholders in their efforts to detect, analyse, and investigate suspicious betting activity to protect the integrity of esports. Often this integrity is directly …

Maarten Haijer, EGBA: Is Euro gambling harmonisation possible?

European regulators need a clear vision to progress their markets, and some are still lacking behind, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has said. This was said by Maarten Haijer, Secretary General of the EGBA, who sat down with SBC News in Lisbon last month to discuss the current gambling landscape across Europe. Going …

Soft2Bet: bringing social betting experiences to Romania with Swiper

Alex Gitsik, CMO of Soft2Bet, chats to SBC news amid the launch of Swiper, the company’s social and mobile first online casino and sportsbook, to the Romanian market. Why have you chosen Romania to launch this new style of online casino? Recent data suggest that 94% of the Romanian population has internet access, with the …

Soft2Bet unveils new social media-gambling hybrid in Romania

A new generation of gambling has swept the Romanian market thanks to Soft2Bet and its gambling-social media platform hybrid Swiper. Mobile-first, the offering combines social media-style swiping with iGaming and online betting that allows players to browse and choose their favourite games through an innovative UX experience. A new generation of product tailored for a …

Dutch politics rekindle gambling reforms fire

Arno Rutte, the Dutch State Secretary for Justice and Security, has continued the Netherlands’ online gambling path towards reform by putting forward a list of evidence-based research to the Kamer (Parliament). Previously worked on by Teun Struycken, Secretary for Legal Protections, the reforms to the Netherlands online gambling framework under the KOA Act were dropped …