Category Archives: Betting

Entain: UK fans back Les Bleus ahead of EURO 2020

Entain anticipates that more than three million people will place bets on EURO 2020, with almost half of UK fans backing France to be the tournament’s winners. Ahead of the tournament starting tomorrow, Entain – the operating firm heritage bookmakers’ Ladbrokes and Coral – has revealed that its UK customers have placed the most bets …

Norwich City terminates BK8 shirt sponsorship

Norwich City has this morning announced that it has terminated its principal sponsorship with Asian facing bookmaker BK8 Sports. The sponsorship, which was confirmed on Monday, had been met with widespread criticism by fans of the club, who had uncovered ‘sexually provocative’ social media marketing campaigns published across BK8’s channels. Issuing a morning statement, Norwich …

UKGC appoints Andrew Rhodes as Interim CEO ahead of government probe

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has confirmed the appointment of Andrew Rhodes as its new Interim Chief Executive. Rhodes will replace Sarah Gardner as the acting CEO of the Commission. Gardner took leadership of the regulator following the abrupt departure of Neil McArthur last March in light of regulatory failings surrounding high profile collapse of …

NSoft: All eyes on Brazil – the largest market potential in Latin America

NSoft’s long-term retail experience will become an invaluable asset for betting and gaming operators eyeing the biggest emerging markets in Latin America (LatAm) including Brazil. That’s because of the established retail preferences of its players, said NSoft’s Regional Sales Manager Carlos Vargas, who provided SBC News with the following analysis of the strengths which characterise …

BETER: Extending the reach of ESportsBattle

Even though esports is still in a formative phase, the market is snowballing – having become the ‘sport of choice’ for operators throughout the coronavirus pandemic.  For BETER, the increased interest in esports presented a myriad of new opportunities to expand the reach of ESportsBattle. Let the ESportsBattle commence The ESportsBattle platform is powered by …

Treatment expert Dr Mark Griffiths backs Allwyn as next steward of the National Lottery

Renowned academic, Dr Mark Griffiths an expert in addictive behaviours and treatment of problem gambling disorders, has joined the advisory board of Allwyn – the UK enterprise of Czech gambling conglomerate SAZKA Group seeking to become the next steward of the National Lottery. Griffiths who leads the Behavioural Addiction unit at Nottingham Trent University, will …

Smarkets supercharged by new Susquehanna investment

 Smarkets has entered a new enterprise and innovation phase, having completed a Series-B funding round securing a new majority investment from Susquehanna Growth Equity (SGE). The transaction marks the first capital raise by Smarkets since the firm’s inception in 2008, which saw it raise to £3.8 million seeking to establish itself as a leading online …

Supplier Watch: Turkey to trouble the Euro 2020 favourites

Two of the leading suppliers to the igaming industry have picked Turkey as a team to watch ahead of their Euro 2020 opener against Italy in Rome on Friday. As a follow up to this exclusive roundtable on fan engagement, player acquisition and the impact of home advantage on pricing, we put our interviewees on …

SoftSwiss enhances sportsbook solution with bonus features

SoftSwiss has added three new bonus bet features to its sportsbook solution which the supplier believes will “further diversify the sports betting experience for all players”. The new features, which have been added just in time for Euro 2020 and Copa América, will take three formats: no-risk free bet, AllWin free bet and OnlyWin free …

Kambi completes sportsbook makeover of Belgium Scooore

In time for Euro 2020’s tournament kick-off, Belgium’s Loterie Nationale has relaunched its flagship ‘Scooore’ sportsbook property, following an overhaul of the brand’s core operating systems led by Kambi Group and TG LAB.  Last Autumn, Loterie Nationale – the operating firm of Belgium National Lottery – announced that it had selected Kambi and TG LAB …