Category Archives: Betting

Duncan Garvie, Founder of gambling harm tool BetBlocker, has welcomed Monica Shafaq as the new Director of Strategy and Partnerships. Shafaq carries a comprehensive career experience when it comes to problem gambling, having previously held the Chief Executive Officer position at Gordon Moody, a prominent UK charity specialising in gambling harm treatment. She’s also a […]

Punters are getting behind their national teams across various nations during this year’s World Cup, but with one big outlier – England. Patriotic betting is a regular feature of World Cup trading, as shown by data released by the likes of Entain ahead of successive World Cups and European Championships and by trading on exchanges […]

Giovanni Malagò and Giancarlo Abete, the two candidates seeking the presidency of Italian football, have outlined rival plans to modernise the governance and structure of the national game. The duo are vying to win the election for the presidency of Italian Football Federation (FIGC) on 22 June, but both agree that football should receive a […]

Anton Eshtokin, Chief Marketing Officer at Boomerang Partners, looks at why planning matters now more than ever in ensuring a long-lasting performance following the FIFA World Cup. The FIFA World Cup 2026 has not started yet, but affiliate marketing is already moving around it. For sports-focused teams, a tournament of this scale is closer to […]

The UK’s Department of Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has a new Director of Sport and Gambling. Emma Floyd took to LinkedIn earlier today, 8 June, announcing that she has been selected to take over the role after her predecessor Ben Dean moved to a new Cabinet role in early 2026. It is unclear at […]

Sportradar, one of the world’s biggest sportstech companies, has put its money where its mouth is by partnering with Kalshi, one of the two biggest prediction market platforms globally. The global deal comes after months of speculation that Sportradar was going to launch in the predictions space, having already built up a considerable foothold in […]

Germany’s Interstate gambling regime faces a potential loss in betting turnover to unregulated operators of €300m-to-€400m during the FIFA World Cup. The estimate has been put forward by Deutscher Sportwettenverband (DSWV), the trade association of Germany’s licensed online sportsbooks, which has once again called on regulators and Bundesländer to recognise the structural deficiencies within the […]

BETBY has entered a partnership with gaming platform BC.GAME that will see the former adopting the latter’s rewards model powered by the $BC token. BC.GAME first launched its BC Engine back in April in an effort to push the $BC token further than a traditional promotions feature. The token is now a core component for […]

International gaming company 1xBet continues to court African markets, with the company’s focus increasingly turning to responsible gaming activity. The online bookmaker has been active in markets like Nigeria for many years, having secured a five-year licence in the West African nation back in 2021. In 2026, the company continues to see African betting markets […]