Category Archives: Betting

Gambling trade bodies in the UK have pleaded with the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) to rethink the financial risk assessments (FRAs) in order to prevent tens of thousands of punters from tapping out of the regulated gambling market. As part of the 2023 Gambling Act Review White Paper, the UKGC is in the process of […]

Fortuna Entertainment Group (FEG) has entered the Baltic market through the acquisition of a 70% stake in Lithuania’s leading iGaming operator TOPsport. The transaction, backed by FEG’s parent company Penta Investments, represents one of the largest foreign investments in Lithuania in recent years and highlights the Czechia-based firm’s ambitions to strengthen its regional footprint. It […]

Yet another legal layer has been added to the conversations around Malta’s Bill 55 in the form of a Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) Advocate General opinion. While not directly referring to Article 56A of Malta’s Gaming Act, commonly referred to as Bill 55, Advocate General Nicholas Emiliou’s opinion relates to the […]

With the 2026 World Cup on the horizon, SBC Summit Malta will put sports betting strategy front and centre, helping the industry gear up for one of the biggest moments in the global betting calendar. Taking place from 29 to 30 April, the event’s two-day conference programme will bring together 6,000 industry professionals to explore […]

Sports betting solutions company GR8 Tech is preparing for an anticipated boom in betting during the World Cup later this year. The firm, which supplies sportsbook and iGaming solutions to operators globally, has initiated some platform-wide upgrades ahead of the World Cup. Updates have been made across its sportsbook platform, engagement and retention solutions, as […]

Estonia is clearing up stumbling blocks affecting its ambitions to become a new iGaming hub, with a long-serving adviser of the Riigikogu Chancellery recently dismissed. The country is in the process of reducing its remote gambling tax to 4%, but a clerical error in the Gambling Tax Act, which passed in December, will cost Estonia around […]

Spelinspektionen, the Gambling Inspectorate of Sweden, has entered a new era of governance as Madelaine Tunudd is appointed Chair of the Board. The Vice Chair of the Inspectorate since 2019, Tunudd succeeds Claes Norgren, who retired from the role on 16 March. Tunudd became Chair effective 17 March. A former judge of the Administrative Court […]

Gaming software developer SOFTSWISS has announced another product in what is shaping up to be a very active year for the company. The Malta-headquartered firm announced a new solution today, the Partner API Tester, a self-service testing tool for its sports betting API, Sportsbook Partner API 2.0. According to SOFTSWISS, the solution has been developed […]

FeedConstruct has continued to expand its global footprint after acquiring the worldwide exclusive data and streaming betting rights to the East Asia Super League (EASL).  In what has been described as a ‘landmark multi-year agreement’, FeedConstruct will begin supplying exclusive data and streaming betting services with immediate effect, and will continue to do so throughout […]