Category Archives: Betting

FATF lessens monitoring of South Africa and Nigeria

There’s been some good news for the gambling sector coming out of Africa, with Nigeria and South Africa taken off the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) grey list. The international FATF grey list includes jurisdictions that the watchdog sees at heightened risk of attracting criminal conduct due to weak anti-money laundering counter-terrorrist financing (CTF) policies. …

Spribe suspension shows Commission is turning attention to B2B firms

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has suspended the licence of Spribe OÜ, a Poland-headquartered casino games developer. The company held a software licence with the Commission, but the regulator states it has come across cases of ‘serious non-compliance’ with its hosting requirements. In short, it appears that Spribe has been carrying out casino game hosting …

Magnus Carlsen deal continues to underpin Betby’s growth strategy

Sports solutions firm Betby is further taking its partnership with international chess champion Magnus Carlsen into the next stage. The firm first partnered with Carlsen, a five-time World Chess Champion, in October last year, with the partnership being showcased across various platforms including trade shows. The next stage of the partnership will focus on some …

Entain partners DATA.BET for Baltics and Nordics esports push

Entain is strengthening its esports portfolio in its Baltic and Nordic markets, with a particular focus on Estonia, while esports betting volume continues to grow across both regions. The LSE gambling group has partnered with DATA.BET, a Czech-based B2B sports solutions firm with a speciality in covering esports markets. The firm will provide Entain with …

Will Dutch iGaming drama continue under the new government?

Things have become very interesting in the Netherlands in the wake of the latest Dutch election results. Snap elections appeared on the horizon after the previous coalition government fractured earlier in June as a result of Greet Wilders and his right-wing party PVV walking away. As a result, the latest polls revealed that PVV suffered …

Tax no killer blow for gambling but a deep cut for leadership

Halloween is nearly upon us, but for the leadership of Europe’s biggest gambling firms, it is not ghouls in the night disturbing their sleep but someone with far greater consequences… The taxman. Delegates who attended the SBC Summit Lisbon would have heard the topic of tax talked about extensively as the subject matter dominating all …

Simon Westbury: Tackling player protection with a full toolbox

Player protection is a complex and difficult topic in a world where regulations and customs differ across the globe. But working in plenty of countries and markets does offer operators a good bird’s-eye view of what works and what doesn’t when it comes to player safety and tackling problem gambling. There are tools that operators …

YouTube tightens controls on gambling and graphic video game content

YouTube has announced that it has updated its community guidelines to strengthen the protection of vulnerable audiences from gambling content and graphic video game violence. The video streaming platform will step up enforcement of its Community Guidelines to match new digital trends and industry standards for mature and regulated content from 17 November 2025.  Under …

Italy orders new licensees to declare principal domains by 13 November

Italy’s online gambling licensees must declare their principal domain for commercial activities by 13 November 2025, as the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) enforces a key measure of the country’s reorganised online gambling regime. The instruction, issued via a new circular by ADM’s Remote Gaming and Betting Office, signed by Antonio Giuliani, mandates …

Online gambling duty hike tabled in New Zealand 

A new draft provision to increase social funding from online gambling has been tabled in the New Zealand government. The bill to regulate the sector passed first hearing back in mid-July, reaching a Select Committee for a review. Hon Brooke van Velden, Minister of Internal Affairs, who is spearheading the initiative, has now drafted another …