Category Archives: Betting

SBC Summit’s Global Regulations track tackles gambling’s biggest regulatory shifts

From market launches and regulatory reviews to political battles, gambling markets across the globe are facing pivotal moments in their evolution. To help attendees navigate these changes, SBC Summit will feature a dedicated Global Regulations track. Taking place on Tuesday, 29 September 2026, the track will bring together operators, regulators, policymakers, legal experts, and compliance […]

Opposition party vows to liberalise Norway gambling

Norway’s monopoly on gambling was labeled as “contrary to all common sense” by one of the leading politicians in the opposition party. Himanshu Gulati, a senior member of the Progress Party (FRP), spoke at the annual conference of the Norwegian Trade Association of Online Gambling (NBO), where he laid out his arguments as to why […]

FeedConstruct nets yet another Latin American basketball partner

FeedConstruct is betting heavily on basketball this year, it seems, adding yet another tournament to its partnership portfolio. The SoftConstruct-owned sports data company has signed a global streaming and data rights deal with Equador’s Liga Básquet Pro. Latin America, and particularly Latin American baseball, has become a key focus for FeedConstruct this year, as partnerships […]

Is the UK’s under-16 social media ban a win for online bookmakers?

The accountability shift of the UK’s under-16 social media ban may favour UK gambling operators. The public narrative around messaging, promotion and targeting no longer focuses solely on bookmakers, but the wider platform being used. The Labour government and PM Keir Starmer have vowed to “give kids their childhood back” via a long anticipated ban […]

Logifuture launches virtual football product Zoom in Kenya through Betika partnership

Logifuture has partnered with Betika to launch its flagship 24/7 virtual football product, Zoom, in Kenya, marking the game’s debut in the market. The integration was rapidly rolled out and powered by Sportradar’s OneFeed. Zoom delivers more than 130,000 virtual football events every month across major leagues using RNG-based simulations and realistic match modelling, which […]

BGC CEO Grainne Hurst on politics, taxes and Google

SBC Leaders speaks to Betting & Gaming Council CEO Grainne Hurst about the impact of UK tax rises and the rising tide of challenges facing the gambling industry Grainne Hurst is a stronger character than many people probably realise – she needs to be. The Chief Executive officer of the Betting & Gaming Council spoke […]

BGC extends open invitation for black market dialogue to tech firms

Global tech companies like Meta and Google have been directly approached by Grainne Hurst, Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), with a request to join the gambling trade body in its battle against the black market.  In an open letter, the BGC and its members underscored that illegal gambling is […]