Category Archives: Betting

The 2025/26 Premier League season left a lot to talk about, and not just limited to Arsenal’s first title in 22 years or Tottenham Hotspur’s relegation battle – sorry to rub salt in there, Spurs fans… For bookmakers, the tournament proved to be the usual nine months of intense trading that we’ve come to expect, […]

Pix, digital wallets, and embedded finance are forcing Latin America’s gaming industry into a new phase of competition. With operators increasingly judged on payment experience as much as product offering,SBC Summit Americas will explore the new reality through its “LATAM Payments & Tech” track.  Taking place on Wednesday, June 10, at the Broward County Convention […]

Åland-based operator Paf delivered record financial results in 2025, as revenue rose 12% year-on-year to €214.5m from €191.7m. Profit climbed to €57.2m (2024: €54.3m) in what was the strongest financial performance in the company’s history. The operator also crossed a major long-term milestone, announcing that total distributions for the benefit of society have now exceeded […]

Belgium’s Gaming Commission, the Kansspelcommissie, has fired a fresh warning shot at operators ahead of the upcoming 2026 FIFA World Cup. The Commission has signalled that it will aggressively police bonus offers, advertising activity and football-related sponsorship exposure during one of the industry’s busiest periods of the year. In a strongly worded reminder to the […]

This week saw three big sponsorship moves, ones which are going to make this edition of Sponsorship Spotlight a tough one to judge as a trio of betting’s heavy hitters add some serious power to their marketing portfolios. Close to home, UK taxes may be biting into the British marketing budget, but this has not […]

GamCare has appointed Chris Thornton as its new Director of Operations, strengthening its executive leadership at a time of rising demand for gambling harm support services across the UK. Thornton will take responsibility for the delivery and performance of GamCare’s national and regional services, including the National Gambling Helpline, and will join the organisation’s Executive […]

Crystal Palace has become the latest Premier League club to secure a new front-of-shirt sponsor ahead of the Premier League’s incoming voluntary ban on gambling companies. The Eagles have confirmed a deal with US-based AI firm Temporal, which will replace current front-of shirt sponsor NET88 from the 2026/27 season.  It follows AFC Bournemouth’s agreement to […]

Well, they did it. Arsenal and Aston Villa ended their decades-long respective droughts, the former winning their first Premier League title since 2004 and the latter claiming the Europa League, their first European title since 1982. For bookmakers, the 2025/26 Premier League season has been a big one from a trading perspective, with Arsenal and […]

Lithuania has reaffirmed the use of ‘mandatory player cards’ as the cornerstone reform of its overhaul of gambling laws to be fully implemented by 2029 An appraisal was provided to SBC News by the Gambling Control Authority of Lithuania that the mechanism was viewed as a new central control passed due to amendments to the […]

The Gambling Commission has confirmed to SBC News that a decision on whether to press ahead with Financial Risk Assessments (FRAs) has not been made. A meeting was held today (21 May), during which the regulator considered the next steps on rolling out FRAs – the more extensive of the two levels of affordability solution […]