Category Archives: Betting

Jdigital bolsters integrity training as sports corruption is placed at forefront of Spanish reforms

Jdigital, Spain’s online gambling trade association, has shared knowledge and insights on match-fixing and sports corruption with the National Police Department. This week in Barcelona, Jorge Hinojosa, Director General of Jdigital, participated in a series of workshops organised by the Training & Development unit of Spain’s police department.  Jdigital’s workshops aim to strengthen the training …

Smarkets appoints Crawford and Thiercelin as People & Product leaders 

Smarkets has reorganised its executive leadership team following a series of internal promotions and new hires, bolstering the day-to-day management of its organisation.  Former Communications Officer Celine Crawford has been promoted to the c-level leadership role of Chief People Officer (CPO). Recognised as a ‘proven talent’, Crawford has served as Smarkets communications lead since 2015, …

Swedish Administrative Court upholds penalties against operators

Following deliberations, the Administrative Court in Linköping, Sweden, has rejected appeals from three separate operators. Online casino providers Casinostugan, ComeOn and Snabbare, were appealing to the court to overturn fines levied against them for duty of care failures, and each case was rejected ‘in their entirety’ by the court on 28 April. A fourth firm, …

PandaScore: How game literacy requirements impact barrier to entry in esports and betting

With interest in esports as a betting product continuing to rise, Oliver Niner, PandaScore’s Head of Sales, highlights the importance of simplicity when promoting the market to the general consumer.  To read Oliver Niner’s interview with SBC about the distribution, consumption and operation of esports betting products, click here. Esports has seen consistent growth year-on-year, …

Parimatch secures double objectives with Prague office opening

Parimatch Tech has opened a new European hub in Prague, as it seeks to continue its international expansion whilst also providing a working environment for its Ukrainian colleagues.  The international gaming technology group’s new office was opened on 1 May, and whilst the firm’s current objective is to provide a ‘stable and familiar’ working environment …

Saxony Anhalt awards first slots licence as GlüNeuRStv woes widen  

Saxony Anhalt’s Ministry of the Interior and Sports has named the first recipient of a licence to operate online slots under Germany’s Fourth Interstate Gambling Treaty (GlüNeuRStv) regime.  Updating its ‘white list’, the Bundesländer of Saxony-Anhalt that serves as the interim regulator of the GlüNeuRStv regime, named Mernov Betriebsgesellschaft MBH as the first operator to …

888sport renews UK and Ireland-facing NFL partnership

888sport has provided another boost to its sports marketing in the UK and Ireland, renewing its regional agreement with the National Football League (NFL). The contract extension will see 888Holdings wagering brand continue as the NFL’s sports betting partner in the UK and Irish markets until 2025, with the arrangement having been in place for …

Brazil reforms working group to implement gambling laws against a tight timetable 

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has reinstated a ‘working group’ to ensure that a new regulatory regime is approved to adopt and regulate new gambling laws.   Brasil Socialist Party deputy member Felipe Carrera will lead the working group, reporting developments to Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco. The group is reported to have reinitiated meetings this week to …

AllSported goes private to pursue ‘aggressive growth strategy’

Racing Post, Banach and TXODDS’s horseracing solution, AllSported, has been taken private following what is being described as a ‘substantial investment’.  The financial injection in the former three-way venture will be used to support an ‘aggressive’ growth strategy, facilitated by the new ownership that increases agility for the one-stop platform’s product development. Taking full control …

BGC lauds industry’s efforts as Commission reports 0.2% problem gambling rate

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has revealed that the country’s problem gambling rate has dropped for another year to 0.2%, prompting the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) to praise the industry’s efforts.  Issuing an update, the UKGC demonstrated that problem gambling rates had consistently fallen year-on-year from 2020 onwards, with the March 2020 figure standing …