Category Archives: Betting

Altenar strikes deal with ‘regional heavyweight’ Vinnare in Colombia

Altenar has secured a commercial partnership in the Latin American market, supporting Vinnare Group sportsbook operations in the Colombian betting sector. The sports betting and igaming platform provider will provide its sportsbook solution to Vinnare, which it has lauded as a ‘regional heavyweight’ in Colombia, having been active in the country since 2019 and gaining …

Brigid Simmonds: Statutory RET levy threatens the development of the UK’s mature treatment support network   

Brigid Simmonds (OBE), Chair of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), has warned the government against radically alerting UK gambling’s RET (research, education and treatment) duties ahead of the of publication of the White Paper on industry reforms.  Writing an open editorial on Conservative Home, the central news source of the Conservative Party, Simmonds acknowledged …

Esports Technologies rebrands as EBET to reflect multi-product vision

In a bid to better reflect its corporate mission and the young demographic audience it targets, Esports Technologies has rebranded as EBET. The new corporate identity has been chosen to showcase the company’s expanded services, which now includes traditional sports and casino games alongside its flagship esports offering.  Additionally, the firm has also stated the …

UKGC: National Lottery good causes funds fall 11% in latest quarter

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has revealed that the National Lottery’s Good Causes funding in Q4 fell in comparison to the previous quarter and last year.  Publishing an update on its website, the Commission showed that the total raised for good causes in Q4 (January-March 2022), was £491.3 million. This represented a decline of 3.4% …

O’Loughlin addresses ‘evolving needs’ of irish horseracing as new CEO

The Irish Horseracing Regulatory Board (IHRB) has appointed Darragh O’Loughlin as its new Chief Executive Officer, which comes into effect from 29 June 2022. Previously Secretary General of the Irish Pharmacy Union from 2013 until April 2022, O’Loughlin has also served as a Council member of The Pharmacy Regulator (PSI) for six years and was …

Delasport: German gambling sees changes on the horizon

Sports betting and igaming software solutions provider Delasport has published a new report this week detailing the current state of the German gambling market – a sector that is undergoing significant transformation.  In recent months, the largest country in the European Union has taken significant strides to open the online gambling market to its population …

Playtech examines all options for transformative 2022

The board of Playtech Plc has stated confidence in achieving the group’s full-year 2022 commercial and corporate objectives following ‘an excellent start to year trading’.  Issuing a snapshot trading update, the FTSE250 gaming technology group revealed that positive Q1 trading had generated unaudited EBITDA results of more than €100 million, with the ‘run rate continuing …

Bookies Corner: Local Elections of consequence to the future of Party leaders

On Thursday, the UK electorate will decide the +4,500 councillor seats servicing Britain’s local constituencies. Media reports of a Conservative fallout as Party MPs are ready to blame Boris Johnson for a predicted heavy loss of councillor seats following his handling of the Partygate scandal. As for Labour, Thursday’s results will serve as a barometer …

Modrić joins SofaScore at a ‘significant moment’ pre-World Cup

Real Madrid midfielder, Luka Modrić, has become an ambassador of Croatia-based sports data company, SofaScore. In forming the agreement, on Sunday, Modrić was met by the company’s founders, Zlatko Hrkać and Ivan Bešlić who will see the La Liga player cooperate with the firm ahead of this year’s World Cup. In particular, the football scores …

DAZN BET further enhances management as Gemma Burge takes safer gambling lead

DAZN has hired another industry veteran to the leadership team of its sports betting venture DAZN BET, appointing Gemma Burge as Head of Safer Gambling.  Burge specialises in risk management and safer gambling for the online and land-based betting and gaming sectors, having accumulated experience over a 15 year career, which included employment at Sky …