Category Archives: Betting

Romania’s National Office for Gambling (ONJN) has banned Polymarket following a sharp increase in unlicensed betting activity during the recent election period. The ONJN confirmed that the blockchain-based prediction and event trading platform has been added to Romania’s national blacklist of unlicensed gambling operators, citing an “explosive increase” in user activity during both the presidential …

Digitain has been on fire over the last 10 months, and it did not shy away from highlighting it during SBC Summit Lisbon. The sportsbook software and iGaming solutions provider opened up about the never-ending successes it saw during this year, and the highly anticipated milestones it is looking forward to in the next. Ani …

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. …

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 …

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 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 …

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 …