The Young Gamers and Gamblers Education Trust (YGAM) has strengthened its senior leadership after confirming the appointment of Daniel Bliss as its new Head of External Affairs. Bliss joins the charity after working as part of the UK Gambling Commission‘s (UKGC) communications team for the last three years. During his tenure at the UKGC, Bliss was involved in key projects …

Industry strategic consultancy Regulus Partners begins the week by looking at the potential resumption of football across Europe, and an industry-wide shift towards online gambling. Global: soccer and betting – ready for some own goals? While some have been getting to know and love football from Belarus and Nicaragua, the majority of fans, bettors, media companies and betting companies will …

Amid COVID-19 disruptions, Rank Group has revealed that it is ‘preparing for difficult trading conditions’ when it reopens its venues. Publishing a trading update for the quarter to 31 March 2020, Rank’s like-for-like net gaming revenue was down 4% for the quarter, while total NGR saw an increase of 5%. Rank Group has predicted that annual underlying operating profit will amount …

Following the UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) credit card ban, Fintech ‘neobank’ Revolut has confirmed that it has suspended all payments to and from UK gambling sites, transacted through its popular app. Revolut this week informed its users that UK customers ‘won’t be able to use their Revolut cards for any online or offline gambling payments in the UK’. The statement …

Sportsbook and casino platform provider Digitain has strengthened its virtual sports offering after securing a new agreement with Kiron Interactive. Under the agreement, Kiron will supply its latest virtual football offering, Goal, as well as its virtual racing products and numbers games. Commenting on the deal,Digitain CCO Suren Khachatryan said: “We are delighted to partner with a market-leading virtuals supplier as …

The continuation of racing across Australia and the US has come as a welcome relief for Flutter Entertainment, as its retail estate faces a blow from the postponement of global sporting events. Publishing a Q1 trading update for the three months ended 31 March 2020, Flutter reported group-wide year-on-year revenue growth of 16% in Q1, reported at £547 million for …

Swedish gambling operator Svenska Spel has confirmed that it will make an advanced payment of SEK 20 million to its grassroots sports initiatives following a number of concerns over COVID-19. Svenska Spel’s Gräsroten initiative has been running over seven years, and usually distributes funds to the grassroots initiatives in November of each year. The payment will now be divided into …

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has confirmed that it has completed the sale of its B2C assets to Betsson Group in a €33 million deal. The sale include the operator brands Rizk, Guts, Kaboo and Thrills and related operational entities which will continue to be operated on GiG’s platform for a minimum of 30 months. For the first 24 months, it …

B2B fantasy sports platform provider Scout Gaming has moved to expand its portfolio. confirming the launch of its esports betting offering across its network of partners. Launching its new vertical, Stockholm-listed Scout Gaming underlines that it is committed to expanding its availability of esports content during the coming weeks, as industry incumbents navigate COVID-19 disruptions. The esports offering will be …

The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has confirmed that it has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU). The MoU will specifically focus on improving the sharing of information on the areas related to the supervision of Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Combating the Financing of Terrorism (CFT), provided for by the Prevention of Money Laundering …