LeoVegas has strengthened its commitment to affiliate marketing compliance after agreeing to integrate the GiG Comply software from Gaming Innovation Group. GiG Comply, which can scan more than 30,000 web pages each day, can help regulated betting operators to automate compliance checks, with a focus on allowing users to adhere to diverse marketing standards and regulations. By utilising the self-service …

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has warned gamblers of the risks associated with unlicensed, black market betting sites after recent data showed that British punters had visited unregulated sites 27 million times in a year. Data from PWC has revealed that 200,000 customers used an unlicensed gambling operator over a 12 month period between 2018 and 2019, with approximately …

Betting shops in London, the South East and East of England have been forced to close their doors after the regions were placed under new tier four restrictions. The new measures, which were introduced by Prime Minister Boris Johnson over the weekend, will mean that all non-essential retail – including betting shops – must close for the foreseeable future.  The …

Rounding off the week with his Inside Edge analysis, Nick Haynes from Form Labs – a division of Bettorlogic – looks at how the festive period can ‘make or break’ a season, and why Sam Allardyce has his work cut out at West Brom. Who does the festive period suit best? A late Roberto Firmino winner at Anfield not only maintained …

Flutter Entertainment is expected to appeal a $870 million ruling made by the Kentucky Supreme Court, having argued that the litigation ran contrary to modern US legal precedent. The case, which was reversed in late 2018, was initially filed by the Commonwealth of Kentucky in 2010, approximately four years prior to The Stars Group’s (TSG) acquisition of the PokerStars business.  …

Scientific Games (SG) has agreed to distribute video virtual sports and instant win products from Highlight Games via its OpenArena platform. Through the agreement, games including NBA Last 60, NBA Winning Hoops, IIHF World Championships Ice Hockey as well as English, Italian variants of Highlight Games’ Soccerbet product will be made available to SG’s network of clients. “Scientific Games prides …

Entain, formerly known as GVC Holdings, has signed a ‘global innovation alliance’ with Verizon Media which will deliver new virtual reality (VR) experiences for live sports viewing. The gambling operator will work alongside Verizon Media to ‘combine live sports viewing with interactive layers of sports data and gaming’, allowing bettors to ‘participate in sports events, check data, socialise with friends, …

Golden Race has made a series of updates to its omnichannel which include a unified server and backoffice for online and retail, a wider virtual sports and games portfolio and the inclusion of its Ultimate Branding+ package. Ultimate Branding+ will give Golden Race clients the option to further customise their solutions, with the option to localise features and configure different …

SoftSwiss has continued to expand its offering into new gaming markets after debuting its solutions in India, Japan and South Korea.  The supplier’s newly-launched sportsbook solution will be adapted to the Indian market, enabling players to wager on more than 60 different sports – including cricket and horse racing – across over 1200 different markets.  The solution will also feature …

The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has welcomed new proposals made in the European Commission’s proposals for a Digital Services Act (DSA). The publication of the proposals follows on from the Commission’s calls for ‘an ambitious reform of the digital space’.  The long-awaited legislative proposal, which will support the Digital Markets Act, will introduce rules for regulating large digital …