Sports betting supplier SBTech has been granted a B2B Class 2 Software Provider License by the National Gambling Office in Romania.  Romania is the latest regulated European market to license SBTech, which allows the company to continue expanding its existing portfolio of awarded permits in numerous regulated markets such as UK, Ireland, Portugal, and more. Localised sportsbook offerings and unrivalled …

Schalke 04 entered esports by way of League of Legends team Legends last month, and the latest news is that the club has signed three pro FIFA players.  The three players are former world champion Joshua ‘Krone’ Begehr, Austrian Mario Viska and Cihan Yasarlar, who was previously playing for SK Gaming. Begehr said of the news: “Being able to realise a project of …

The company behind Counter-Strike: Global Offensive, Valve, has been accused by a player of allowing and facilitating illegal wagering on the game. There are numerous sites in which players can trade and wager skins, that is in-game items, which are worth substantial amounts of money. Sites such as CSGO Lounge, CSGO skins, and CSGO Diamonds allow this trading and Valve …

After Roy Hodgson did the honourable thing and stepped down after England’s humiliating exit at the hands of Iceland, a country with a smaller population than that of Bristol, the hunt now begins for his replacement. The assumption amongst the bookmakers seems to be that Hodgson’s successor will be English. At the time of writing the Oddschecker roundup of odds from …

Francesco Cesarini is the Founder and Technical Director of Erlang Solutions, a specialist technology consultancy that has worked with companies as varied as bet365 and Whatsapp.  Here he delivers his views on betting trends on this year’s European Championships and the necessity for sports betting operators to be open minded to the idea of adopting new technologies.  This year’s Euro competition could …

It has been announced that mybet is to stop offering poker on its site as it looks to reassess and focus its efforts on betting and casino games. This announcement follows the news that mybet has sold its stake in Pferdewetten.de, the German horseracing betting firm, in order to raise some much needed funds. The mybet group lost €8 million (£6.6m) last …

Political spread betting company Sporting Index saw unprecedented action in the run-up to Britain’s EU referendum on Thursday of last week.  It was a painful night for the firm as its clients consistently favoured Leave throughout the campaign, resulting in a six figure loss for the company. Sporting Index was the first bookmaker to offer a market on turnout and …

US based daily fantasy sports operator DraftKings entered the UK market in February 2016 having secured a UKGC licence, but the question of its success in entrancing UK customers with its DFS product remains very much unanswered. The company secured impressive partnerships with the likes of Liverpool and Arsenal but has yet to embark on a no holds barred nationwide marketing campaign, …

Many woke up in shock today as it was announced that the British public had voted for a Brexit. It was a historic day for bookmakers as it was for UK politics, with the amount of trading on the day saw the event reach a political betting highs. The Betfair Exchange EU Referendum market reached a record £127m of traded …

A total of 35 jobs will be cut as Ireland’s largest independent bookmaker Hacketts goes into liquidation. This has seen the remaining 18 of its betting shops closed down.  The family business, which was first founded by Cyril and Monica Hacket over 50 years ago, had a turnover of €30m (£24m) but it has been stated that numerous factors such as …