SBC Summit Tbilisi 2025 will return to Georgia’s capital on 15-16 October, bringing together 2,000 senior industry professionals and 40+ exhibitors to exchange expertise and discover the brands leading the way in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Co-hosted with SMH Global—a Georgia-founded company operating at the intersection of sports, sports media, and iGaming across Eurasia and beyond, and a longtime …

Sportradar has come up against a regulatory obstacle in its takeover of fellow sportstech and data rights firm IMG Arena, with the acquisition coming under a competition investigation. The deal, announced in March 2025, has come under scrutiny of the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), who are assessing whether Sportradar’s takeover of IMG Arena would violate the Enterprise Act 2002 …

European gaming stakeholders are alarmed at the extent of black market activity in the UK and the Netherlands, arguing that these illicit operations reduce tax revenue and require urgent attention from operators and regulators. The European Gaming and Betting Association’s (EGBA) Sustainability Report 2025 contains testimonies from several of the continent’s biggest gaming groups, all of whom express concern about …

Due to a long spate of enforcement actions in the first half of the year, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) will undergo changes to the way it determines financial penalties. The regulator stated today (10 July) that it wants to make the process more transparent, particularly around the steps taken to determine the seriousness of a regulatory offence, a matter …

Rank Group has provided a snapshot into its commercial performance for the 2024/25 financial year amid a regulatory overhaul of the UK’s casino regulatory framework. The firm, operator of Grosvenor Casinos and Mecca Bingo, shared that net gaming revenue (NGR) grew 11% to around £795m between 30 June 2024 and 30 June 2025, leading the group to project underlying profit of …

SBC has assembled a crack team to deliver the industry’s most ambitious trade show entertainment for SBC Summit 2025 in Lisbon. The evening event will be held on Monday, 15 September, ahead of SBC Summit and aims to raise over a million euros for charity.  Leading the project is Shona ODonnell, a well-known figure in the gambling event space, having …

The Caucasus region of Eurasia has caught the attention of many multinationals, and local firm Crocobet, and its Chairman, Temur Mikeladze, are not surprised as to why. With opportunities seemingly on the horizon on both sides of the Caucus, from Eastern Europe to Central Asia, the region is ideally situated for companies chasing growth across multiple markets. As with other …

Flutter Entertainment confirmed yesterday (8 July) that its Paddy Power and Betfair UK brands had been subject to a heavy cyber attack. The respective sportsbook and betting exchange brands were targeted by cyber criminals who were able to access information like emails and account names. It is understood that a significant number of customer accounts were targeted. However, Flutter stated …

Charity partnerships and initiatives are nothing new to the gaming industry, with everyone from the big budget giants of Flutter Entertainment and Entain to smaller independents and countless suppliers routinely flexing their CSR muscles. In the UK, for example, bookmakers of various sizes donate profits from the Britannia Stakes horse racing fixture to a selection of charities annually. Entain, meanwhile, …

Betfair has shut up shop in New Zealand following recent legislative changes. The Kiwi government has been in the process of updating its betting and gaming legislation over the past month, with amendments to the Racing Industry Act 2020 receiving Royal Ascent on the last day of June. This has closed off the New Zealand betting market with the only legal …