Skill on Net has become the latest firm to face regulatory action from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), finding itself under the spotlight for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. The Commission has charged the company £305,150 as part of a regulatory settlement, having determined that the firm had ‘breached several terms’ of the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice …

At first glance, the proposals made in the Gambling Act review paid little attention to the lottery sector, focusing more heavily on betting and casinos. This is something which Lebby Eyres believes is due to the lottery space being ‘on the softer side of gambling’. Regardless, The Health Lottery CEO stressed that lotteries, like other betting and gaming stakeholders, must …

GR8 Tech has launched two new igaming solutions, iGaming Upgrade and iGaming Launch, focusing on a need to hone in on specific operator requirements. The Cyprus-based B2B tech firm aims to provide a more tailored offering than the ‘one-size-fits-all’ approach it believes is common in the global igaming sector. Both solutions have been built on GR8 Tech’s proprietary platform and …

Mindway AI and AnonyMind have entered into a partnership with the goal of combining their respective problem gambling detection and treatment capabilities for a cross-industry offering. Utilising its AI-driven technology, Mindway will work to address gambling addiction for AnonyMind users, eyeing up a ‘complete’ and ‘comprehensive’ solution to gambling harm. Meanwhile, operators using the Better Collective-owned tech firm’s services will …

The UK-founded and focused Campaign for Fairer Gambling plans to expand its scope and adopt a new international agenda, according to Founder Derek Webb. Webb revealed in a post on the group’s website that the Campaign has been relaunched in the aftermath of the UK’s Gambling Act review, which he described as ‘certainly imperfect’. However, Webb shared his belief that …

Checkd Group has made a move to strengthen its profile and operations across North America via a relaunch of its FlashPicks sports betting app. The Manchester-based business’ Checkd Dev development division based design and production of FlashPicks on the existing Betting Hub, which has found success in its home market of the UK. Targeting the ‘relatively untapped’ North American casual …

SIS (Sports Information Services) has enhanced the racing content delivered to its UK and Irish bookmaker partners via its partnership with Media System Technologies (MST). The arrangement centres specifically on the distribution of the Italian Gallop Derby, which this year will run its 140th edition. This will mark the first time British and Irish omnichannel operators will accept fixed-odds bets …

kwiff is targeting further development of its betting offering, signing an agreement with mobile measurements and analytics suite Adjust. The partnership will see the integration of Adjust’s SDK tools into the ‘supercharged’ betting operators for iOS and Android apps. The aim of this is to ‘optimise acquisition’ and accurately measure the user behaviour of the operator’s customers. Adjust will play a …

Sarah Gardner, Deputy Chief Executive of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), projects that the UK gambling sector will learn the results of some planned consultations soon enough. One of the main conclusions the sector was able to glean from the Gambling Act review White Paper was that there really aren’t many conclusions. Although suggesting numerous proposals, the need for further proposals …

UK betting stakeholders still stand at a regulatory crossroads following the Gambling White Paper, with more DCMS consultations due to take place. But can the industry still guide itself on the right path? In this second part of SBC’s discussion with William Woodhams on the White Paper’s recommendations, the Fitzdares CEO shared his views on why the industry needs to …