Throughout the duration of the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup, the Belgian National Lottery will not show any advertisements for sports betting products. Local media outlined that Minister of Finance Vincent Van Peteghem has taken a more restrictive approach towards betting similar to his colleague in the Ministry of Justice, Vincent van Quickenborne. Van Peteghem has decided that the National …

Signing its latest operator partner, Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has secured a deal with casino firm Strike Games. Centred around GiG’s platform solution, the partnership will focus on personalisation and development of player experiences, as Strike leverages GiG’s technology in pursuit of ‘high-growth potential’. The five-year deal covers GiG’s player account management (PAM), front-end and content management systems, with the …

Targeting enhanced visibility for its products during the ongoing 2022 FIFA World Cup, Network Gaming signed four key new partners ahead of the tournament.  The developer, which specialises in ‘bet small, win big’ products, entered into agreements with Planet Sport, WhoScored.com, At the Races and 101 Great Goals, the latter part of XL Media’s portfolio.  Under the terms of the …

GambleAware has highlighted the performance of the National Gambling Treatment Service (NGTS), but added that more awareness of problem gambling is needed. The charity outlined this week that between April 2021 and March 2022, 7,072 people received treatment via the NGTS, with 92% having improved on the problem gambling severity index. However, GambleAware noted that 63% of people who left …

STS Gaming Group remains on track for a positive end to 2022 trading, as its third quarter operations were bolstered by an early start to football wagering. The firm reported revenue of PLN 150m (€31.9m), a 25% increase on Q3 2021 income of PLN 115m (€24.5m), and EBITDA of PLN 73m (€15.5m), representing a growth rate of 39% on 2021 …

The direction of the UK’s gambling industry continues to be a topic of political debate as stakeholders still await the outcome of the long-awaited Gambling Act review. Having begun in December 2020, the review has seen a range of issues discussed extensively, but has been repeatedly delayed to make room for more research and, in other cases, due to political …

UK betting and gaming volume is continuing to recover from the turbulence of 2020-21 at a steady pace, according to the latest UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) data.  The regulator stated that the total gross gambling yield for the whole British gambling sector, including lottery, stood at £14.1bn between April 2021 and March 2022.  This represents a 10.9% increase from April …

Sweden’s Riksdag has voted on new measures to be applied to the Gambling Act 2018, allowing the government to continue its reform of Swedish gambling’s standards, protections and market safeguards.  Policy proposals were reviewed and recommended by Kulturutskottets, Sweden’s Cultural Committee, which submitted the ‘Enhanced Gambling Regulation Bill’ to the Riksdag for regulatory approval. This will see certain existing caveats …

The 2022 FIFA World Cup has cast a spotlight on the sports industry in several ways outside the main sporting narrative, including betting. Whilst much of the media frenzy around the non-sporting elements of the tournament focused on the controversial decision to name Qatar as host nation, cooperation between bookmakers and sporting figures has also hit the headlines. Yesterday, The …

Low6 has announced its latest operator launch, integrating one of its free-to-play products onto Sportsbet’s platform. A prominent brand in the Australian sports betting space, Flutter Entertainment’s Sportsbet has launched Super Fantasy Soccer as its first partnership title with Low6. The product is a spin-off from Low6’s whitelabel Ultimate Fan range, awarding players with ‘packdrops’ featuring athletes and team cards …