Sky Betting & Gaming (Sky Bet) has donated more than £250,000 to fund life-changing support at one of Yorkshire’s leading charities – the Children’s Heart Surgery Fund. Hundreds of staff and guests gathered at SBG’s Annual Charity Gala in Leeds on Wednesday for a night of fund-raising activity, hosted by ITV Racing’s Oli Bell and Ed Chamberlin. A silent auction, …

The Economic Affairs Commission (CAE) of the Senate of Brazil has concluded its review of the tax and fiscal modalities of Bill 3,626/23 – submitted by the government to regulate a federal fixed-odds betting market.  The review marks the final assessment of Bill 3,626/23 by a legislative advisory, as the Senate will forward the Bill to the Plenary of the …

DCMS Secretary Stuart Andrew has outlined the government’s intention to modernise and safeguard land-based gambling venues as a principal objective of a yet to be settled Gambling Review. The statement was made by the Minister whilst addressing an audience of British leisure and arcade stakeholders at the ‘Bacta Annual Convention 2023‘ – celebrating the 50th anniversary of the trade body …

The Betting & Gaming Council (BGC) has reported a significant increase in the reach and coverage of Safer Gambling Week (#SGWeek), noting a 70% rise in promotional activities compared to the previous year. The surge resulted in over 50 million interactions on social media platforms like Facebook, Instagram, and another unnamed platform. In its seventh iteration, Safer Gambling Week, held …

OPAP SA remains confident in achieving its full-year 2023 financial targets despite its business units enduring a difficult Q3 trading period. In its latest quarterly update, the Athens-listed gaming group reported year-to-date revenues of €1.50bn, marking an 8% increase from the previous year’s €1.39bn. However, OPAP’s commercial momentum experienced a slowdown in Q3, with a 3.5% decline in Gross Gaming …

Glücksspiel (GGL), the Federal Authority of German Gambling, has clarified its stance on “data collection approaches” to determine the size of the black market targeting national consumers. The GGL acknowledged that “studies aiming to determine the market size of illegal online gambling are currently contentious, yielding different conclusions than the states’ data”. The studies referenced are likely those commissioned by …

Statscore has expanded its partnership with the Polish Football Association, now covering the Polish Women’s Orlen Ekstraliga, the Men’s 2. Liga, and the Fortuna Polish Cup. This deal grants Statscore the exclusive rights to collect real-time data from these competitions’ venues. As the Exclusive Data Provider, Statscore will supply comprehensive statistics for all the games in these leagues. Their ScoutsFeed …

The Government of Spain has announced Pablo Bustinduy‘s appointment as the new Minister of Social Rights, heading the Ministry of Consumer Affairs. A member of the newly-formed Sumar Party, Bustinduy was among 22 new figures to be appointed by President Pedro Sanchez to the senior cabinet of Spain’s ‘Progressive Left’ coalition government. Following the inconclusive results of a snap General …

Oddschecker Global Media has disclosed that it has acquired the Italian sports media property, SuperScommesse, from Catena Media. This morning, publishing its Q3 trading update, Catena Media informed that it had sold all of its Italian media properties to two undisclosed buyers for €19.8m. Oddschecker, known as the UK and Australia’s largest sports betting publisher, would later announce that it …

German gambling trade bodies of DSWV (sports betting) and DOCV (online casino) have alerted federal authorities of “alarming developments in Germany’s online gambling market” and its failure to protect consumers from being targeted by the black market. The warning follows a study undertaken by economist Günther Schnabl of the University of Leipzig, evaluating the effectiveness of laws and protections of …