Tightening control of Italy’s online gambling marketplace, the 5Star-DP coalition government seeks to reduce the number of incumbents participating in the market by 2023. Attached to 5Star-DP’s first Budget Law decree, the coalition government seeks to reduce the total number of Italian online gambling licences to 50, from its current 85 concessions. The proposed revision has been communicated by Italy’s …

Paddy Power Politics has shortened President Donald Trump’s impeachment odds following an explosive first day of testimonies related to ‘Ukraine transcripts’, in which the President is charged with seeking dirt on political rival Joe Biden. Yesterday, US media was gripped as the House of Representatives questioned acting US Ambassador to Ukraine William Taylor and State Department official George Kent on Trump’s exchanges …

Bolstering its social responsibility commitments Argyll Entertainment flagship subsidiary SportNation.bet will allow its players to make ‘charitable donations’ utilising reward points earned through the bookmaker’s revamped customer loyalty scheme. Detailing its initiative as an ‘industry-first’ SportNation.bet informs that customers will be able to convert reward points into cash donations to charities such as Prostate Cancer UK, the Injured Jockeys Fund, …

Nasdaq-listed industry technology group Scientific Games Corporation (SGC) has confirmed that subsidiary Scientific Games International intends to pursue a private bond placement targeting $1,200m in aggregate principal amount of senior unsecured notes due 2028 and senior unsecured notes due 2029 in a private offering. In the announcement, made today, the firm said it intends to use the net proceeds of the notes offering, together …

PartnerMatrix, the affiliate marketing solution of online gambling systems provider EveryMatrix, has secured AsianLogic flagship betting subsidiary Dafabet as a new marketing client. Updating stakeholders, AsianLogic confirms that PartnerMatrix will power the affiliate marketing programmes of Dafabet and its subsidiary brand Nextbet, upgrading the online bookmaker’s all-around player acquisition capacities. Following a competitive review, AsianLogic has selected PartnerMatrix as affiliate …

There are times when writing a monthly column for SBC News presents a challenge. This is one of those months. It’s not because of the paucity of potential content. It’s because of the sheer volume of potential content. As it happens, there is a common thread running through all that I write about below, particularly with a General Election looming …

FTSE betting group GVC Holdings is today hosting a ‘symposium on research into safer gambling’ showcasing the academic progress of its partnership with the Cambridge Health Alliance – a Harvard Medical School. A key directive of its ‘Changing for the Bettor’ social responsibility mandate at the start of 2019, GVC formed a $5.5 million multi-year partnership supporting Cambridge Health’s ‘Division of …