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A busy month of March concludes with Regulus Partners examining the written responses submitted to DCMS on the Gambling Review’s scope and remit… as it appears that once again, UK Gambling’s future will be settled by ‘selective facts’. Let’s spare a thought for the poor souls who constitute the Select Committee for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport. The committee has …

In a post-ICE rundown, BETER’s Nikolay Vernydub and Evgeniy Bekker spoke with SBC News about the company’s flagship products and plans for 2023. With new products on the horizon and major upgrades across all its verticals, BETER arrived at ICE London 23 ready to showcase all its BETER Esports, BETER Sports, BETER Gaming and BETER Live products to the world.  …

In a new series for SBC, gambling compliance and integrity expert Bill South reflects on the current operating challenges facing industry leadership… in which a deeper focus is required to understand the threats and complexities surrounding betting integrity, a factor that has not been addressed by the Gambling Review. What is the cost of integrity to the sports betting industry? …

Lebby Eyres, the new Chief Executive of Health Lottery, brands herself as a ‘story-teller who is unafraid to put tough social narratives at the forefront of reinvigorating Northern-&-Shell’s lottery business. A former long-standing chief editor of Richard Desmond’s media empire, the appointment of Eyres as CEO of the Health Lottery surprised industry observers. Yet, she backs her experience and credentials, …

Last week the UK government delivered on a pledge of the 2019 General Election, publishing the White Paper of its review of Football. Regulus Partners draws on the expected parallels and horse-trading of how football’s fan-led recommendations will resemble UK gambling’s forthcoming judgements… The government demonstrated this week that, contrary to speculation, DCMS White Papers do exist. It has taken …

Ahead of the government publishing definitive industry reforms, Regulus Partners points to mounting criticism of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) that has failed to explain its tougher regulatory approach… With a White Paper on legislative reform allegedly in the offing, now would seem to be an inopportune time for the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) to slip into crisis. In recent …

In the first of a series of Sportradar blogs, Global Director of Advertising Sales Florian Geheeb shares his views on how the emergence of technologies like AI and automation can deliver newfound levels of marketing efficiency.   As the behaviour of sports fans and bettors evolves, so too must the marketing methods used to engage them. In an industry as technologically …

Oren Cohen Shwartz, CEO of sports betting and igaming software solutions provider Delasport, urges operators to undertake a thorough examination of the role that personalisation will play in delivering a stand-out player experience.  Personalisation in igaming is an important factor that can have a major effect on a player’s experience, sometimes being the main difference between an engaging interaction and …

Ahead of ICE London last year, Charles Cohen Founder & CEO of DoTrust, warned stakeholders that affordability would creep up the industry’s political agenda as UK households faced the biggest economic pressures in 50 years. Having observed how 2022 dynamics played out, Cohen tells SBC that in volatile times, operators must help players with their budgeting to keep track of …

The First Tier Tribunal Decision in the case of ‘Daub Alderney Limited v The Gambling Commission’ was reported on the Commission’s website on 13 December 2022. This arose from an appeal against a decision relating to the quantum of a financial penalty for regulatory compliance breaches imposed by a Panel of Gambling Commissioners. The dismissal of the appeal by Tribunal …