Europe

Jan Jones Blackhurst, the former Mayor of Las Vegas and current Vice President of Public Policy & Corporate Responsibility at Caesars Entertainment has highlighted gender equality concerns facing the global gambling community. Speaking to casino industry news source CasinoBeats (SBC.Global subsidiary), Blackhurst detailed that the sector had tainted itself during ICE 2018, a global gambling conference in which the sector …

Sky Bet is to pay a £1m penalty package for failing to protect vulnerable customers, the Gambling Commission has stated. The regulatory body has detailed that the failures relate to customers who had self excluded from gambling, highlighting three key weaknesses in Sky Bet’s self exclusion scheme, meaning that: 736 self-excluded customers were able to open and use duplicate accounts …

Paddy Power is aiming to strengthen its responsible gambling methods with the implementation of its new electronic self-exclusion process, which utilises an in-shop app for all of its UK-based shops. Replacing the old method of paper based method of self-exclusions, the new format, which is powered by the shop tablets, serves as a more efficient method in safeguarding vulnerable customers …

London AIM-listed European online gambling/lottery group, Veltyco Plc has issued a corporate update confirming the appointment of Melissa Blau as new Chief Executive Officer. Veltyco governance confirms the appointment Blau, following an executive management restructure, which has seen company executives Uwe Lenhoff and Hans Dahlgren step down from the board. As leader of Veltyco, Blau will be supported by the …

The Austrian Play Fair Code (PFC) has signed a memorandum of understanding with Sportradar, designed to bring a multitude of benefits to its many stakeholders. Amongst those are the exchange on knowledge and best practices focussed towards education and prevention, which is to aid the strategic objective of fighting corruption across all forms of sport, both within Austria and on …

UK gambling policy stakeholders are considering banning or severely restricting betting transactions undertaken through credit verticals, in a move to protect national gambling consumers. The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is reported to be considering drastic actions on limiting credit cards with a view to reducing ‘the risk that consumers will gamble more than they can afford’. “We will consider prohibiting …

Gaming Innovation Group (GIG) is looking to expand into the German market following the acquisition of sports betting company Nordbet, which holds a sports betting licence in the German state, Schleswig-Holstein. The deal is worth €500,000 ($625,000) will allow GIG’s own operators to offer sports betting in Germany. In addition, it is expected that the licence will allow GIG to …

MatchedBets.com and ProfitSquad.co.uk have joined forces, allowing members of each matched betting service to benefit from the features of each. Launched in 2016 and 2015 respectively, MatchedBets and Profit Squad offer thousands of members the chance to generate profit from the process of matched betting, with users now able to maximise those by utilising guides, tools and resources of the …

Malta-based online gambling operator BetHard Group has confirmed the appointment of Zlatan Ibrahimović as Brand Ambassador for its flagship BetHard.com sportsbook. Confirming the appointment of Ibrahimović, who is considered one of global football’s most recognisable stars, Erik Skarp, co-founder and CEO of Bethard Group stated that the Swedish icon would play a key role in the brand development and vision …

European online betting operator bet-at-home has benefited from growth in online betting markets, achieving record growth in its yearly results for 2017. Record annual results, paired with continued online growth position the company strongly as it approaches a key period in 2018, with the conclusion of the European football season and the commencing of the Russian World Cup.  Bet-at-home CEO …