Europe

BetUK has been named Blackburn Rovers’ sleeve sponsor for tonight’s FA Cup fifth-round match against Newcastle United. Taking place at Ewood Park, the LeoVegas-owned operator’s branding is set to be present on Blackburn’s kit as they play against the Premier League side – broadcast on BBC One and via BBC iPlayer.  Sam Behar, Director of UK, Ireland, and Sponsorships at …

The Netherlands Gaming Authority (KSA) has released the new vision of its ‘Safe Play’ mission together with its updated objectives. As part of its Supervisory Agenda 2024, the objectives highlight the areas where the KSA believes need to be strengthened with more robust risk protections. Going forward into the year, the topics of particular focus as described by the regulatory …

David Porter-Mackrell of Newsells Park Stud has been named the Employee of the Year at the 2024 Thoroughbred Industry Employee Awards – sponsored by Godolphin. Yesterday’s awards ceremony at Ascot Racecourse – attended by The Princess Royal and hosted by ITV Racing’s Ed Chamberlin – celebrated the contribution of racing’s workforce to British racing and saw £128,500 in prize money …

Jeevan Jeyaratnam, COO of Abelson Odds, offers up a fascinating thought-leadership viewpoint on the impending arrival of the blue card to the beautiful game. Operators and suppliers, he says, will have to carefully consider how they intend to handle its implications.  Feeling Blue The controversial decision on the use of blue cards has been delayed until March 2 after, most …

The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) has congratulated four countries for meeting international AML standards and getting off the grey list.  Uganda, the UAE, Barbados and Gibraltar have all been excluded from the list of redtaped countries after the latest FATF preliminary meeting concluded that they have fixed all AML deficiencies within the agreed timeframes.  The Action Plan that the …

Glücksspielbehörde (GGL), the Federal Gambling Authority of Germany, has detailed its concerns regarding impending changes to the Strafgesetzbuch (StGB), the Criminal Code of Germany. Speaking at the Lotto Talk event in Berlin, GGL Co-President Ronald Benter disclosed that the authority had issued an appeal to the Federal Ministry of Justice to ‘reconsider amendments to the Criminal Code’. The Ministry of …

The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling (BOS) has taken a stance against the Ministry of Finance mandate for a comprehensive ban on gambling with credit.  According to the proposal memorandum, the ban will boost Sweden’s efforts to prevent cases of indebtedness caused by credit gambling.  By law, licensed gambling operators carry a “duty of care” which mandates that they …

BoyleSports has become the official stable partner of Irish racehorse trainer John ‘Shark’ Hanlon. The multi-year collaboration sees the bookmaker gain exclusive access to follow the horse racing hero on his journey to the Cheltenham Gold Cup, as well as several other feature races throughout the 2024/2025 calendar. Sharon McHugh, Head of Communications & Sponsorship, BoyleSports, commented: “In Shark Hanlon …

The UK government decision to implement of new £2 and £5 stake limits for online slots, set to take effect later this year, is anticipated to impact the annual gross gambling yield by £166.2 million. As announced on Friday by the Department for Culture, Media & Sport (DCMS)  from September  a maximum stake limit of £2 on UK online slots …

Flutter UKI has announced the winning bids of its ‘Cash4Clubs’ grassroots sports programme, distributing a total of £400,000 to struggling community clubs across the UK and Ireland.  The grants will be handed out as one off £2,000 payments, spread across 200 sports clubs “involved in everything from badminton and skateboarding to American Football, wheelchair rugby and surfing”.  Flutter UKI CEO …