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A packed sporting schedule awaits operators in the second half of 2022, as the domestic football season is intercut with the FIFA World Cup in Qatar. As more betting firms add betbuilders into their product arsenal, Leigh Herdman, CEO of Betting on Sports Europe sponsor Algosport, highlighted the increasing importance of differentiating this offering.  SBC – What makes Betting on …

Writing for SBCNews, Pavlos Sideris, director at Double Up Media, discusses the effects of stake limits when gambling and the potential side effects of a stake limit being applied to online slots. 2018 saw the reduction of fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) to maximum stake limits of £2. While this saw a limitation in high-street gambling spend, it’s debatable as to …

Strive Sponsorship has been appointed to manage content and editorial services for Smarkets newly launched Smarkets News and SBK Betting Zone sites.  Services included under the agreement are written and podcast content, editing and content management covering nine initial sports such as football, golf, rugby, the NBA and NFL. The company will provide Smarkets with sports writers offering insights, betting …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has confirmed that Interim Chief Executive Andrew Rhodes has been appointed to the leadership role on a permanent basis.  Rhodes was appointed Interim CEO last June, following the abrupt resignation of Neil McArthur last Spring due to the Commission’s regulatory failings that were brought to life by the administration of Football Index. The former Chief …

Mark McGuiness, Head of Marketing and Casino at The Football Pools, says that global events and the upcoming review of the UK Gambling Act will change how bettors bet, with many consumers looking for big wins from small stakes and with established brands they can trust… You only have to take a quick look at the news headlines to see …

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) and William Hill have come to an agreement, with the igaming software provider powering the UK bookmaker’s launch into Latvia. The partnership has seen GiG construct Wiliam Hill’s new online offering for the country using its igaming frontend framework, designed to provide an ‘attractive, user-friendly and competitive’ sports betting and casino product.  GiG set an objective …

Making his first public statement as Chairman of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), Marcus Boyle has outlined that UK gambling requires a tougher regulatory supervisor. Writing an op-ed for The Times, Boyle stated that his initial focus had been on “identifying beneficial changes for both consumers and the industry”, in which the sector requires better regulation.    Appointed last September to …

The Danish Gambling Authority (DGA), the Spillemyndigheden, has reprimanded bet365 for a compliance failure relating to two licensing conditions.  Referring to the sports betting and igaming brand by the name of its business entity Hillside (New Media) Ltd, the Danish regulator stated that bet365 had allowed a ‘young player’ to deposit DKK 190,000 (€25,500) to his account in under a …

GambleAware Chief Executive Zoë Osmond has responded to an SBC article on the ongoing RET Levy debate. Osmond explains the grant-making charity’s duties in support of frontline organisations delivering a nationwide system of treatment services for those at risk of gambling harm… ___________ I write in reference to Jordan Lea’s comments made on SBC’s featured article of The RET levy …

Michael Dugher has warned the government that it risks alienating itself from public opinion should it conform to prohibitionists’ approach to gambling regulation.  Writing in Commons news source Politics Home, the Chief Executive of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) reflected on political opinion and commentary in light of May’s Local Election results. “For the Conservatives, results showed predictable mid-term …