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As part Jake Pollard’s ongoing ‘Market Make-up‘ series examining European betting markets unique intricacies and dynamics for engaging audiences. Propus Partners gathered data from UK bookmakers for the Premier League weekend of 12-14 January and analysed how the country’s bookmakers offered bet builders and the margins they applied to them. Global Prominence  Over the last few years, ‘bet builders’, or …

The UK’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has urged the government to not skip on its commitments made regarding frictionless financial risk checks. This comes ahead of the announced Parliamentary debate confirmed by the Petitions Committee for 26 February after a petition on the matter led by The Jockey Club secured the required 100,000 signees. So far, the Council has …

888 Holdings has cited a direct impact of £80m on its corporate income due to its “proactive shift away from dot-com markets”. The impact was declared by the LSE gambling group publishing its pre-close statement on 2023 trading, described as a “year of significant regulatory and compliance headwinds.”  Closing year-end trading, 888’s Q4 revenues stood at £424m, a 7% decrease …

Kindred Group plc has revealed more details around the agenda for its upcoming March conference at the Kia Oval in London, which will adopt the theme of Responsible Gambling.  Titled “Safer Gambling: A look into the future”, the event calls upon experts from within and outside the industry to come together and discuss plans and ideas of how to ensure …

Sky Betting and Gaming has released a new advertising campaign and platform for its Sky Vegas online casino brand. Aiming to build an ‘authentic connection’ with casino players, the operator described the ad as shunning ‘overly optimistic category cliches’ with an intent to ‘celebrate the big entertainment that can be found in life’s small moments’.  Titled ‘Play. It’s why we’re …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has stated its confidence that Allwyn UK will achieve its objective of raising more money for good causes as the new operating steward of the National Lottery. On 1 February, Allwyn will take charge of the UK government’s Fourth National Lottery Licence, noted as a transformative event for UK gambling and the third sector, as …

Super Group has provided comments on the company’s 2023 performance, expressing optimism about further growth in the year ahead. The parent company of Betway and Spin, Super Group closed the year strong and reiterated its 2023 ex-US financial guidance of revenue of €1.35bn and operational EBITDA of at least €240m. Speaking in advance of the Needham Growth Conference on 16 …

Google has informed its app developer community that its app store “Google Play will begin supporting more Real Money Game (RMG) apps this year”, including “game types and operators not currently covered by an existing licensing framework.” Developers were notified via a blog post authored by Karan Gambhir, Google’s Director of Global Trust and Safety Partnerships, titled “A New Approach …

The Petitions Committee has confirmed that Parliament will debate British horseracing’s concerns on affordability and financial risk checks on 26 February. The date was scheduled following a petition led by Nevin Truesdale, Chief Executive of The Jockey Club, reaching the requirement of 100,000 signatures needed for parliamentary debate. Endorsed by British racing stakeholders, the petition called on the UK government …

Allwyn UK has announced that Sir Keith Mills has chosen to end his tenure as Senior Independent Non-Executive Director. The departure of Mills was announced by Allwyn, in its latest update revealing boardroom changes ahead of the firm’s takeover of the National Lottery contract on 1 February 2024. A key figure in Allwyn’s winning bid of the Fourth National Lottery …