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The SBC Summit Barcelona is well underway, with Sportradar’s CEO Carsten Koerl and others appearing on panels and as keynote speakers at the event, discussing technological developments in sports betting.  Dalraj Bahia is Managing Director of Operations within the firm’s Betting & Gaming vertical. Working alongside Sportradar’s Chief Product Officer, Dalraj manages a global team to lead and develop a …

The speakers on ‘the future of sports betting – era of inflation’ panel, part of the SBC Summit Barcelona’s Leaders Track, share both an optimistic but foreboding consensus.  The future of the industry, with a focus on Europe and North America, remains ‘very bright’ – in the words of Betsson AB CEO and Founder Pontus Lindwall, but headwinds are visible …

Allwyn Entertainment UK has been officially awarded the National Lottery’s operating contract by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). Allwyn was first named as the preferred candidate for the fourth National Lottery licence in March, but current incumbents Camelot contested the Gambling Commission’s decision and appealed to the High Court. Therefore, commencement of the transition period was delayed until further notice, …

Stefano Sordini, CEO of data centre services and server hosting provider NetShop ISP, offers his insight into how igaming platforms can achieve the ultra-low latency that is crucial for an optimal user experience to ultimately grow traffic, and thus increase revenue. There is no doubt that latency destroys interactivity, with igaming operators relying on high-end technologies and sophisticated infrastructure to …

XB Net has strengthened its global offering after securing a new “breakthrough deal” with the World Jai Alai League and Magic City Jai Alai in Miami. The new agreement with the two Jai Alai entities will enable XB Net to further enhance its live-broadcast, data-feed and betting services. As a result, XB Net will offer live streaming, alongside precise pricing and data, …

UK betting shops, casinos and bingos will be closed on Monday 19 September, to observe and respect Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral. This weekend, UK gambling’s biggest retail operators individually announced that they would follow high street counterparts and close retail trade on Monday 19 September – a Bank Holiday ordered by the government to host Queen Elizabeth’s …

Parliament returns from its summer recess with a new Prime Minister and senior cabinet, but gambling remains in the dark with regards to its regulatory future, in which an urgent settlement is required on dragged-out affairs for all industry stakeholders. It is two months since publication of my last ‘Licensing Expert’ article, ‘Change will come – eventually’, focusing on the …

In Africa’s most developed economy and gambling market, an opposition political party is seeking to shake up national gambling legislation with a new bill. South Africa’s Democratic Alliance (DA), the centrist/centre-right opposition to the ruling African National Congress (ANC), has proposed the ‘Remote Gambling Bill, 2022’ to the country’s legislature. The bill aims to regulate issuing of licences to be …

Lotería de Córdoba, the lottery board of the Argentine province of Cordoba, has sanctioned eight online gambling licences that have been granted to local businesses and authorised partnerships. The application process was overseen by an ‘evaluation committee’ which disclosed in August that it had received 10 applications for Cordoba licences.  The executive of Cordoba had replicated the licensing conditions adopted …