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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 …

Six industry start-ups have been chosen to compete in the finals of the inaugural edition of the SBC First Pitch Barcelona at next week’s SBC Summit Barcelona conference and trade show. The finalists will battle it out for a grand prize package valued at more than €50,000 that will assist the big winner in their growth and development plans.  The …

Pushing the benchmark for quality: Kambi and Shape outline international ambitions Yesterday, Kambi undertook a transformative expansion of its front-end capabilities, as the sportsbook technology supplier finalsisd an initial €36.5m acquisition of Shape Games, pursuing a strategic upgrade of its existing capabilities.  Sitting down with SBC News following the takeover, Kambi CEO and Co-Founder Kristian Nylén was joined by Shape …

UK racing has mourned the passing of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, who is recognised as horseracing’s “greatest and most influential supporter.” Yesterday afternoon, the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) celebrated Queen Elizabeth’s patronage of British racing supporting all levels of the sport.  Queen Elizabeth was a keen breeder of racehorses and endorsed equine welfare as a global ambassador of The …

As SBC Summit Barcelona is getting closer, Shay Segev, DAZN Group’s CEO and one of the keynote speakers of the global conference and trade show shared DAZN’s ambitions beyond broadcasting and explained why the company is the one-stop shop for sports fans across the globe.  SBC: What is DAZN’s strategy when it comes to competitors? How do you go against …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has cited progress on achieving the priority areas of its new ‘three-year Corporate Strategy’, helping improve the governance of licensed gambling businesses. corp The Commission published its 2021/2022 ‘Annual Report & Accounts (April 2021-March 2022)’ assessing its performance, measures and compliance work to make gambling safer in Britain. The compliance work was undertaken over the …