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Martin Lycka: Us versus Them – psychology of gambling regulation

SBC News Martin Lycka: Us versus Them - psychology of gambling regulation

In the fourth of a series of columns on international gambling legislation, GVC Holdings Director of Regulatory Affairs Martin Lycka debates the antagonistic relationship that can develop between the regulator and the industry. __________________ Operators v. Regulators, undoubtedly a top billing in the industry nowadays. Just pause and think how many times in recent past you have bumped into an …

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Winning Post: Hard lessons to be learnt in Kenya

SBC News Winning Post: Hard lessons to be learnt in Kenya

Opening the week, industry strategic consultancy Regulus Partners offers its insight into some of the topics facing the gambling industry over this last week, including SportPesa’s decision to withdraw from Kenya, the closure of Towcester racecourse, and the privatisation of FDJ. Kenya: taxation and regulation – hard lessons from a game over Kenya’s tempestuous few years of gambling ‘reform’ has now apparently …

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Jakub Myszkorowski, STATSCORE: How sports organisations can increase profits through official data

official data

Let’s start with an obvious truth. Diversifying incomes has to follow both changes to technology and the evolution of customer demands. This is the only way that organisations, in any walk of life, can remain profitable by answering to the market’s needs.  Now, unsurprisingly, sports leagues and organisations fall under the same rules. This has, naturally, forced a change in …

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Winning Post: Has Norway reached a Tipping point on loss limits?

SBC News Winning Post: Has Norway reached a Tipping point on loss limits?

Opening the week, industry strategic consultancy Regulus Partners offers its insight into reviews to the UK gambling policy, changes to the Belgian advertising mandate, and Norway’s proposed maximum loss limits. UK: in Parliament – Watson keeps powder dry in rain-swept Brighton Britain’s ongoing political and constitutional crisis finally swept petty discourse on gambling policy aside this week – but only …

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Kelly Kehn: All-In Diversity – Where we stand on inclusion…

SBC News Kelly Kehn: All-In Diversity - Where we stand on inclusion...

This week, employers across the country participate in ‘National Inclusion Week’, which aims to promote wider diversity and inclusion across a number of different sectors.  For global gambling, All-In Diversity Project (AiDP) continues to work towards establishing more inclusive corporate frameworks and cultures. Kelly Kehn, Co-founder of All-In Diversity, assess how incumbents have progressed on its inclusion directives, tackling complex issues …

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Alistair Boston-Smith, Bede Gaming: Working technology to boost sportsbook advantage

technology

Operators are under more pressure than ever to spread their resources across, and deliver, within rapidly growing regulated markets. Alistair Boston-Smith, Chief Strategy Officer at Bede Gaming, explains how important it is for brands to select the right technology to get the most from their sports offering. Let’s not beat around the bush, seeking geographical expansion or product diversification are …

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Scott Longley: Health Scare… Politics & Problem Gambling

SBC News Scott Longley: Health Scare... Politics & Problem Gambling

Can betting and its wider stakeholders, find unity and clarity on the urgent matter of defining ‘problem gambling as a public health issue’, or does sector leadership simply face an all too familiar political fallout? _____________________ The debate around problem gambling is an evolving one and the arguments are becoming ever more political. In particularly, the move towards viewing gambling …

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Winning Post: Sweden stresses its ‘duty of care’

SBC News Winning Post: Sweden stresses its 'duty of care'

Opening the week, industry strategic consultancy Regulus Partners provides insight into whether Swedish gambling operators can effectively deliver a ‘duty of care’ to customers, and how the introduction of further problem gambling clinics can support harm prevention. UK: safer gambling – Leeds follows London on gambling disorder clinic This week, the second NHS clinic for problem gambling opened in Leeds. …

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Continent 8: The impact of the Cloud for sports betting operators

Continent 8

Cloud technology comes in many forms. The most well-known are the ultra-scale cloud providers like Amazon’s AWS or Microsoft’s Azure. The benefits of cloud from these providers are clear, writes Justin Cosnett, Head of Solution Architecture at Continent 8 Technologies. Unlimited compute and storage capability charged on a usage (OPEX) basis. Arguably it’s “cheap” too – I’ll come back to that. …

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Bookies Corner – Crunch Time! RWC Japan 2019

SBC News Bookies Corner - Crunch Time! RWC Japan 2019

Bookmakers face a bruising time as the Rugby World Cup Japan 2019 (RWC Japan 2019) kicks-off this Friday 20 September. Facing a raft of inbound patriotic bets placed on ‘home nations’, can bookmakers trust the formbook in what could become betting’s most unpredictable market of the year… SBC gets the bookies lowdown! _____________ SBC: Featuring six market leaders that have all …

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