Regulus Partners details year-end frustrations as yet again, UK gambling scrutinises ministerial movements in the absence of no White Paper being published, providing no indication on the Gambling Review’s final outcome. This week offered cause for cautious optimism for those seeking a coherent outcome to the government’s review of gambling legislation, as the minister responsible, Paul Scully (Cons, Sutton & …
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Online slots remain the dominant product in online casino, but despite a huge number of titles available to players, there are no guarantees that growth will follow, says Pavlos Sideris, director of Double Up Media. New products such as live casino and innovations such as Megaways have proved very popular with players in recent years, but the volumequantity of content …
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All the world’s a stage, a certain playwright once famously penned down, and in contemporary society, the FIFA World Cup is arguably one of the biggest. This viewpoint was not lost on Varun Sudhakar, CEO and Co-Founder of BetDEX Labs, who outlined how such tournaments can provide a strong PR boost to crypto-betting firms, and other actors in the wider …
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Trustly’s VP of Gaming, Vasilije Lekovic, explains how the company revolutionised user onboarding and verification for betting and gaming operators in the Nordics, and how they will use that foundation of success to solve onboarding across Europe, the UK and North America. Get ready to witness a transformation in user onboarding for gaming across Europe and beyond. As more markets …
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Gambling Minister Paul Scully has warned industry leadership that the White Paper’s publishing of gambling reforms will not end discussions on gambling and its impact on society. Speaking at GambleAware‘s tenth annual conference, Scully, the fifth DCMS minister to oversee the Gambling Review’s agenda, recognised frustrations at the continued delay of the White Paper. “I am aware that you’ve seen …
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With five African teams making it to the Qatar World Cup, bookmakers and suppliers alike are seeing plenty of betting action across the African continent. But while retail still holds strong for many bettors, BetGames has seen growing momentum towards the online space. James Everett, Sales Director for Africa at BetGames, discusses why Africa is a core market for the …
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Across Europe throughout 2022 the impact of regulatory changes, particularly regarding compliance, has been self-evident. Evaluating the changing regulatory roadmap across the continent and further afield on SBC’s latest webinar, ‘Staying Agile While Handling Multijurisdictional Compliance’, one jurisdiction came in particular as posing a challenge – the UK. As the country’s review of its gambling legislation nears its two year …
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Betting stakeholders don’t need to look far to see the overwhelming importance of data in the fast-paced sector, heavily driven by bet builders and stats-wagering markets. As the year comes to a close with the 2022 FIFA World Cup, if one was to cast a look back over the year they would see it is littered with data partnerships between …
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After opening their smartphones, consumers have a raft of apps at their fingertips such as social media platforms, trading and investment services and betting brands – and the latter can learn some lessons from its counterparts. In an interview with SBC News, Kero Sports Founder and CEO Tomash Devenishek expressed this viewpoint, arguing that betting firms can up their entertainment …
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The growth of esports over the last few years has been somewhat inescapable. The vertical enjoyed a huge rise in popularity throughout the pandemic, and with that showing no sign of slowing down, many betting companies are starting to realise its true potential. Those promising signs were a main focus of conversation for BETER CEO Gal Ehrlich at the recent …
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