iGaming

Playtech has bolstered its presence in South Africa by unveiling a new partnership with betting provider Hollywoodbets.  The Playtech suite of Live Casino and Slots offering will be integrated into Hollywoodbets’ gambling options on both desktop and mobile for a diversified player choice.  Diane Crookes, Senior Commercial Director at Playtech, said: “We are thrilled to announce our partnership with Hollywoodbets, …

Enteractive and BVGroup have formed a partnership to implement targeted campaigns across the latter’s brands and global markets. Focusing on converting registered non-funded accounts and reactivating specific segments of dormant player databases, the new deal will aim to drive ‘incremental revenue’ from untapped segments within the group – which runs the BetVictor sports betting brand – player base.  Andrew Foster, …

Sweden’s gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has issued bans to two operators for unlicensed activity in the country. The two companies in question – True Polygon Entertainment Limited and Smein Hosting NV – have been accused of providing unobstructed access to gambling on their main and affiliate websites (CSGOBIG, Gamdom) without having the required licence to do so.  These are the first …

There has been an increase in people self-excluding from online gambling, a report by GAMSTOP has shown.  The national self-exclusion scheme revealed that new registrations between 2022 and 2023 have grown by 9.5% year-on-year.  In fact, 2023 was a record year for self-exclusions, with more than 92,000 vulnerable consumers registering with GAMSTOP. May in that year also proved to be …

In the last three months of 2023, Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) blocked more than 600 igaming websites on the grounds of missing a valid licence. The watchdog’s most recently published list of breaches include domains like 22bet, luckyhit, leon casino, and more.  According to the NRA, the commissioned analysis found that the websites offered options to set up a …

The government of Malta has detailed that it has strengthened policy and compliance in the gambling sector to minimize exposure to threats and vulnerabilities stemming from money laundering (ML) and terrorist financing (TF). Measures were outlined by the ‘National Risk Assessment (NRA) on Money Laundering (ML) and Funding for Terrorism (TF)‘, a review of financial risks across Malta’s business sectors. …

Kindred Group faces a high-profile legal challenge in Sweden as Stockholm’s District Court begins the hearing of a lawsuit brought by Per Holknekt. The fashion designer and founder of Odd Molly has accused Kindred Group and its subsidiary Spooniker Ltd of “feeding his gambling addiction, which spiralled out of control”. Prior to the lawsuit, Holknekt admitted to Swedish media that …

B2B igaming and sportsbook solutions provider WA.Technology has announced the appointment of Sander Koch as its Chief Strategy Officer (CSO). With a career spanning over 18 years in the management consulting industry, he brings a “wealth of expertise and insight” said the firm.  Koch joins WA.Technology at a pivotal moment as the company is expanding its comprehensive igaming suite, including …

Another operator has had its authorisation taken by the Malta Gaming Authority in what has become a streak of business boot-outs.  Genesis Global Limited is the third business to have been ordered by the Maltese gambling regulator to cease all operations in the island nation due to undeclared breaches of the Gaming Compliance and Enforcement Regulations.  The operator was managing …

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 …