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GamblingCompliance, the leading provider of independent legal, regulatory and business intelligence to the global gambling sector, has been selected as the Official Compliance Partner for SBC’s 2020 programme of market-leading sports betting and igaming industry events. The two businesses have an established working relationship, but the new enhanced media partnership will see GamblingCompliance take on a more high-profile role at …

Sports leagues and governing bodies have emphasised the distribution of their data rights through ‘official partnerships’, sanctioned by chosen tech partners. Adjusting to digital disruptions across all media and entertainment verticals, the debate on sports data rights should not be handled as a black-or-white matter… ________________ Arguments over sports data – who owns it, who distributes it, who uses it …

Industry strategic consultancy Regulus Partners examines a week full of regulatory warnings in the Netherlands, further political disruption in the UK, and gaming reform in Ireland. Netherlands: online regulation – orange warning signals? The implementation of the Netherlands Remote Gaming Act faced more parliamentary scrutiny this week, with a theme of questioning from the Justice and Security Committee being ensuring …

Stockholm-listed sports betting systems provider Kambi Group Plc has set about dominating all wagering provisions for South American incumbents by expanding its existing commercial pipeline from Mexico’s borders to the “end of the world” in Tierra del Fuego Chile. Speaking to SBCNoticias, Kambi LatAm commercial lead Juan Barrachina underlined that the technology group is eyeing growth in Brazil and Buenos …

Stockholm-listed online gambling group LeoVegas AB is seeking new engineering talent to join its IT hub in the Swedish city Vaxjo (Kronoberg county). This weekend, LeoVegas HR launched an innovative marketing campaign advertising in ‘code’ the vacancies the operator seeks to recruit, throughout Vaxjo’s city billboard. Operating since 2011, LeoVegas maintains three offices within its home market of Sweden located in …

The governance of Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG), Eastern Europe’s largest omni-channel gambling operator, has confirmed that it will reduce its active Lithuanian portfolio by closing down nine betting shops and two casino arcades. The decision follows on from the OEG performance review of its ‘Baltija’ (Baltic) subsidiary, in which governance underlined that inbound tax hikes on Lithuanian retail verticals had …

MuchBetter, a provider of tailored igaming payment solutions, has confirmed a strong close to 2019 year-end trading as it secures German legacy sportsbook Interwetten Sports as a new client. Following successful negotiations at SIGMA 2019, MuchBetter announces that it will launch its instant ‘real-time’ payment services across Interwetten’s digital portfolio within the coming weeks. Operating since 2017, MuchBetter igaming payment solutions …