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The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has informed that Rod Street has chosen to step down as CEO of Great British Racing Limited (GBR). Street will depart GBR at the end of April, concluding his 12-year tenure leading the promotional and marketing duties of British racing. GBR Limited is the sport’s marketing and promotional body and is a 50/50 joint commercial …

OKTO has announced that its strategic portfolio company U4C has been authorised to process payments in Brazil’s Paraiba Lottery. The move demonstrates the multinational payments provider’s preparation for the evolving regulatory framework in the local betting landscape, expanding its footprint in the Brazilian market as well as strengthening its position across diverse sectors. Signed into law just before New Year …

Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s Gambling Inspectorate, has released its annual report on total gambling turnover for the year ending December 2023.  According to the numbers, Swedish licence holders managed to accumulate a gross gambling revenue (GGR) of SEK 27.1bn (€2.5bn) from the local market, which constitutes a 1% YoY decrease.  State casino turnover, mainly driven by the state-owned Svenska Spel’s Casino Cosmopol, …

Glücksspielbehörde (GGL), the Federal Gambling Authority of Germany, has initiated its legal review of loot boxes and in-game video purchases. In its evaluation, GGL stated its support for the current initiatives aimed at effectively regulating loot boxes to protect children and youth in Germany. The specifics of loot box reward mechanisms and related activities like skin betting are under scrutiny …

Catarina Marques has been named Igaming Business Development Manager at Samba Digital, as she departs from Clever Advertising. Samba Digital – a sports marketing and media agency – has praised Marques’ ‘impressive background’ in igaming which spans seven years, stating that she brings a wealth of experience and expertise to the growing team. The Business Development Manager said of her …

Last February, Better Collective, global gaming’s biggest media group completed its €176m acquisition of Playmaker Capital, diversifying its media portfolio once more to take leadership in South American markets. Ahead of the inaugural SBC Summit Rio (5-7 March), Simon Hovmand-Stilling, CEO of Better Collective South America details no compromise in the strategy to take Brazil’s top spot, building its most …

Sportradar’s Integrity Services unit has released its latest anti-corruption report on suspicious betting activity spanning throughout 2023. For that year alone, the match-fixing prevention specialist managed to monitor around 850,000 events and matches across 70 sports with the help of AI. A total of 1,329 matches were lit up as suspicious, constituting 11 sports across 105 countries. This rate ‘remains …

Vermantia Chief Technology Officer Menelaos Ladopoulos sits down with SBC News to discuss the firm’s latest Digital Signage product launch, Vision 3.0 by Vermantia, that has proven popular in Italy and is making its way to the top of all tier one European retail operators. SBC News: What differentiates Vermantia and more specifically the technological department that you foresee?  Menelaos …

The Charity Commission has received a complaint made against GambleAware for providing false information to the British public on gambling-related harms and suicides. The complaint has been submitted by The Good Law Project, an independent non-profit organisation led by public policy expert Will Prochaska, the former Strategic Director of Gambling with Lives (GWL). In its mission statement, The Good Law …

Franc Weerwind, Legal Protection Minister of the Netherlands, has informed the President of the House of Representatives about his intentions going forward in regards to the upcoming evaluation of the country’s Remote Gambling Act (KOA) taking place in October. The letter to Martin Bosma is a follow up to Weerwind’s previous alert on failing player protection measures of the Remote …