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The National Gambling Helpline has revealed that the number of people who reached out to the gambling harm prevention initiative in 2023 reached a record number. According to a report from the group, the helpline registered a total of 52,370 calls and online chats, which constitutes a 24% increase compared to the year prior. Moreover, August 2023 was the busiest …

The board of Svenska Spel has been demanded to explain its reason for closing down the Casino Cosmopol venues in the cities of Gothenburg and Malmö. As announced on 25 January, Svenska Spel, Sweden’s state-owned gambling firm, will shut down Cosmopol venues in Gothenburg and Malmö as part of the firm’s ongoing reorganization of its land-based gaming units. The decision …

Sports betting-focused company Algosport will host an online conversation on trading technology in sports betting, taking a deep dive into the sector. The webinar, part of SBC Webinars, will take place later today, 31 January, at 14:00 GMT, and will feature several speakers, including Jeevan Jeyaratnam, COO of Abelson Odds, Leigh Herdman, Founder and CEO of Algosport, Marc Thomas, Industry …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published its latest datasets tracking  participation in UK gambling up to December 2023.  The Commission continues to gather data from the “biggest operators covering 80% of the online gambling market” – an initiative started in March 2020, monitoring gambling behaviours during the COVID-19 pandemic. As stated, “this release compares Quarter 3 (Q3) of financial …

SIS (Sports Information Services) has appointed Joel Anyaegbu as Commercial Manager for West Africa. Overseeing commercial development and international growth in the region, Anyaegbu has ‘significant industry experience’ and will help elevate the SIS profile in an area which the supplier emphasised is of strategic importance.  Joe Andrews, Head of Sales – Africa at SIS, commented: “Joel’s proven commercial acumen …

Kindred has entered into an agreement with Stats Perform to enhance its proprietary sportsbook platform, Kindred Sportsbook Platform (KSP). Kindred and Stats Perform have signed a new agreement that will enhance the Kindred Sportsbook Platform (KSP) offering.  The deal will see Stats Perform’s RunningBall and Opta product suite being integrated into Kindred’s solution, accompanied by real-time sports data feeds and …

Sweden’s Riksdag has been ordered to review a ‘memorandum for referral‘ proposing further tightening of gambling laws to protect against match-fixing. Authorized by the government, the memorandum has proposed amendments to Sweden’s Gambling Act of 2018 to allow “gambling licensees the right to process information on infringements related to or suspected of being involved in match-fixing.” The amendment requires the …

bet365 has officially launched into Indiana through a partnership with the French Lick Resort. Indiana becomes the eighth state of the British bookmaker’s expansion in the US, which already includes Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey, Iowa and Colorado. A bet365 spokesperson said: “At bet365, we don’t do ordinary, and as the home of the country’s first professional baseball game, …

Hot on the heels of a key pair of developments for the company, Sergii Mishchenko, CEO of GGBET UK, assesses the key similarities and differences between esports and sports, the key developments that we can expect to see through the current year, what exciting things are in store and much more. SBC News: Thanks for taking the time to talk …

There are many risk and compliance issues currently being faced by the gaming and gambling industry. Most stem from the ability to know who a customer truly is at the point of onboarding and the life cycle of their relationship with an operator. Are they who they say they are? Are they old enough? How can I protect myself from …