Better Collective has enhanced its sports and racing content by integrating Spotlight Sports’ recently launched Superfeed engine, which leverages the Racing Post brand. The deal builds on a previous agreement between Spotlight Sports Group and the Danish sports betting and gaming operator signed five years ago, which has seen Better Collective expand its global audience, backed by Spotlight’s support for …
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Newly licensed Racing Stars has launched its new MVP fantasy racing product to coincide with this week’s Royal Ascot festival (15-19 June). Co-founded by the Norfolk enterprise team of Steve Evans (MD), Danny Williams and Nathan Thompson, RacingStars.co.uk has branded itself as “the first-ever fantasy league betting platform based on real races and real prizes”. MVP players can buy tokens …
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Jason Spiller, owner of New Zealand-based esports team Dire Wolves, explains why corporate partners such as Neosurf should not be seen as just financial sponsors, but more as responsible contributors to the whole esports ecosystem. Given that nearly two thirds of New Zealand parents use gaming to supplement their childrens’ education, as revealed in the 2020 Digital New Zealand Report, …
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Once deemed as an unworkable marketplace following its 2016 tax and regulatory reforms, Europe’s biggest operators are eyeing returning to compete in Portugal. Regulus Partners examines whether Portugal can continue to defy expectations and maintain its growth appeal catering to an enlarged igaming marketplace, or will it follow the all-too-familiar script of other European markets, where growth is drained by …
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Malta may have to withdraw its EU sports betting veto in order to pass the Financial Action Task Force’s Moneyval test, conducted due to concerns that the jurisdiction is a financially unsafe area, safeguarding the interests of Europe’s financial and business communities. The FATF’s decision, based on a report by Moneyval – which serves as the Council of Europe’s anti-money …
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With the rescheduled Euro 2020 tournament about to kick-off, sportsbooks will look to a variety of outbound and inbound channels to engage with fans and generate excitement. But according to Ross O’Connor, Director of Account Management at engagement specialists Xtremepush, it’s the old workhorse SMS that may yet prove to be the not-so secret weapon. He told SBC that at …
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Gambling industry event organizer SBC has confirmed that its eagerly-awaited SBC Summit North America 2021 conference and trade show will go ahead as scheduled at New Jersey’s Meadowlands Exposition Center on November 30 – December 2. The event is the successor to SBC’s successful Betting on Sports America (BOSA) show, which debuted in 2019, with its scope now expanded to …
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The Advertising Standards Association (ASA) has published its updated ‘exposure report’ on age-restricted TV adverts, primarily related to the categories of alcohol and gambling. Tracking the events of a pandemic year, ASA reports of a significant change in children’s daily routines and behaviours impacting how they engage with advertising content. As a result of lockdown and imposed government restrictions, children …
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This year’s Royal Ascot will feature the biggest international media exposure for the prestigious UK racing festival, hosted from Tuesday 15th to Saturday 19th June. Preparing the festival for its public return, welcoming +12,000 spectators to its racecourse each day, Ascot Racecourse has selected HBA Media to serve as its lead international media rights distributor. Expanding Royal Ascot’s global coverage, …
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The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has released its ‘optimum’ study into betting regulation, assessing 20 jurisdictions across six continents, finding no evidence of corruption across the vast majority of surveyed markets. Covering ‘a range of licencing models,’ the study collected fiscal and integrity data from multiple regulated betting operators – representing almost 50% of all commercial online betting activity …
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