As part of a headline project announced this summer, Stats Perform and AI integrity partner Signify pledged to enhance Threat Matrix a sophisticated monitoring tool to help tackle and tackle social media abuse witnessed across all sports markets. Project leads Jake Marsh Global Head of Integrity at Stats Perform and Jonathan Hirshler CEO of Signify outline the multi-layered challenges of …
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Italy’s gambling incumbents have navigated another turbulent year, not just due to COVID-19 induced closures of retail outlets but also due to increased attention from the legislative and regulatory fields. Discussing Italian gambling developments and prospects at the Betting on Sports Europe (BOSE) event, Marco Castaldo, CEO of Microgame, Carmelo Mazza, CEO of OIA Services, Stefano Sbordoni, Managing Partner and …
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The past one and half years has posed serious challenges to the betting industry across the board, most notably the retail sector, with national lockdowns across Europe accelerating the consumer shift towards online verticals. For the betting and gaming experts on the ‘Improving the retail betting experience’ panel – sponsored by Golden Race and moderated by Bettormetrics Commercial Director Paul …
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There are significant lessons that sponsorship managers of North American sports betting brands can take from their European counterparts, writes Antourage CEO Johan Junker. Almost three years after the Supreme Court struck down the federal ban on sports betting, allowing states to legalise it if they wish, the industry is starting to gather some serious momentum. This has manifested itself …
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The start of the 2020s has seen a range of new challenges emerge for the gambling industry, as questions are raised over responsible betting and regulators across Europe overhaul frameworks governing the sector. This was the main topic of discussion of the opening panel of the Leadership track at this week’s Betting on Sports Europe (BOSE) event – the Sportradar-sponsored …
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Spotlight Sports Group has released the inaugural edition of BetTech Ecosystem, a research piece reviewing the major suppliers across the sports betting and iGaming industry. At the centre of this research piece, conducted by a team at Spotlight Sports Group with the support of independent industry experts, is a visual that showcases six segments and the major businesses that feature …
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Pronet Gaming CEO Alex Leese looks towards the future as South America’s biggest country, Brazil, aims to get on track with regulated sports betting. While England and Brazil fans alike licked their wounds as losing finalists this summer, operators based in the UK could at least fall back on a very positive tournament in Euro 2020 in terms of revenues …
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As the industry continues to grow and demand for casino content rises with each passing month, suppliers must adapt to the needs of their customers and keep up with their competitors, writes Daniel Mitton, Head of Casino at Soft2Bet. With the game development process continuing to prove costly and time consuming, the new strategy is to sign deals with up-and-coming …
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Anna van der Gaag (CBE), the Chair of the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling (ABSG), has stated that UK gambling requires urgency in developing evidence-led research to reduce gambling harms. The University of Surrey Professor on Ethics and Regulation has led the UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) advisory on research, education and treatment (RET) since 2018. Writing an update for the …
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When the coronavirus pandemic hit, esports was one of the only verticals which was able to continue “as normal”. But as restrictions are starting to lift, and we edge closer to a new year, Ashley Washington (pictured below) – Senior Product Owner at Bayes Esports – asks whether 2022 is going to be a big year for esports betting. The COVID-19 …
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