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The UK betting industry was shaken by August’s £17m record financial penalty against Entain, for incidents pre-dating the group’s adoption of extensive social responsibility measures. Sharing his views with SBC News, Nick Arron, Lead Partner for law firm Poppleston Allen’s betting and gaming team, outlined how operators can navigate increasingly choppy regulatory waters as the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) makes …

Once on autopilot, the passage of Brazilian gambling and sports betting was destined to arrive uninterrupted in 2022, bringing South America’s biggest consumer market into play. Under review since 2018, the legislative frameworks for sports betting and online gambling had been approved by congress and senate committees, as two bills were put forward to the office of President Jair Bolsonaro …

Less than a month in charge, is PM Liz Truss premiership over following a week of chaos? The past seven days have seen the Bank of England and IMF at loggerheads with The Treasury related to the UK’s economic strategy… As speculation mounts of buyer remorse among Conservative peers, does PM Liz have enough support and friends to lead the …

Amelco seeks to replicate back-to-back successful launches with Entain and Flutter in developing markets, by powering new South African online gambling challenger brand LulaBet. Iain Gutteridge, Managing Director at LulaBet and Amelco’s Brandon Walker detail the imminent shake-up of South Africa’s online gambling marketplace by offering consumers a dynamic end-to-end platform combined LulaBet’s acute local intelligence.   ___________________ SBC: Congratulations on …

Overlap between innovation in the sports betting and payments spaces is becoming ever more apparent, and operators would be wise to recognise the importance of the latter. Writing for Payment Expert, Sightline Payments’ CEO and Director Joe Pappano expressed this viewpoint, arguing that betting firms should consider the vital role the payments journey plays in a successful customer retention.  From …

Acclaimed Argentinian sports journalist and Futbol Sites and PlayMaker ambassador Juan Pablo Varsky will deliver the opening keynote at SBC Summit Latinoamérica, which takes place on 1-3 November 2022 at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino, Hollywood, Florida.  Varsky boasts an impressive professional background and has earned an admirable reputation in the Latin American sports media scene. The journalist …

‘If it was easy, everyone would do it’ –  this sentiment rang through loud and clear at the SBC Summit Barcelona last week, which saw five industry leaders discuss opportunities and difficulties of Africa’s betting market.  Moderated by Simon Burrell, Managing Director – Nigeria at LiveScore Group, the ‘Approaching Africa’ panel examined cross-market comparisons, the role of cryptocurrency and regulatory …

Distinct opinions surrounding the next phase of US online gambling growth and market make-up were voiced during the morning session of day two of the SBC Summit Barcelona last week.  While expressing conflicting opinions and insights, the panel comprising current US stakeholders agreed on one underlying principle… “there is no go-to-market strategy” for North American incumbents. “I think it’s pretty …

The FIFA World Cup, one of the biggest sporting spectacles in the global calendar, is less than two months away, and sporting stakeholders are scrambling to make preparations for the event. Something which is, of course, not news to anyone is the fact that this World Cup is taking place in the winter to minimise the harsh heat of host …