Sportsbook

Neil McArthur, Chief Executive of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), has stated that the government and its regulatory agencies will take every opportunity available ‘to make Great Britain the world leader for safer gambling’. Opening the ‘Raising Standards’ conference at London’s Southbank Centre on the eve of the industry’s ‘Safer Gambling Week’, McArthur addressed the relationship between licensees and the …

GVC Holdings has reiterated its commitment to responsible operations after the betting group retained its position as a member of Dow Jones ‘Sustainability Index for Europe (DJSI)’. Launched in 1999, the DJSI represents the ‘gold standard for corporate sustainability, tracking leading sustainability-driven companies based on analysis of Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) factors as well as S&P DJI’s robust index …

Multi-vertical online gambling comparison site Compare.bet has increased its focus on sports betting by launching two new features – betting tips and odds comparison. A site with more of a background in online casino, creating a high-quality sports betting product has emerged as a key company objective for 2021. Compare.bet’s odds comparison service, which currently aggregates six UK bookmakers with …

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has emphasised the financial support that the betting industry provides for UK sports which have been hit by the coronavirus pandemic. In a submission to a House of Commons Culture, Media and Sport Committee inquiry into ‘sport in our communities’, the BGC stressed that the likes of horseracing, snooker, football and rugby league have …

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has entered into a new partnership with Sweden’s Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS) whereby the duo will ‘work together on projects of mutual interest’. Through the memorandum of understanding (MoU), BOS and IBIA’s collaboration will likely focus on the challenges presented by recent regulatory changes in Sweden. Gustaf Hoffstedt, secretary general of BOS, commented: “A …

The All-in Diversity Project (AiDP) has published its second ‘annual report’ which tracks global gambling’s workforce make-up and further corporate directives related to improving the industry’s equality and inclusion disciplines. The ‘All-Index 2019’ compiled data from 26 gambling organisations ‘representing over 100 brands’. The Index’s headline figure indicated a near 50/50 split, with 46.7% of a total 125,697 employees surveyed …

GAN Plc has reached a ‘definitive agreement’ to acquire Malta-licensed operator ‘Coolbet’ for a total consideration of €149 million. The igaming software supplier will acquire Coolbet from its operating firm Vincent Group Malta, which will see it takeover the operator’s brand IP, trading and proprietary software assets.  Updating investors, GAN branded Coolbet one of the fastest-growing European B2C operators, who …

Sportsbook Training Services has agreed to deliver ‘a comprehensive suite of online trader training courses’ to Kambi. Led by Founder Jonathan Smith, Sportsbook Training Services offers a series of masterclasses on trading and modelling, covering the likes of basic bookmaking theory and practice to probabilistic concepts in sports betting. Posting on LinkedIn, Smith noted that these new courses supplied to …

IMG ARENA has added an extension to its live streaming rights agreement with the World Snooker Tour (WST). The extended deal builds on the existing live streaming agreement, now covering a greater number of matches and tournaments on the Tour. Freddie Longe, Executive Vice President and Managing Director of IMG ARENA, said: “This significant extension and expansion of our relationship …