Tag Archives: ATG

Swedish healthcare warned of limited data hindering treatment of gambling harms

SBC News Swedish healthcare warned of limited data hindering treatment of gambling harms

Swedish senior clinicians have highlighted that data-lags are impeding Sweden’s healthcare network from treating problem gambling addiction effectively.  Last week, Swedish newspaper Aftonbladet featured an editorial by psychiatric clinicians citing concerns that the country’s healthcare network required deeper resources to treat and identify gambling harms.  Concerns were cited by Dr Anders Håkansson of the Malmo Addiction Clinic, who cited that …

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Kindred joins monopoly duo to share open data on Swedish problem gambling

SBC News Kindred joins monopoly duo to share open data on Swedish problem gambling

Kindred Group has announced a first-of-kind initiative with Swedish state-owned monopolies ATG and Svenska Spel that will see the companies publish data on metrics related to Swedish problem gambling.  The Trio, which accounts for more than half of Sweden’s regulated gambling marketplace, seeks to “contribute to a facts-based dialogue on what is being done to reduce gambling harm”. The initiative …

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BOSE: ESG can be financially beneficial if ‘handled right’

SBC News BOSE: ESG can be financially beneficial if ‘handled right’

Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) policies are treated with scepticism by some, but companies may be underestimating the profitable potential of adopting such measures.  According to the speakers on the ‘Up and down the risk curve – is how we value sports betting changing?’ panel at the Betting on Sports Europe (BOSE) event, consumers are placing increasing value of ESG …

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The smarter route to sponsorship success: What US sports betting brands can learn from Europe

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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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ATG Sweden ends foreign player registrations 

SBC News ATG Sweden ends foreign player registrations 

AB Trav och Galopp (ATG), the operating company of Swedish licensed horse racing and trotting venues, has confirmed that it will no longer accept customer registrations from foreign/non-nationals. Following 2019’s implementation of new rules applied by Swedish gambling’s new regulatory regime, ATG venues have been forced to register all players wagering at its venues. In the wake of an internal …

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Spelinspektionen reiterates its sportsbook warning on in-play markets

SBC News Spelinspektionen reiterates its sportsbook warning on in-play markets

Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s gambling inspectorate, has warned licensed online sportsbook operators to closely follow and maintain its rules with regards to their in-play market offerings.  The notice follows official Spelinspektionen warnings to Swedish state-owned racing operator AB Trav Galopp (ATG) and Polar Limited, the operating firm of Coolbet.com for breaching Gaming Act provisions on sportsbook markets. During Q1 trading, ATG has …

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Swedish Trotting trials Xpress format to revive winter schedule 

SBC News Swedish Trotting trials Xpress format to revive winter schedule 

The governing bodies of Swedish horseracing have agreed to trial a new ‘V64 Xpress’ competition format, seeking to revive audience participation with Swedish trotting’s winter schedule.  Beginning from 17 September, Svensk Travsport – Swedish Trotting’s governing body – will test its new V64 Xpress competition format, hosting simultaneous back-to-back trotting races across two ATG racetrack venues. Svensk Travsport and ATG …

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Swedish market inquiry recommends toughest advertising and software controls

SBC News Swedish market inquiry recommends toughest advertising and software controls

The Swedish Government has published the recommendations of the ‘Gambling Market Inquiry’ (‘Spelmarknadsutredningen’) related to further regulatory requirements governing Sweden’s re-regulated marketplace. The inquiry had been originally commissioned by former civil affairs minister Ardalan Shekarabi in the summer of 2018, as a requisite to Sweden launching its online gambling marketplace at the start of 2019, after which an independent inspectorate …

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Sarah Robertson, Kambi: Fine tuning can see lotteries & sports betting become dance partners

SBC News Sarah Robertson, Kambi: Fine tuning can see lotteries & sports betting become dance partners

Requiring a deeper commitment of technology and software services, lottery operators have often proved to be difficult partners for sportsbook suppliers. Having recently won the contract to overhaul Belgium’s Loterie Nationale sportsbook capacities, Kambi Group Senior Business Development Director Sarah Robertson spoke to SBC News about why the sportsbook technology supplier is treating lotteries as a critical growth segment. SBC: …

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Winning Post: Easy ‘Nordic cash’ is drying up…

SBC News Winning Post: Easy 'Nordic cash' is drying up...

Regulus Partners begins November proceedings by examining the Nordic market developments. Once recognised as fruitful territory for igaming operators, heavy-handed restrictions, penalties and increased taxes have changed Scandinavia’s market outright.  ___________ Norway has become a much tougher market in which to operate over the last couple of years, especially for those not willing or able to get creative with payments …

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