Tag Archives: David Henwood

IBIA: Liberal sports betting regulation weakens offshore operators

SBC News IBIA: Liberal sports betting regulation weakens offshore operators

A new study on the liberal practices of sports betting regulation and their effects on sports integrity protection has been released by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). The paper titled ‘The Availability of Sports Betting Products: An Economic and Integrity Analysis’ was done in conjunction with gambling market data and intelligence specialist H2 Gambling Capital.  In it, a parallel …

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IBIA and H2 renew partnership targeting enhanced standards

IBIA x H2

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) and H2 Gambling Capital have announced an extension of their partnership. Outlining a joint objective of driving ‘standards in betting market regulation and integrity protection’, the duo aim to keep momentum on previous joint projects. To pursue this, H2 will continue to function as the official betting market data partner of the IBIA, which …

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IBIA and H2 Gambling Capital extend data partnership

SBC News IBIA and H2 Gambling Capital extend data partnership

H2 Gambling Capital will continue to operate as the official betting market data provider of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA), as the two organisations renew their partnership.  The extension of the agreement between the global betting integrity body and gambling market data provider will see the IBIA continue to leverage H2’s database of two million data points across more …

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Future opportunities and challenges to be highlighted at Betting on Sports Europe

SBC News Future opportunities and challenges to be highlighted at Betting on Sports Europe

A plethora of betting industry leaders and representatives are due to appear at next week’s Betting on Sports Europe conference and exhibition on the Future of Sports Betting track. Taking place between 9-11 November at Chelsea FC’s Stamford Bridge stadium in London, the track will see a number of executives share their views and predictions on the future of Europe’s …

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IBIA finds ‘no corruption issues’ across 99.96% of regulated markets

Khalid Ali, IBIA CEO

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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H2 adds IBIA alerts to Global Betting Summary Dataset

SBC News H2 adds IBIA alerts to Global Betting Summary Dataset

Industry market insights provider H2 Gambling Capital has agreed to extend its ‘Global Betting Summary Dataset’ market data coverage to include data on suspicious betting reported by the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). The new dataset tracks back to 2017 when 266 alerts were logged, to the 183 reported last year. H2 updates its breakdown coverage on a quarterly basis, …

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“Culture Clashes & Blurred Lines” – M&A in a post-PASPA environment

SBC News "Culture Clashes & Blurred Lines" – M&A in a post-PASPA environment

Dominating the industry’s agenda and context, the liberalisation of the US betting market post-PASPA has changed all working dynamics of the betting sector. Following three-years of mass sector consolidation, European leaders believed that the betting industry had finally settled. On 14 May 2018, SCOTUS would announce its supreme drop of federal PASPA laws…Facing new realities, has a further US-centric round …

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