Tag Archives: player protection

Five pillars of OpenBet: Nikos Konstakis on a new look portfolio

Nikos Konstakis, CPO at OpenBet

Since the company was founded over 25 years ago, OpenBet has established itself as a leading force within the sports betting industry. And for good reason too.  With its platform capabilities, trading knowledge and expertise in the sports entertainment space, OpenBet has long showcased the “quality, scale and depth” of its products.  Speaking to SBC Media, Chief Product Officer Nikos …

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SBC’s Player Protection day to debate safer gambling best practice

Player Protection Day

The inaugural SBC Player Protection online conference on 8 November 2023 will feature a speaker line-up that includes safer gambling experts from Betsson, bet365, 888, Entain, Fitzdares, Kindred and PENN Entertainment. Part of SBC’s Digital Innovation Series, the conference is designed to encourage the sharing of knowledge and best practice on key responsible gambling issues, with the aim of helping …

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Empowering Player Safety: Player Protection Symposium at SBC Summit Barcelona

Empowering Player Safety: Player Protection Symposium at SBC Summit Barcelona

SBC Summit Barcelona will present 15,000 delegates with the opportunity to hear unique perspectives from leading operators, regulators and compliance executives, on the crucial subject of player safety, during the ‘Player Protection Symposium’ track.  The player-oriented track will take place during the second core day (Thursday 21st September) of the global betting and iGaming show that will be held at …

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Concerns arise for 888 operations as UKGC reviews firms self-exclusion provisions

SBC News Concerns arise for 888 operations as UKGC reviews firms self-exclusion provisions

FTSE-listed online gambling group 888 Holdings has informed the market and its investors that its UK operator licence is being reviewed by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) relating to the firm’s compliance provisions with regards to preventing problem gambling. The UKGC is set to evaluate whether 888 operates an effective self-exclusion process for its customers across its platforms.  Self-exclusion is the player protection …

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Thomas Smallwood – Comment – It’s for player protection reasons and not budgetary concerns…

SBC News Thomas Smallwood - Comment - It’s for player protection reasons and not budgetary concerns…

Thomas Smallwood CEO SKS365 – Group GmbH , parent company of Planetwin365,  sheds insight and opinion on the current industry debate surrounding the conduct and misuse of player protection and tax issues by governments and regulators. Can an appropriate context really be set on the subject matters  which would benefit players, the industry and national governments? Taxation Noun: the act of …

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