Flutter Entertainment has become the latest operator to join the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA). By joining the Brussels-based trade group, Flutter has reiterated its commitment to industry responsibility and safer gambling across the European betting and gaming sector, with the organisation representing EU licenced and regulated operators. The Dublin-based FTSE 100 company joins a range of prominent betting …
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Flutter sets monthly net deposit limit for under-25s to £500
Flutter Entertainment has announced the reduction of its net deposit limit for all customers under 25 years old – setting the figure at £500 per month. The group’s new policy will be implemented across its UK and Irish Paddy Power, Betfair and Sky Betting & Gaming brands, as part of a general move to ‘further enhance protections for younger customers …
Read More »SIS signs Watch and Bet racing deal with Sky Bet
SIS (Sports Information Services) has agreed to supply its premium racing content to Sky Betting and Gaming via its Watch and Bet model. Through SIS’s Watch and Bet model, bettors will be able to view live horse and greyhound races without the need for a prior bet. “We’re very excited to have agreed this deal with one of the UK’s …
Read More »Stats Perform appoints Nick Cockerill to lead sportsbook innovation unit
Stats Perform has appointed former Sky Betting & Gaming technology veteran Nick Cockerill as its new Group VP of Sports Betting Products. Cockerill joined Stats Perform this February to head up the betting innovation arm of Stats Perform, for which the sports tech company seeks to merge its data capture, sports analysis and media capabilities to develop new ground-breaking products …
Read More »William Hill and Flutter top GambleAware Q1-Q3 donors
GambleAware has released its donor list for the first three quarters of 2020, with William Hill topping the list, followed by Flutter Entertainment and bet365. Publishing its industry donation figures for 1 April – 30 December 2020, GambleAware revealed that William Hill made a pledge of £1.04 million, with £540,000 donated. Following William Hill was Flutter Entertainment – the holding …
Read More »Sky Bet ‘promotes’ WFH hybrid with new office design
Sky Betting and Gaming has announced plans to relocate its Leeds office to 4 Wellington Place, a new commercial development in the heart of the city centre. The Flutter Entertainment owned betting operator is one of the largest employers in the city, and plans to consolidate around 1,400 employees in the new offices. Sky Bet employees are currently working from …
Read More »GambleAware donations top £10m for 2019/20
GambleAware has revealed that donations to the charity have surpassed its £10 million minimum target for the first time. Publishing the full list of donations received between 1 April 2019 and 31 March 2020, it revealed that gambling operators and suppliers had made £10.05 million in voluntary donations to the charity, which is not inclusive of money received through regulatory …
Read More »UKGC forms three groups to address safer gambling standards
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has confirmed that it will create three new focus groups to help facilitate the implementation of safer gambling standards. Led by senior leaders in the gambling industry, the three collaboration groups will focus on game and product design, advertising technology and high value customer incentives to gamble. The initiative, which is said to be the …
Read More »Betting bosses withdraw from upcoming APPG hearing
GVC Holdings Group CEO Kenneth Alexander has withdrawn from this week’s Gambling Related Harm All Party Parliamentary Group (GRH APPG) hearing, with the group’s chair Carolyn Harris MP branding the executive’s decision ‘outrageous’. The APPG hearing, which will specifically focus upon identifying and resolving harms caused by online gambling, brings together representatives from a number of leading UK operators including GVC, William Hill …
Read More »Leader of the Year kicks off Sport in Focus at Betting on Sports
The 2018 Sports Betting Leader of the Year Sergey Portnov will be kicking off the Sport in Focus track at this year’s Betting on Sports conference. Sport in Focus is one of four tracks held on the first full day (18 September) of SBC’s flagship conference, which takes place at Olympia London from 17-20 September. Portnov, who took home the …
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