• daily_news
    30 September 2019

    Glasgow to consider proposals for new gambling framework

    Glasgow City Council is to stage a summit with academics, third sector, health professionals, youth workers and individuals who have suffered with gambling problems in order to examine related challenges in the Scottish city and develop a new framework for action.

  • daily_news
    30 September 2019

    IGRG reveals plans for Responsible Gambling Week 2019

    The Industry Group For Responsible Gambling has set out plans for Responsible Gambling Week 2019, with a number of major operators, developers and other organisations with links to the industry to support this year’s initiative.

  • news_analysis
    26 September 2019

    SBTech builds B2G momentum with lottery hat trick

    Between June and September, SBTech has signed three sportsbook deals with World Lottery Association members, announcing the business as a major new presence in the state-owned gaming market. Chief development officer Andrew Cochrane discusses the challenge of bringing legacy offerings into the 2020s.

  • daily_news
    26 September 2019

    GambleAware to explore how banks can tackle problem gambling

    Problem gambling funding body GambleAware has partnered the University of Bristol on a new research project examining how UK banks and other financial services organisations can help people suffering with or are at risk of gambling-related harm.

  • daily_news
    24 September 2019

    Norsk Rikstoto proposes spending cap for players

    Norway’s state-owned totalisator betting business Norsk Rikstoto has proposed establishing a mandatory monthly spending limit for all customers, with the country’s gambling regulator speaking out in favour of the proposal.

  • news_analysis
    20 September 2019

    Brazil’s draft sports betting decree in focus

    Leading Brazilian gaming lawyer Neil Montgomery of Montgomery & Associados analyses the draft Decree regulating fixed-odds sports betting.

  • daily_news
    20 September 2019

    CMA clears Inspired to acquire Gaming Technology Group

    The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has given its approval to Inspired Entertainment’s proposed acquisition of Gaming Technology Group (GTG), a division of Austrian gaming equipment and solutions giant Novomatic’s UK subsidiary.

  • daily_news
    19 September 2019

    S-H prepares to fight for liberal German regulatory model

    Lawmakers representing Schleswig-Holstein’s ruling coalition have put forward a number of key regulatory objectives for the renegotiation of Germany’s federal gaming laws ahead of the annual meeting of state heads and chancellors.

  • daily_news
    17 September 2019

    Brazil launches consultation on sports betting draft decree

    The Brazilian Ministry of the Economy’s Secretariat of Evaluation, Planning, Energy and Lottery (SECAP) has published a draft of the decree governing fixed-odds sports betting for comment, the final opportunity for the betting industry to suggest changes.

  • daily_news
    16 September 2019

    SBTech lands multi-channel sportsbook deal with Svenska Spel

    Sports betting technology provider SBTech has won a tender to provide a new multi-channel sportsbook solution to Swedish gaming operator Svenska Spel.

  • article
    12 September 2019

    Italy iGaming Dashboard - September 2019

    Italy’s online gaming market has recovered from a summer lull in June, to grow across July and August, according to the latest figures provided by Ficom Leisure.

  • daily_news
    12 September 2019

    VLTs drive revenue growth at OPAP in first half

    Strong growth in revenue from OPAP's video lottery terminal division has helped the Greek lottery and gaming operator report a year-on-year increase in revenue for the first half of the year, as well as offsetting a decline in sports betting revenue.

  • daily_news
    11 September 2019

    Whateley appointed to oversee gambling at DCMS

    Helen Whateley has been named as the new Parliamentary Undersecretary of State at the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DMCS), with responsibility for gambling and lotteries.

  • daily_news
    10 September 2019

    Brazil's SECAP prepares first draft of sports betting bill

    Following the conclusion of a public consultation on the country’s sports betting regulations, the Brazilian government is to publish a draft bill for comment later this month.

  • daily_news
    9 September 2019

    Polish gambling market still dominated by illegal operators

    A new report from Poland’s Supreme Audit Office (NIK) has revealed that while regulated the gambling industry has grown rapidly following amendments to the country’s Gambling Act in 2017, it is still dwarfed by the illegal market.

  • daily_news
    5 September 2019

    Bengtsson to replace Bowcock as William Hill CEO

    William Hill chief executive Philip Bowcock is to step down from his role at the end of September, with the company's chief digital officer Ulrik Bengtsson named as his replacement.

  • news_analysis
    5 September 2019

    From responsibility to regulation

    Growing concerns about the rise of gambling addiction in some African nations has led to calls for more stringent regulation across the continent. Jake Pollard assesses the severity of the situation and asks two leading industry figures how they would go about tackling the problem

  • news_analysis
    29 August 2019

    Doing things the right way

    Anambra State Gaming Company chief executive Benjamin Yarnap explains how the state regulator is working to encourage gaming companies to invest in the state, while ramping up player protection efforts.

  • daily_news
    27 August 2019

    iGaming growth offsets horse racing decline for ATG in H1

    Swedish operator AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) has reported a 2% year-on-year rise in net gaming revenue for the first half of 2019, but admitted that increased competition around horse racing had proved a challenge during the period.

  • daily_news
    22 August 2019

    Snaitech boosts Playtech revenue but hits profit in H1

    Increased B2C revenue resulting from Playtech’s 2018 acquisition of Italy’s Snaitech offset a decline in B2B revenue for the gaming solutions giant in H1, though the deal also resulted in increased depreciation and amortisation, and financial costs, which hit profits.

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