SBC News - The Voice of the Sports Betting Industry

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Gambling Commission asks for feedback on perceived burdens for UK industry

Cape Town, South Africa

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Africa Overview: South Africa and Egypt lash out at offshore illegal gambling

German flag waving in Germany

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Governing party given clear strategy to end German gambling deadlock

Horses racing on a track at Royal Ascot racecourse

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Operators review reasons for and against Royal Ascot after punter-friendly 2026 festival

Sky Bet branding at Doncaster Racecourse

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UK horse racing leadership assert sport is safe from gambling ad restrictions

A Kalshi advertisement a in New York City street

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Kalshi to lap Flutter and Las Vegas Sands if it lands $40bn valuation

Various sports, representing SBC News' Sponsor Spotlight

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Sponsor Spotlight: Stake, BoyleSports, and BetMGM

Features

Cape Town, South Africa

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Africa Overview: South Africa and Egypt lash out at offshore illegal gambling

Horses racing on a track at Royal Ascot racecourse

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Operators review reasons for and against Royal Ascot after punter-friendly 2026 festival

Various sports, representing SBC News' Sponsor Spotlight

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Sponsor Spotlight: Stake, BoyleSports, and BetMGM

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REPORT: What do media buyers actually value in 2026?

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Gaming1: we need to move away from solely focusing on gambling

Female hands high fives

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GR8_TECH: gender imbalance will break when industry stops fixating on division

Sportsbook

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Gambling Commission asks for feedback on perceived burdens for UK industry

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Entain CEE valued at £1.9bn as company confirms sale to EMMA Capital

Stake, which has come under fire from Entain

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Entain and Easygo’s Stake in war of words regarding location of headquarters

Female hands high fives

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GR8_TECH: gender imbalance will break when industry stops fixating on division

Entain regains Netherlands foothold as BetCity takeover completed

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VBET aims for Dutch breakout during World Cup summer

World Cup trophy, representing bet365's Sub On Play On costing the firm £30m in the first 11 days of the tournament

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bet365’s ‘Sub On Play On’ feature leads to £30m pay out in first 11 days of 2026 World Cup

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BetWarrior slammed for AI advert featuring Diego Maradona

Cubes of the question

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Kaizen Gaming loads up Betano with an AI Trivia game

map of Latin America

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Kambi embarks on a LatAm expansion with BetWarrior

iGaming

Cape Town, South Africa

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Africa Overview: South Africa and Egypt lash out at offshore illegal gambling

German flag waving in Germany

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Governing party given clear strategy to end German gambling deadlock

Danger, representing scams on gambling sites

Player Protection

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Only two of 291 gambling domains achieve ‘trusted rating’ in latest scam study

FLag of Ukraine flying over Kyiv

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Ukraine finds discrepancies between gambling reform calls and total player count

Marketing

Sky Bet branding at Doncaster Racecourse

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UK horse racing leadership assert sport is safe from gambling ad restrictions

Various sports, representing SBC News' Sponsor Spotlight

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Sponsor Spotlight: Stake, BoyleSports, and BetMGM

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BetWarrior slammed for AI advert featuring Diego Maradona

Kyiv, Ukraine, as PlayCity partners with Kick to eliminate illegal gambling advertising

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Ukraine’s PlayCity adds Kick to list of partners as it looks to eradicate black market adverts

Technology

Female hands high fives

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GR8_TECH: gender imbalance will break when industry stops fixating on division

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Meta and predictions - a savvy business move or a step too far?

SOFTSWISS

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SOFTSWISS sets up tech talks with AWS, Oracle and Cloudflare

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EveryMatrix sets up dedicated lottery hub

Podcast

Retail

Cape Town, South Africa, a country PrizeKings is treating as its top priority market following investment from Vyking Ventures

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Vyking looks to seize UK and South Africa prospects with PrizeKings investment

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ATG appoints Anna Romboli CEO for new vision of Swedish racing

A Jennings Bet shop front

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Jennings Bet CEO dismisses negativity around UK retail betting as company passes 200 shops

Totalizator Sportowy

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Polish state operator parts ways with VP over public image concerns

Player Protection

Danger, representing scams on gambling sites

Player Protection

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Only two of 291 gambling domains achieve ‘trusted rating’ in latest scam study

Flag of Spain flying above the Palacio Real de Madrid,

Player Protection

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New Spanish betting deposit limits approved as gov’t keeps up pace of changes

A crystal ball and tarot cards, used to make predictions of the future

Player Protection

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Predictions, finance and a brewing storm of problem gambling

A Viking shield, symbolising Paf's desire to see greater defence for legal markets

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Paf Director: legal markets are ‘defenceless’, but we can solve it

Esports

A tennis ball

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Game, set, match for BETBY’s latest eTennis update

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DATA.BET: The growing role of virtual sports

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DATA.BET: eFootball World Cup supplanted as esports’ top event

A 1990s computer setup

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BETBY goes back to the ‘90s with latest product push

Podcast

Video

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UK regulator outlines key priorities for spending extra budget

Tim Miller, Executive Director at the Gambling Commission

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Tim Miller slams ‘nonsensical’ Big Tech treatment of black market

A radio studio

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bet365 celebrates major online and radio milestones

The nighttime cityscape of Sao Paolo, Brazil, where Kalshi has been banned

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Kalshi co-founder Luana Lopes Lara vows to keep business in Brazil

Events

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SBC Summit to examine Latin America's biggest growth opportunities

SBC Summit Tbilisi

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Day Two of SBC Summit Tbilisi to examine the next phase of growth for Eastern Europe and Central Asia

SBC Summit Americas showfloor

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New networking formats and prediction market debates stole the spotlight at SBC Summit Americas 2026

SBC Summit Tbilisi Conference Agenda Day One

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SBC Summit Tbilisi 2026 to explore the strategies driving sustainable growth across emerging markets

SBC Summit Global Regulations banner

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SBC Summit's Global Regulations track tackles gambling's biggest regulatory shifts

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Affiliate Leaders Summit Launches as Standalone Global Event in Lisbon

SBC Summit Lisbon Affiliate Leaders banner

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SBC Summit unveils new pass structure alongside standalone Affiliate Leaders Summit access