Spotlight Sports Group (SSG) has signed an agreement with existing partner LiveScore Group, covering distribution of its Superfeed Pre-Play football solution. Under the latest renewal, the partnership will be enhanced with the addition of Spotlight’s football offering, covering betting-led verdicts and insights from prominent football leagues. The duo first began cooperating in July, launching SSG’s Superfeed Racing across the LiveScore …

A group of MPs have found ‘mixed results’ in their review of the fourth National Lottery licence contest, as Camelot reports record results in its outgoing financials. The DCMS Committee published its review this morning, in which it concluded that the UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) debut tenure overseeing the National Lottery licence contest has had ‘at best mixed results’. The entire …

Kindred Group faces further choppy regulatory waters to navigate in Scandinavia this week, receiving a sanction fee and warning from Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Authority (SGA). The SEK 10.9m (€998,000) penalty was handed out to the Stockholm-listed group’s Spooniker subsidiary – which operates the bingo.se, mariabingo.se, mariacasino.se, storspelare.se and unibet.se sites. Spooniker’s operations between January 2019 and February 2022 were …

The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, has issued warnings against three operators for violations of licence requirements. With the early stages of the 2022 FIFA World Cup underway, the KSA revealed that two operators were offering ‘prohibited bets’ in the build-up to the tournament, namely wagering on yellow cards. Although a popular stats betting market in more established online …

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has added France-based operator ZEturf to its ranks, as the organisation continues to bolster membership. As an IBIA member, the sports and horse racing betting firm will feed into the association’s global integrity monitoring and alert network, alongside other newly-joined companies such as Canada’s Coolbet and Malta’s Videoslots. The addition of ZEturf – which …

Entain Plc has completed its acquisition of leading Croatian bookmaker SuperSport, keeping track on its growth ambitions in Central and Eastern Europe (CEE). Completed via the FTSE100 global betting and gaming group’s Entain CEE division, the takeover strengthens Entain’s foothold in the ‘highly attractive’ Croatian market, as SuperSport joins Entain’s enlarged CEE portfolio of Optibet (Estonia/Latvia) and Totolotek (Poland). Terms …

Following successful launches in two major betting states, bet365 has secured a foothold in a third jurisdiction. The Stoke-on-Trent-headquartered international sportsbook group entered a partnership with Raynham Park Sportsbook this week, a Massachusetts enterprise. Intending to operate under a Category 3 online gaming licence in the Northeastern state, bet365 and Raynham Park will cooperate on the launch of a mobile …

Gambling is a normal part of day-to-day UK prison life, according to a report by Russell Webster, which examined the behaviour of 282 volunteers. All participants were incarcerated at an unnamed Category B men’s prison, with a mixture of both convicted and on-remand prisoners for a range of offences. A total of 45% of all participants reported gambling in prison, …

BETER has strengthened oversight of its sports operations, appointing Maria Mashchenko as General Manager to its Sports Business department. Mashchenko has been with BETER for two years in the capacity of Chief Operating Officer, taking on the new role as Sports Business GM as the firm aims to ‘strengthen each product vertical’. In her new role, Mashchenko will be responsible …

Tabcorp has taken rival Entain Australia to court, due to a deal the latter signed last month with the Australian Hotels Association New South Wales (AHA NSW). The case was initiated yesterday in the New South Wales (NSW) Supreme Court as a civil dispute, and is being presided over by Justice M Ball. According to Australian media reports, Entain and …