GamCare has published its annual report and financial statements, signed by the board of trustees of the problem gambling treatment support charity. The 2022/2023 period represents GamCare’s 25th year delivering frontline treatment support services such as its 24/7 National Gambling Helpline, family counselling and youth programmes. Expanding its services, GamCare has taken on the role of system coordinator appointed by …

Brigid Simmonds (OBE), Chair of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), has urged the government to guarantee the funding of third sector organisations in its consultation of a mandatory levy on problem gambling harms. Announced yesterday by DCMS, an eight-week consultation has been launched to gather stakeholder insights on the structure, management and oversight of a fixed levy collecting funds …

Sportech has completed its final day of trading as a listed enterprise of the London Alternative Investment Market (AIM) as of 16 October.  The decision to de-list from the London AIM was formally announced on 11 September by the board of Sportech, following a review of the firm’s long-term interests and options. Following its de-listing, Sportech will re-register its business …

Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), has enhanced its agreement with Betway, the flagship sportsbook brand of Super Group Inc, providing its automated affiliate media compliance and screening tool – GiG Comply. Developed by GiG’s media unit, the Comply tool helps ensure affiliate programmes are fully aligned with all brand and responsible gaming requirements of respective markets. Jonas Warrer, CEO of the …

Sky Bet is the latest bookmaker to be penalised by the Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) monitoring of gambling-related  ads/content deemed likely to have a ‘strong appeal to under-18 audiences’. The bookmaker’s adverts have been review on information collected by the Active Ad Monitoring system. This system employs AI to actively identify online advertisements that could potentially violate regulations. In this …

In life, there are the certain outcomes of death and taxes, whilst for sportsbooks, there are media rights disputes and data fees. The rising costs of operating an online sportsbook have divided opinions across the sector regarding the necessity of exclusive media rights packages and the compounding expenses of data fees. At the SBC Summit Barcelona, a panel of sportsbook …

888 Holdings has notified investors that its KPI performance remains consistent with corporate expectations, as the LSE gambling group reported a 10% decline in Q3 revenues to £405m (Q3 2022: £450m).  As anticipated by the firm’s September update, Q3 trading saw group performance dragged by ongoing safer gambling compliance changes and a refined marketing approach, impacting the performance of its …

 Andrew Rhodes, Chief Executive of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), has stated that combating illegal gambling should be an arena of collaboration and forming best practices for all regulatory counterparts. The statement was made by Rhodes as the keynote speaker of this year’s International Association of Gambling Regulators (IAGR) Conference (16 October, Gaborone, Botswana).  Opening his address, Rhodes cited: “The …

 BetComply has announced the immediate appointment of Daniel Brookes as Interim CEO of the igaming multi-jurisdiction compliance advisory.  An expert in business compliance for igaming firms, Brookes joins BetComply from online security and ID solutions provider Rdentify, where he served as CEO since 2019. Brookes is the former Chief Operations Officer (COO) of online gambling platform and solutions supplier Betable …

GamCare has urged the government to reconsider its proposed policy on changes related to Electronic Gambling Machines (EGMs) within land-based gambling venues. The treatment support charity indicates that its ‘lived experience community’ is concerned that relaxing EGM regulations might allow the public to engage with high-risk games in land-based venues, increasing the potential of harm. As outlined in the Gambling …