Europe

Lottoland upgrades customer compliance duties with DoTrust

SBC News Lottoland upgrades customer compliance duties with DoTrust

Compliance specialist, The Department of Trust (DoTrust), has partnered with lotto betting and igaming operator, Lottoland. Through the agreement, the operator aims to improve compliance and enhance customer service with advanced automation in identifying vulnerable customers, with DoTrust selected following a thorough period of due diligence and evaluation. Michael Byrne, COO at DoTrust, said: “Lottoland is a much admired and significant player …

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Altenar secures ‘game-changer’ operator partnership with Optimove

SBC News Altenar secures ‘game-changer’ operator partnership with Optimove

Altenar has formed a partnership with CRM marketing platform Optimove to deliver personalised product recommendations via its Opti-X widgets.  This deal aims to bolster the sportsbook and iGaming software provider’s footprint globally, enabling a distinctive integration that revolutionises the sportsbook landscape, with room for future development.  Charlie Williams, Commercial Director at Altenar, stated: “This partnership is a game-changer for our …

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Bulgaria hosts FIFPRO and Europol as part of IntegriSport 3.0 project against match-fixing

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Bulgaria’s capital Sofia became the host of an important international panel on match-fixing prevention and sport integrity safeguarding, part of the IntegriSport 3.0 project.  The Bulgarian Ministry of Youth and Sports, in collaboration with the CSCF Foundation for Sport Integrity, welcomed representatives from the country’s government, law enforcement, as well as a number of sport federations and player unions to …

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UKGC to close ‘business as usual’ consultation on Friday

Sarah Garnder: UKGC consultation conclusions due this summer

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has reminded stakeholders that the consultation on proposed changes to the Licence Conditions and Codes of Practice (LCCP) duties and enforcement policies will close on Friday, 15 March 2024. The UKGC launched the consultation on 15 December 2023, seeking feedback on the transparency of financial penalties and the financial key reporting duties outlined in the …

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Superbet & GamePLAI meet ‘surging European appetite’ in player-prop deal

SBC News Superbet & GamePLAI meet ‘surging European appetite’ in player-prop deal

Superbet has announced a partnership with GamePLAI – a supplier of automated trading products for sportsbooks. The deal sees the modelling specialist provide the Bucharest-headquartered operator with all of its player-props markets for basketball and football, both pre-game and in-play. This aims to meet ‘surging European appetite’ across these sports from the NBA to local domestic action. Ivan Gojic, Head …

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GGL emphasises importance of science-based approach in future gambling research

SBC News GGL emphasises importance of science-based approach in future gambling research

The twentieth edition of the Symposium on Gambling held at the University of Hohenheim in Germany presented a look into the gambling regulator Glücksspielbehörde’s (GGL) current and future gambling research practices.  Attending the meeting was GGL Board Member Ronald Benter, who spoke about the importance of well-rounded research into the gambling sector at a time when the State Treaty on …

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LeoVegas brand BetUK asked by the ASA to take down betting ad

SBC News LeoVegas brand BetUK asked by the ASA to take down betting ad

The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has issued its response to two recent cases of gambling advertising and their potential appeal to under-18s. LeoVegas’ BetUK The first ad was produced by the LeoVegas brand, BetUK, and was heard on the radio in September last year. In it, former English football player of Nigerian descent Adebayo Akinfenwa in his role as …

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Entain brings ‘Wall Street Pro’ Ronald J. Kramer as NED

SBC News Entain brings 'Wall Street Pro' Ronald J. Kramer as NED

The board of Entain Plc has announced the appointment of Ronald J. Kramer as a new Independent non-executive director (NED) of the FTSE 100 gambling group with immediate effect. An expert in corporate finance and asset management, Kramer is the current Chairman and CEO of Griffon Corporation (NYSE:GFF), a diversified management and holding company headquartered in New York. During his …

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GGL stands by disputed research of Gambling Survey 2023

SBC News GGL stands by disputed research of Gambling Survey 2023

Glücksspielbehörde (GGL), the Federal Gambling Authority of Germany, has stood by the findings of the Gambling Survey of 2023, emphasising its role in providing a ‘facts-based approach’ to the development of Germany’s Fourth Interstate Market (GlüNeuRStv). The Authority states that it now has the relevant data and insights to make year-on-year assessments of the GlüNeuRStv market since its launch on …

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