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The Irish Institute of Public Health (IPH) has released a summary of its actions and results throughout last year to address some of the most pressing issues on gambling harm.  Reported on by IPH Public Health Development Officer Dr. Ciara Reynolds, the available data shows an increasing focus placed by the organisation on creating a strong bridge between public health …

In the aftermath of a successful SBC Summit Rio, Dotan Lázar, CEO of LSports, assesses the challenges facing sportsbooks within Brazil following a landmark development last year. On December 30, 2023, Brazil witnessed a historic moment as President Lula sanctioned Law 14790, marking the finalisation of sports betting regulation. According to reports, over 100 businesses have shown interest in applying …

Romania’s gambling sector faces further upheavals, following Parliament’s approval of an executive order by Prime Minister Marcel Ciolacu to enforce ‘Legea Păcănelelor’ (The Pannel Law).  Yesterday, PM Ciolacu declared a victory for Romania’s PSD-&-PNL coalition government, who secured approval to implement a ban on “gambling localities in towns with less than 15,000 registered inhabitants”.  The law was authorised by a …

The government of Italy has settled on the new framework of licences for online gambling concessions. A new structure for Italian online gambling concessions was published yesterday by Parliament’s Gazette as an amendment carried forward by the government’s ongoing ‘Reorganisation of Gambling‘ decree. Recognised as a principal objective of the planned overhaul of Italian gambling laws, the government seeks to …

The Constitutional Court of Latvia has ruled that commercial restrictions imposed by the municipality of Riga on licensed gambling venues are unlawful. Latvia’s judiciary was ordered to intervene and review the plans of the Council of Riga to shut down 139 gambling venues operating in the capital city. The order was authorised by the city’s council, which approved a decree …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has issued a binding agreement with cloud service provider DigitalOcean in what is another step in the fight against illegal affiliate websites.  KSA highlighted that it is often difficult to track down the identity of the owners of these affiliate websites, and therefore the best approach is to work with hosting providers like DigitalOcean and completely block access …

Super Group has announced the appointment of Elen Barber as Chief Marketing Officer. Barber joins the holding company of Betway and Spin after spending over 13 years working for fellow operator Kindred Group.  On LinkedIn, Barber wrote: “I’m excited to share some news – I’m starting a new position as Chief Marketing Officer at Super Group (SGHC)! I am thrilled …

Genius Sports has announced that it will power growth with in-play trading services for BetKing. The KingMakers-owned Nigerian operator will benefit from the sports technology company’s portfolio of in-play content. Head of Business Development at Genius Sports, Will Westcott, commented: “Every year, we continue to invest in delivering the highest-quality trading services for the African market.  “With the value of …

GambleAware has initiated an invitation to tender for a partner to undertake the “Evaluation of the Effectiveness of the National Gambling Support Network (NGSN).” The tender is deemed a significant project by GambleAware, which will commission a learning and evaluation partner to carry out an evaluation that delivers independent, actionable, and robust insights into the effectiveness of the National Gambling …

FIFA President Gianni Infantino has highlighted that the threat of match manipulation ‘has not gone away’. Addressing the first FIFA Integrity Summit – which was held in Singapore in collaboration with the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) and the Football Association of Singapore (FAS) – Infantino stated that the issue can only be tackled if the world governing body and its …