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UKGC fines bet365 £582k for customer deficiencies

SBC News UKGC fines bet365 £582k for customer deficiencies

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) and bet365 have settled on a fine of £582,120 related to anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures of its bingo and casino business.  These failings were discovered during a Commission compliance assessment in March last year. In total, Hillside (UK Gaming) ENC, which holds a licence for bet365’s bingo and casino products, must pay £343,035, …

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bet365: Cheltenham Festival’s influence is “bigger than ever”

Cheltenham racecourse

It’s the most important week in the UK racing calendar, the “greatest show on turf”. Cheltenham Festival enamoured racing fans across the world as shock results twinned with a win for the favourite in the Gold Cup presented mixed results for fans and bookmakers.  bet365 has told SBC News that the week of racing ended “honours even” between its trading …

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SIS expands gaming product to third US state with bet365

Bet365 becomes first European operator to go live in Kentucky

SIS Content Services – part of SIS Group (Sports Information Services) – has partnered with bet365 to make its entry into Kentucky with ebasketball from its esports product suite. The multi-content supplier of 24/7 live betting services aims to enhance its reputation in the esports betting space and widen the audience that can engage with its competitive gaming content across …

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bet365 signs with Bulgaria’s EGT Digital for Eastern European growth   

SBC News bet365 signs with Bulgaria’s EGT Digital for Eastern European growth   

Bulgarian gaming brand EGT Digital has inked a new partnership with gaming provider bet365 to strengthen the latter’s presence in the Eastern European state.  EGT can now supply the operator with its game aggregator, which gives access to some of the largest and most popular game providers in the Bulgarian market – Amuset, CT Interactive, Playson, Wazdan, 7mojos, and 7777 …

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AUSTRAC launches AML probe into bet365 following external auditing

SBC News AUSTRAC launches AML probe into bet365 following external auditing

The Australian division of sportsbook operator bet365 has landed in hot water by attracting unwanted attention from the country’s financial regulator AUSTRAC. According to the watchdog, the probe was launched based on reports of compliance shortcomings with Australia’s Anti-Money Laundering and Counter-Terrorism Financing Act 2006 (AML/CTF Act). The latest is part of AUSTRAC’s ‘extensive supervisory campaign’ launched last year to …

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bet365 & SIS take fixed-odds horse racing wagering to the US

SBC News bet365 & SIS take fixed-odds horse racing wagering to the US

bet365 has partnered with SIS (Sports Information Services) to bring fixed-odds horse racing wagering to a licensed sports betting platform in the US for the first time. bet365’s first made its US debut in New Jersey back in 2019, and now also operates in Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, Iowa, Colorado and most recently Indiana through a partnership with the French …

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Checkd Dev identifies ‘clear gap’ in boxing with bet365 & iD Sports app

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Checkd Dev has partnered with iD Sports Media in launching an app for the Boxing News media outlet. The long-term commercial partnership will see the mobile app, available on IOS and Android, feature the latest news, views and videos from the Boxing News team. It will also include free-to-play (FTP) predictions games, interactive live scorecards and bet placement journeys with …

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Bet365 launches in Indiana in continued US expansion

SBC News Bet365 launches in Indiana in continued US expansion

bet365 has officially launched into Indiana through a partnership with the French Lick Resort. Indiana becomes the eighth state of the British bookmaker’s expansion in the US, which already includes Kentucky, Louisiana, Virginia, Ohio, New Jersey, Iowa and Colorado. A bet365 spokesperson said: “At bet365, we don’t do ordinary, and as the home of the country’s first professional baseball game, …

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Market Make-up: UK bookies battle on margin control of bet builders…

SBC News Market Make-up: UK bookies battle on margin control of bet builders...

As part Jake Pollard’s ongoing ‘Market Make-up‘ series examining European betting markets unique intricacies and dynamics for engaging audiences. Propus Partners gathered data from UK bookmakers for the Premier League weekend of 12-14 January and analysed how the country’s bookmakers offered bet builders and the margins they applied to them. Global Prominence  Over the last few years, ‘bet builders’, or …

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Bet365 ready for UK adjustments as revenues return to +£3bn 

SBC News Bet365 ready for UK adjustments as revenues return to +£3bn 

Bet365 has declared an underlying loss of £60m for the financial year of 2022/2023, attributed to expanding its technology resources and growing its corporate headcount to over 7,600 global staff. The loss was detailed in the private company’s 2022/2023 accounts, which were published on Companies House, spanning a 52-week period up to 26 March 2023. Despite the loss, Bet365 reported …

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