Bulgaria’s ruling Progressive Bulgaria party has put its Gambling Act reforms draft up for public consultation, calling for a complete ban on gambling advertising. The proposed restrictions drafted by Prime Minister Roumen Radev’s cabinet replace the current legislation with a near-total ban on all…
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) will use G2E 2026 to highlight how its services, standards and security solutions help regulators, suppliers and operators manage risk and capture new opportunities. The post GLI spotlights client service and gaming cybersecurity at G2E 2026 first appeared on…
A lawyer at one of the UK’s largest law firms specialising in gambling licensing has urged gambling trade bodies to be more cohesive in lobbying and communications amid a fresh debate around tax rates. Richard Bradley, Gambling Lead Solicitor at Poppleston Allen, has advised organisations such as t…
Tom Light, Founder and CEO at FIRST.bet introduces SportOS, a new sportsbook platform that aims to give operators greater control over the user experience. The new solution aligns with Light’s vision for the future of sportsbook, which focuses on the end of the copy-paste era of technology. A sport…
American media giant People Incorporated has dropped its multi-billion dollar bid to acquire MGM Resorts International, one of the biggest gaming firms in the US and a significant player globally. People Incorporated made a $18bn (£13.4bn) bid to acquire the remaining shares in MGM in June. Barry D…
SBC News’ recently spoke to Kirill Nekrasov, BETBY’s Head of Innovation and R&D about SlotBet Games, a new product designed to close the gap between sportsbook and casinos. In the first part of the conversation, Nekrasov explained the design choices of SlotBet Games and the first product, BETBY Slo…
Stockman’s Casino has completed a year-long renovation that brought upgrades across its gaming floor, food service areas, and back-of-house operations at the Fallon, Nevada property. The casino marked the completion of the project with a ribbon-cutting ceremony on September 18, following an overhau…
Relax Gaming, the iGaming aggregator and supplier of award-winning content, has taken the global jackpot product, Dream Drop, into the regulated market of Denmark for the first time, through their partnership with FDJ UNITED. The successful launch, via the leading operator group’s Unibet and Maria…
GR8_TECH has published new research demonstrating that its frontend architecture has an average load time of 1.72 seconds thanks to new tech upgrades it has made throughout the year. Following the updates, SBC News caught up with GR8_TECH’s Head of Sportsbook Business Dinos Doxiadis to outline why…
Aristocrat Interactive™ has entered a new licencing agreement with Gaming Realms™ that will allow the development of Slingo™ versions of two of Aristocrat’s most popular game brands, Buffalo™ and Mo’ Mummy™. Lauren Caruana, VP of Commercial UK & EU for Aristocrat Interactive, said: We’re excited to…
Long time coming At times, it felt like the longest wait between the announcement that Alberta would be launching a commercial online casino market and the actual launch. Many wondered if it would actually happen. Was it going to be possible to fulfill so many competing demands? Well, the detractor…
The gambling regulator in Victoria, Australia, said the operator’s systems were left “vulnerable.”
Queensland defers Star Gold Coast’s license suspension to March 2027, allowing more time for reforms under independent oversight. The post The Star Gold Coast license suspension deferred to March 2027 first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.
Germany’s GGL wants greater flexibility to introduce enforcement measures without waiting for all 16 federal states to amend the Interstate Treaty on Gambling 2021 (GlüStV 2021). GGL board member Ronald Benter argued that the current system takes too long to adapt to new developments in the illegal…
Barry Diller’s People Inc. has decided to pull its proposal to acquire the remaining shares of MGM Resorts International, thus putting an end to months of discussions over a potential deal that would have valued the Las Vegas-based casino company at more than $18 billion. “We Didn’t Feel the Mix Wa…
Supplier says its sports betting-style crash game is already live with in the market.
Bulgaria is in the process of drafting changes to the Gambling Act, aimed to impose stricter limitations in advertising and raise taxes for gambling businesses. Authorities are viewing the proposed amendments as an essential reshaping of legislation. Prime Minister Roumen Radev said: We want to int…
According to an investigation, led by Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Palmerbet has breached BetStop’s self-exclusion mandates, which has caused it to end up with 18 months of court-imposed penalties. Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) reported that the Palme…
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| Organisation | Coverage | Website |
|---|---|---|
| GamCare | UK and Europe | gamcare.org.uk |
| GambleAware | UK and Europe | gambleaware.org |
| Gambling Therapy | International | gamblingtherapy.org |
| GamStop | United Kingdom | gamstop.co.uk |
| Gamblers Anonymous | International | gamblersanonymous.org |
| Gordon Moody | UK and Europe | gordonmoody.org.uk |