Sports Betting

Joakim Thor, director of sportsbook product at Betsson Group, also talks through the operator's strategy for the new European football season.

The 2026 NFL season is now well underway, with the Bills, 49ers, and Seahawks excelling in the opening two rounds of fixtures. A number of star players have also enjoyed superb starts to the campaign. These include the Bill’s quarterback Josh Allen, while the Chiefs’ Patrick Mahomes also rolled bac…

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…

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…

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…

Supplier says its sports betting-style crash game is already live with in the market.

The Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) issued new guidance regarding prediction market contracts that rely on the actions or statements of specific individuals. CFTC Raises Manipulation Concerns Over Mention Markets The warning was issued by the agency’s Division of Market Oversight on Sep…

Churchill Downs and the New York Racing Association (NYRA) are among several horse racing companies trying to get a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit claiming that computer-assisted wagering (CAW) operations get unfair advantages in pari-mutuel betting pools. Horseplayers Challenge Alleged CAW Adv…

Advanced Compliance Technology (ACT) has launched Fraud Rings, a real-time intelligence tool that detects linked fraud and syndicate activity for operators in regulated betting and gaming markets. The post Advanced Compliance Technology launches ‘Fraud Rings’ tool to combat syndicate betting first…

The federal government may issue a provisional measure (MP) as early as this Wednesday (23) to restrict the betting sector, according to a report by Veja. At the Planalto, however, […] O post Provisional Measure on betting: Lula may decide the sector’s future in the coming hours apareceu primeiro e…

Some of the biggest names in US horse racing are fighting a lawsuit that accuses them of giving sophisticated computer-assisted gamblers an unfair advantage over ordinary bettors in supposedly neutral pari-mutuel pools. The proposed class action accuses Churchill Downs, the New York Racing Associat…

Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has intensified his criticism of the betting industry as his government prepares a provisional measure expected to restrict gambling advertising and potentially prohibit online casinos. Speaking at the 81st United Nations General Assembly in New York on…

Sportsbook suppliers are under growing pressure to help operators navigate tighter regulation, higher acquisition costs and increasingly competitive markets while maintaining scalable, locally relevant products. Ahead of SBC Summit Lisbon, Yogonet spoke with Diego Salas, Sales Director at Altenar,…

A potential ban on online casinos in Brazil could hand control of billions in revenue directly to the illegal betting market. Recent simulations by the National Association of Games and […] O post ANJL tracks the growth of the illegal betting market and issues a warning to the federal government ap…