12/01/21 Football friendlies have bigger match-fixing risk, report finds A report funded by the European Commission has found that lack of regulation makes football friendlies more open to the risk of match fixing.
11/27/21 BGC appoints David Willetts as communications and digital director Willetts will join the Betting and Gaming Council from the Ministry of Defence.
11/25/21 Entain sells Betdaq back to former owner Dermot Desmond Entain Plc has confirmed that it has sold the online betting exchange back to Desmond for an undisclosed fee.
11/24/21 Swedish gambling revenue up 4.7% in Q3 According to Sweden’s gambling regulator, revenue hit €622m for the quarter.
11/22/21 Rank to receive £83m tax refund in machine VAT case HMRC will pay back £77.5m plus interest in wrongly applied VAT.
11/21/21 Irish TD calls for National Lottery probe after lack of winners Fine Gael TD Bernard Durkan wants an investigation into the lottery after 46 rollovers.
11/21/21 Codere hands control to creditors The Spanish gaming company has completed its restructuring, handing control of the new entity to creditors.
11/21/21 Entain reported to be pursuing Olympic Entertainment The British gambling company Entain is reported to have offered more than $1bn in cash for Estonian gambling operator Olympic Entertainment.
11/19/21 Entain supports responsible gambling campaign in US The not-for-profit Entain Foundation is sponsoring retired NBA legend Charles Oakley for an initiative in underprivileged communities.
11/18/21 BGC welcomes Facebook opt-out for betting ads Facebook is to introduce an opt-out option for the vast majority of betting adverts on the social media platform.
11/18/21 GambleAware recommissions Scottish Gambling Education Hub The charity GambleAware has recommissioned the Scottish Gambling Education Hub for another three years.
11/18/21 Portuguese online gambling revenue up 38.5% in Q3 The Portuguese gambling regulator SRIJ has reported that revenue for the quarter hit €114.2m.
11/17/21 Veikkaus: loss limits cut problem gambling to “all-time low” Finland’s state-controlled gaming monopoly says its safer gambling measures have reduced problem gambling.
11/17/21 Gambling brands still dominate European football sponsorship A new report shows that gambling brands continue to make up the biggest proportion of front-of-shirt sponsors.
11/12/21 Sisal completes Mooney Group demerger The Italian lottery operator has completed the separation of its payment business from its gaming operations.