The Government of Ireland has been warned to recognise children’s exposure to gambling marketing in media and sports when finalising the regulatory terms of the Gambling Regulation Bill of Ireland …
SBC News
-
-
SBC News
UKGC nets consistency on gambling participation rates of new GSGB
by SBC News3 minutes readThe UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has published wave-1 datasets of Year-2 (2024) of the Gambling Survey for Great Britain (GSGB) providing statistics on gambling participation. The redesigned survey forms part …
-
SBC News
EGBA: Finland’s gambling roadmap must ignore affiliate and bonus restictions
by SBC News3 minutes readFinland’s government has been advised to maintain an open approach to marketing and customer incentives as it begins its roadmap to launch a new gambling regime in 2027. The recommendation …
-
SBC News
Sweden nets peak online gambling GGR ahead of compliance changes
by SBC News2 minutes readSweden has recorded total gross gaming revenues (GGR) of SEK 6.89bn (€602m) during Q2 2024. The total GGR figure was revealed by the Gambling Inspectorate Spelinspektionen’s monitoring of gambling activities …
-
SBC News
BGC new CEO Grainne Hurst aims for stability, logic and diversity to govern UK gambling
by SBC News4 minutes readThe Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) begins a new leadership era by welcoming Grainne Hurst as the CEO of the trade and standards body of UK gambling. Announced in April, …
-
UK broadcasting regulator Ofcom has recognised an improvement in Twitch’s accuracy in labelling mature content after reviewing the streaming platform’s classification guidelines. In June 2023, Twitch updated its content classification …
-
SBC News
GAMSTOP hits half-million registrations ahead of National Self-Exclusion Day
by SBC News3 minutes readGAMSTOP has reached the milestone of recording more than 500,000 registrations for its self-exclusion scheme for online gambling. This morning, GAMSTOP, which operates the national self-exclusion scheme across all UK-licensed …
-
2024 sees the UK gambling sector stand at a point of inflection, marked by intense competition and yet-to-be-settled regulatory proceedings. In an exclusive interview for the SBC Summit, Steve Birch, …
-
SBC News
Brazil elects Giovanni Neto as Integrity Secretary for Sports and Bets
by SBC News2 minutes readThe government of Brazil has elected Giovanni Rocco Neto to serve as the first National Secretary of Sports Betting for the Economic Development of Sport. Neto will take charge of …
-
Responsible gambling platform Rdentify has released a new update which expands its customer-facing AI functionality. Thanks to the changes, Rdentify can now offer the igaming industry not only risks of …