Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, has called on the Labour government to hike gambling taxes. Brown, who served as PM and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010 after a spell as Chancellor for a decade prior, wants to tackle poverty by generating more tax revenue from UK betting […]
The Netherlands Gambling Authority declared the recent tax hike a failure as revenue has continued to plummet since its introduction at the start of the year. The country’s regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), admitted the move has backfired with gross gaming revenue (GGR) steadily declining across both online casinos in the Netherlands and land-based markets. Dutch online […]
Bet365 has boosted its brand presence in Italian football by becoming the shirt sleeve sponsor for Serie A club Udinese, through its subsidiary bet365 Scores. The popular sports betting app has brokered a strategic partnership that will see the bet365 Scores logo appear on the left sleeve of Udinese’s match shirts through the 2025-26 season. […]
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has been announced as a global ambassador for Betway. Henry, 47, is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all-time and depending on who you ask, is sometimes referred to as the best to ever play in the Premier League. The Frenchman becomes the latest face of the Betway […]
New research by the University of Massachusetts has revealed problem gambling is on the rise within the state. Two online surveys were conducted in spring and fall 2024 by the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA) team. The findings, published on Boston.com, showed increased involvement in sports betting, more intense gambling behavior […]
Bally’s Corporation is the new front of shirt sponsor for English Premier League (EPL) football club Nottingham Forest. The deal will run for the entirety of the 2025-26 season but will not be allowed to extend beyond that due to an existing agreement reached between all EPL clubs that front of shirt sponsorship by gambling […]
Genius Sports has inked a multi-year exclusive data rights deal with the European League Association (ELA) to deliver its technology across an additional 18 divisions. It will collect, process and distribute official data for sports betting apps from over 8,000 matches per season across 46 men’s and women’s competitions. The technology is already used in […]
Australian gambling giant Sportsnet has scrapped television advertisements encouraging viewers to bet in multiples following severe community backlash. The advertisements revealed that Sportsnet, one of the leading operators for sports betting in Australia, is now accepting same-game multiple bets. Multiples combine a series of single bets into one wager and the odds multiply with each […]
West Ham and Brazil star Lucas Paquetá has been cleared of all charges relating to alleged spot-fixing in Premier League football matches. Paquetá, 27, had faced a potentially career-ending 10-year ban after being accused of deliberately getting himself booked in games, collecting yellow cards to influence outcomes in the sports betting market. A statement from […]
Betano has made further strides into the European football market by becoming the title sponsor for Portugal’s Super Cup. The online sports betting and gaming brand, owned by Kaizen Gaming, is already an official shirt sponsor for three of Portugal’s biggest clubs, Sporting Lisbon, Benfica and Porto. At the start of this month the firm […]
Over 100,000 people in the Netherlands have signed up for a voluntary gambling ban. Dutch newspaper Trouw reported the six-figure milestone was hit last week according to data from the gambling authority’s exclusion register Cruks. Cruks, a gambling self-exclusion system and database in the Netherlands, was set up in 2021. In order to register, players […]
NBA legend Gilbert Arenas has been arrested and charged with hosting illegal high-stakes poker games at his mansion in California. The 43-year-old spent 12 years in the league, best known for his time with the Washington Wizards where he earned three All-Star selections and made three All-NBA teams. ‘Agent Zero’ was officially charged with one […]