Location: United Kingdom

10/15/22 8:51 AM

‘Stop promoting them’: In Britain, calls for soccer to end link with gambling

  • John Brewin, The Guardian
Kimberly Wadsworth was 32 when she took her own life in 2018. The passionate Leeds fan who worked in marketing was a gambling addict.... more
10/13/22 6:02 PM

Interest rates won’t stop Entain from acquiring, CEO says

  • Daniel O'Boyle, iGaming Business
Entain chief executive Jette Nygaard-Andersen has said high interest rates will not stop the business from making new acquisitions, and may... more
10/13/22 5:58 PM

UK: Rank Group share price falls 10% on £34M energy bill

  • LaToya Harding, Yahoo Finance UK
Rank Group, the owner of Mecca Bingo, saw its shares fall as much as 10% on Thursday after it admitted its energy bill is expected to rise... more
10/13/22 6:53 AM

Entain posts modest Q3 revenue rise, looks to soccer World Cup to boost Q4

  • Reuters
British gambling firm Entain bet on the soccer World Cup starting next month to help improve its fourth-quarter online gaming revenue and... more
10/12/22 3:44 PM

UK Gambling Act white paper back on track for publication in the next few weeks

  • Daniel O'Boyle, iGaming Business
iGB understands that the Gambling Act white paper is back on track to be published in the coming weeks, despite earlier concerns the... more
10/10/22 4:51 PM

Sportradar granted UK sublicence, must stop scouting in Genius-FDC settlement

  • Zak Thomas-Akoo, iGaming Business
Sportradar’s legal dispute against Genius Sports and the Fooball DataCo (FDC) has reached a resolution, with the parties agreeing out of... more
10/09/22 4:19 PM

UK ex-minister critical as gambling law reforms are ‘delayed for a fifth time’

  • Tom Witherow, The Daily Mail
Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries last night criticised her successor after sources claimed reform to the UK’s gambling industry is... more
10/06/22 5:40 PM

Genius Sports launches in-play same-game parlay tool in time for World Cup

  • Robert Fletcher, iGaming Business
Sports data and technology business Genius Sports has announced the launch of a new in-play same-game parlay betting tool for online... more
10/05/22 5:38 PM

British lawmaker says government’s gambling reforms remain a ‘work in progress’

  • Bill Barber, Racing Post
The government’s long-awaited gambling white paper is still a “work in progress”, according to one of the most prominent... more
10/04/22 8:44 PM

UK returns to membership in European Casino Association after two-year hiatus

  • Ted Orme-Claye, SBC News
The European Casino Association (ECA) has announced that the UK has returned to full membership of the organisation after a two year... more