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French online sports betting revenue plummets 56% year-on-year for Q2

Figures from France’s new gambling regulator L’Autorité nationale des Jeux (ANJ) showed gross gaming revenue (GGR) for online sports betting dropped to €94m ($112.6m) for Q2, with operators’ turnover decreasing by 87% over the lockdown period between 16 March and 10 May. The pandemic, which caused a suspension of all major live sport in mid-March […]

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Dominik Beier: Players having less money to spend “potential threat to our industry”

The global pandemic led to all major sports being suspended in mid-March, and while the majority have returned, countries worldwide are preparing for a ‘second wave’ of the virus, creating huge uncertainty. While events such as the UEFA European Championships and the Olympics have been rearranged to next year, the former Interwetten speaker of the

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Paddy Power launches ‘pundits’ series in latest ad campaign

The series takes Matt Le Tissier, Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson, recently dismissed as Soccer Saturday pundits on Sky Sports’ football coverage, and gives a comedic take on their life on a Saturday afternoons now they are no longer on the show. The operator has become infamous for its tongue-in-cheek marketing, as well as taking

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Gambling Commission announces new rules for VIP protection

The guidance aims to combat the “irresponsible incentivisation” of high-value customers to greater strengthen customer protection in the market. In October last year, the GC published three challenges to the UK industry, with the aim of increasing focus on safer gambling and reducing gambling harm for customers. Within these challenges, the incentivisation of high value

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14 arrested in Indian Premier League betting racket

After a lengthy investigation, police carried out raids in five different areas throughout the country, with seven people from Jaipur and seven from Hyderabad now in custody. Another investigation has been launched regarding further potential arrests in both Nagaur and Delhi. “Based on the information, raids were conducted in five locations at the same time

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Simplebet CEO: “Micro-markets turn sports matches into millions of little games”

The B2B product development company uses real-time technology and machine learning to provide betting opportunities for casual sports fans, focusing on betting markets on individual plays within US sport, significantly increasing better engagement. Simplebet co-founder and CEO Chris Bevilacqua spoke exclusively to Gambling Insider about how the company uses micro-markets to provide consumers with added

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DraftKings renews sportsbook partnership with MansionBet

Alongside using DraftKings’ B2B technology to leverage APIs across the Gibraltar-based sports betting platform’s entire sportsbook, the long-term agreement will provide MansionBet with a suite of services covering compliance, payments and anti-fraud protocols. MansionBet, the sports betting brand of Mansion Group, will benefit from enhanced customer offerings, including across horse racing, which is to feature

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