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iGB Affiliate Awards shortlist revealed.
Clarion Gaming has announced the shortlist for the 2023 iGB Affiliate Awards. Awards to be handed out on 9 February at The Troxy include Best Poker Affiliate; Best Sports Betting Affiliate; Best Casino Affiliate; Best Bingo Affiliate; Best Crypto Affiliate; Best Affiliate Manager; Best Affiliate Programme; Best Affiliate Network; Safer Gambling Initiative of the Year
Scottish parliamentary report recommends cutting gambling advertising.
The Scottish Parliament Information Centre (Spice) has published a report outlining what a public health approach to gambling would look like in Scotland, calling on authorities to restrict gambling advertising and implement gambling harm education in schools. The document outlines current gambling laws and policies in Scotland, as well as highlighting those most at risk
Mindway AI taps Britt Boeskov for board.
Safer gambling provider Mindway AI has announced that it has appointed Britt Boeskov to serve on the company’s board as a non-executive director. Boeskov will join the Mindway AI board, in addition to her similar commitments at Belgian omni-channel operator Gaming1 and racing media rights organisation Racecourse Media Group. Boeskov’s last executive role before
PointsBet nominates new non-executive director to board.
PointsBet has nominated William Grounds to its board as an independent non-executive director, in line with its recent activity in the US market. Grounds previously served as president and chief operating officer of Infinity World Development Corp, an affiliate of Dubai World. Here, he headed up the $7bn (£5.69bn/€6.64bn) investment in CityCenter Resort & Casino
PMU aims to increase stakes by €1bn by 2025.
French horse racing operator Pari-Mutuel Urbain (PMU) announced a three-year strategic vision to grow its annual stakes by €1bn and to increase its total number of customers to 4 million. The business outlined a series of transformations for the company in the period including a “global approach” to PMU’s growth, the deployment of new technology
All-In Diversity Project launches fourth annual survey.
Industry initiative the All-In Diversity Project has launched the survey for its fourth edition of its All-Index report. The All-In Diversity Project published the third edition of the report in July, and revealed that the industry was experiencing its largest gender gap to date. l-r: Kelly kehn and christina thakor-rankin, co-founders, the All-In diversity project
Former snooker Masters champion suspended in match-fixing investigations.
The World Professional Billiards and Snooker Association (WPBSA) has suspended a number of players, including former Masters champion Yan Bingtao, as part of an ongoing investigations into allegations of match-fixing for betting purposes. Bingtao’s suspension form attending and competing on the World Snooker Tour will come into effect immediately and will remain in place until
EY report: affordability checks contributed to online revenue drop in 2021-22.
The implementation of affordability checks and the re-opening of land-based venues both contributed to the fall in online revenue during 2021-2022, according to an Ernst & Young report commissioned by the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC). The report analyses the BGC’s contribution to the British economy, looking at gambling data covering the period between July
Sweden proposes expanded data access rights to combat problem gambling.
Sweden’s government has put forward proposals to make more consumer data available to licensed operators to help prevent gambling-related harm such as addiction. Announced by Swedish minister of financial markets, Niklas Wykman, the memorandum set out plans for the rights to process personal data about players and their gaming habits to combat problem gambling. The