Author: Andrew Fletcher

GHASBO, the Ghana Association of Sports Betting Operators, has announced an exclusive opportunity for its members to attend the upcoming SBC Summit in Lisbon. The partnership between SBC and GHASBO signals a growing recognition of Ghana’s expanding footprint within the African gaming and sports betting landscape. The SBC Summit 2026 is scheduled to take place from 29 September to 1 October, bringing together industry leaders from across the globe. The event will be hosted at two prestigious venues in Portugal’s capital, the Feira Internacional de Lisboa and the iconic MEO Arena. GHASBO’s involvement reflects a broader push to ensure that…

Spain’s regulated gambling sector is preparing for one of its most significant conferences yet, with the 2026 Gaming in Spain Conference set for Thursday, October 15, 2026. The event will be held at the Auditorio ECIJA in Madrid, bringing together a wide range of industry stakeholders for a full day of discussion. Organisers have confirmed that the agenda will cover some of the most pressing regulatory and commercial challenges currently facing Spain’s licensed iGaming market. Key topics include the implementation of cross-operator deposit limits, the DGOJ’s central problem gambling detection algorithm, fraud prevention, and anti-money laundering measures. The conference will…

Africa’s mobile money ecosystem presents unique fraud detection challenges because millions of customers use wallets tied to phone numbers rather than traditional payment cards. Standard fraud-monitoring tools were built primarily for card-based environments, relying on signals such as card history, transaction patterns, and device or network data. Without those conventional signals, the absence of a safety net becomes immediately visible when analysing real transaction data from across the continent. Flexifai recorded an average mobile money conversion rate of roughly 68% across its African traffic last month, but the spread between markets and operators was enormous. Performance ranged from over 90%…

Genius Sports CEO Mark Locke has positioned the company to benefit from the gambling industry’s evolution, regardless of how the regulatory landscape ultimately develops. The sportstech giant is targeting revenues exceeding $1 billion by the end of 2026, a milestone that would represent a landmark moment in the company’s growth trajectory. Genius Sports previously reported group-wide revenue growth of 31% to $669.6 million for the full year 2025, underlining the pace at which the business has been scaling. The acquisition of Legend has played a central role in accelerating that momentum, expanding the company’s capabilities and broadening its commercial footprint…

OpenBet has completed the acquisition of OmniLogic, a specialist in lottery sportsbook technology, marking a significant move in the sports betting sector. The deal signals OpenBet’s clear intent to expand its product suite and strengthen its position across multiple betting verticals globally. OmniLogic has built a strong reputation as a specialist provider of lottery-integrated sportsbook solutions, serving operators across regulated markets. By bringing OmniLogic into its portfolio, OpenBet gains access to a range of technology and expertise that complements its existing sportsbook infrastructure. Lottery betting represents a growing segment of the wider gambling market, with operators increasingly looking to offer…

Prediction market platform Kalshi has offered better odds than both DraftKings and FanDuel during the opening week of the 2026 NFL season. This represents a significant reversal from the same period a year ago, when Kalshi trailed both major sportsbooks on pricing. Citizens JMP Securities analysts Jordan Bender and Isabelle Slavin tracked odds across 28 data points covering moneyline bets and totals on Friday 11 September. Kalshi’s implied vig came in 3% lower than FanDuel’s and 4% lower than DraftKings’, marking a meaningful competitive shift in the market. Kalshi’s implied pricing for Week 1 stood at 4.32%, while FanDuel posted…

Europe must unite in its fight against illegal gambling, according to Michel Groothuizen, Chair of the Netherlands’ gambling regulator, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA). Groothuizen made the appeal following the Netherlands’ annual gambling committee debate, publishing his views in a blog directed at European nations and policymakers. He stated bluntly that half of every euro wagered by Dutch consumers flows into the illegal gambling market, costing the country more than €500 million annually in lost tax revenue. The KSA chairman also highlighted the staggering global scale of illegal gambling, noting that its total turnover represents a greater GDP than any country on…

The Dutch Gambling Authority, known as the KSA, has renewed three monopoly licences held by lottery operator Lotto BV for a five-year period. The renewed licences will run from the beginning of 2027, allowing Lotto BV to continue its exclusive hold over several key gambling markets in the Netherlands. Under the renewed terms, Lotto BV retains its exclusive licence to offer lottery games, instant lottery products such as scratch cards, and land-based sports betting. The decision to renew comes despite an ongoing legal challenge that could ultimately force those markets to open up to competition from other operators. The Administrative…

Entain’s legal campaign against two major UK matched betting platforms has suffered a significant setback after the High Court struck out its copyright claims. Justice Cawson ruled last week that Entain cannot proceed with its copyright claims against the businesses behind Outplayed.com and Oddsmonkey without urgently amending its pleadings. The ruling requires Entain to clearly reflect the origins of its brands in those pleadings if it wishes to keep the copyright element of the case alive. The lawsuit was originally filed last August, when Entain sued the matched betting businesses for trademark and copyright infringement across several years of alleged…

WinSpirit has launched one of its most ambitious player engagement campaigns to date, building a unique initiative around the emotional experience of gaming itself. The campaign, called Euphoria Lab, forms the cornerstone of WinSpirit’s summer 2026 marketing push and takes a decidedly unconventional approach to player rewards. Rather than distributing standard bonuses, points, or leaderboard rankings, Euphoria Lab asked players to describe what winning actually feels like to them on a personal level. Over several weeks, thousands of community members contributed to the project by sharing emotions, memories, places, and sensations tied to their most unforgettable gaming moments. The responses…