Author: Luke Barnes

Kindred Group’s technology division, Kindred Futures, has launched a new voice betting prototype that has the potential to change the way that people bet. The new technology has been developed in conjunction with start-up, Artificial Solutions, and has been designed to enable voice betting in markets relating to six leading European football competitions. The voice-driven betting app was created with…

The Gambling Commission has announced that it is looking for new bidders for the National Lottery, with the current operators’ license set to run out in 2023. And in kicking off the search for a new operator, the Commission have said that they want bidders to focus on improving the existing lottery product with fresh ideas and innovations while at…

Free-to-play (FTP) sports game developers SportCaller.com, in conjunction with William Hill, have announced a new deal to publicise one of their main games, the Lucky 7, through the UK’s leading betting newspaper, the Racing Post. The Lucky7 is a weekly competition that is free to enter, in which players aim to win a prize pot of up to £100,000 by…

Italian law enforcement authorities have made dozens of arrests in the latest attempt to crack down on illegal gambling in the country. On Wednesday, in co-ordination with the National Anti-Mafia and Counter-Terrorism Directorate, Italian police made 68 arrests in Bari, Reggio Calabria and Catania, seizing assets worth more than €1b as the culmination of an international illegal gambling operation. Those…

Former Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson is set to add his voice to the campaign against Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) and join a group of Conservative rebels. It is believed that up to 60 MPs could be prepared to defy the government over delays to the implementation of tougher regulations. Earlier this year, the Government announced that it would be…

The top baseball league in Mexico has reached a deal with a leading sports data and technology company designed to tackle corruption issues. The Liga Mexicana de Beisbol (LMB) has signed up with Genius Sports, and will use the company’s data systems and technology to boost the integrity of its competition. Genius Sports bet monitoring system will review all LMB-focused betting…

A report in the Guardian has highlighted a decision by bookmaker Ladbrokes to pay out on a bet it had initially rejected, and the information could have a significant impact on an investigation into the company currently being undertaken by the Independent Betting Arbitration Service (Ibas). Earlier in the week, it was announced that Ibas is looking into complaints that…

The Netherlands’ gambling regulator the Kansspelautoriteit has taken action against an online gambling regulator and has issued a significant fine. The Dutch regulator has handed out a €350,000 fine for the Curaçao-licensed company CyberRock Entertainment NV and the Cyprus-based operator Honeydew Trading Limited for their attempts to target their product at Dutch citizens, without having a license to operate in…

A new report has found that the proposed doubling of the Irish betting tax could cost the government as much as €35 million in lost revenue. The Irish gambling industry is bracing itself for turbulence next year following the decision of the Ministry of Finance to increase the country’s betting tax from 1 percent to 2 percent. According to a…

It had been hoped that at yesterday’s meeting of the Kentucky Horse Racing Commission, the application to build a harness track along with an adjoining casino in Oak Grove would be given the green light, however that sadly turned out not to be the case. Having spent five hours discussing the proposed project it was decided that the approval, if…