It was a bright spot in the otherwise bleak Aussie gambling scene. Peta Murphy, chair of a committee in Australia’s House of Representatives, grilled SportsBet CEO Barni Evans on the practice of limiting and banning bettors that are winning. She said she personally knew of someone affected by this, and it became quite apparent from […]
It’s a record that nobody in the gambling industry ever wants to break. The issues stem from repeated failures to adhere to AML and ‘social responsibility’ standards. More on the nebulous social responsibility aspect further down, but first let’s jump right into the facts and figures and get a few things out of the way. […]
If you’ve watched any sports recently then you most likely have noticed the near-constant barrage of gambling ads. Even much of the non-sports programming has them quite regularly. The blitz of gambling ads may have brought in a lot of new users, but it seems like it will also bring about some sweeping changes in […]
It’s a story that has garnered a lot of attention this week, largely from media outlets who are more than a little skeptical of the WWE’s plans – to put it nicely. At first glance I was also. But after digging into it and giving it a little thought, I’m now thinking it could be […]
So what is GambleFi, some of you may ask? Well, GambleFi is one of the newer buzzwords referring to blockchain-powered gambling. Opinions vary wildly, depending on who you talk to and largely on how much they understand of the current online gambling climate and GambleFi. Many of us who were around for the earliest projects […]
The American Gaming Association (AGA) recently held their yearly State of the Industry presentation. It touched on a wide range of topics and had some interesting facts and statistics alongside their usual industry pitches and platitudes. I sat through it so you don’t have to, but it is worth watching just to get a better […]
It’s no secret that the gambling industry has a less-than-stellar image among the public, to put it nicely. It has been around in some form or another since time immemorial, and is widely seen as one of the main hallmarks of the more…unruly side of society. And practically everyone knows that not too long ago […]
Perhaps the single largest improvement that GAMBL can make to the online gambling industry is in the area of payment processing. Currently it is very inefficient, costly for operators, a big hassle for users, and full of serious potential security issues. Our previous article highlighted some of the most recent issues in both the regulated […]
It’s the story that just keeps going and getting more absurd at each turn. A poker player notices $10,000 missing, posts about it, and many other poker players begin to chime in with similar stories which all occurred within the span of a few months. Within the next few weeks, sports betting accounts across many […]
The group Clean Up Gambling recently submitted a detailed report on the processing of user data at Sky Betting and Gaming. It seeks to initiate an investigation by regulators into whether or not user data is used and handled in an improper manner. As noted in our previous article, it gives important insight into where […]
