The Vietnamese National Assembly passed a bill last week to legalize sports betting in Vietnam. The vote passed with overwhelming support by a vote of 457-1, paving the way to legalize sports betting under government oversight.
An independent review panel tasked with assessing the state of integrity in tennis has reported its initial findings and what it found does not paint the lower levels of professional tennis in a positive light. In a news conference on Wednesday, the review panel reported finding rampant match-fixing in lower-level tennis matches.
The esports industry looks less like a fad with each passing year. The meteoric rise of esports and esports betting has been well-documented by now, and still neither is showing any signs of slowing even a little bit.
This week, the eyes of the racing world are focused on Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, England. This year on April 14, the most famous horse race in the world, the Grand National, will take place. It is the one time of the year where every casual punter likes a bet which makes it a paradise…
The Review of Online Gambling report released by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) was full of interesting takeaways. We discussed some of the bigger proposals and interesting industry statistics, but there was also one other thing that has jumped out at us and others following the industry.
With a population of 1.3 billion people and an insatiable appetite for all things cricket, India presents one of the few remaining untapped opportunities for international sports betting companies. One doesn’t need to be a genius to understand the potential, but what is easy to miss is the speed with which the opportunity approaches.
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has announced strict new gambling advertising standards slated to take effect on 2 April, 2018. The new guidelines direct licensed gambling sites operating in the UK to avoid advertisements that could be deemed as contributing to unhealthy gambling habits and attitudes.
The betting lines are out and online betting sites are ready with this years Super Bowl prop bets. This is always a fun week what with all the pundits offering their opinions, gamblers bragging about their “locks” and celebrities touting million-dollar betting slips. What’s also fun is seeing all the crazy prop bets that always…
LetBet (www.let.bet) has thrown its name in the hat to become the next big thing in crypto sports betting. The Belizean company has created its own cryptocurrency designed to power an online betting platform that is anonymous, trustless and decentralized.
The Swedish government has unveiled new legislation to open its online gambling market and issue licenses to international operators. The proposal seeks to break the Svenska Spel monopoly over online gambling and begin issuing licenses to international operators beginning 1 January 2019.