SBC Weekly Digest 11/10
Good week for...
ASIAN FOOTBALL
A significant step forward for Asian football against match fixing as the AFC enters a partnership with the IBIA.
RESPONSIBLE GAMBLING
Trade bodies for the gambling sector in Britain, Europe and the US have agreed to collaborate on best practices to help combat the black market and encourage responsible gambling
Bad week for...
FRANCE
The French government is reportedly preparing to introduce a tax on GGR that could exceed 60%, which has thrown the industry into turmoil.
ALBERTA
The Canadian province of Alberta is delaying its regulated igaming market launch as Minister Dale Nally’s Press Secretary Brandon Aboultaif says more discussions with stakeholders are needed.
QUOTE OF THE WEEK
“There are more and more game studios, and they come from a passion of wanting to make great games. But when the revenue share that you get from each deal you make is shared out to so many different ends of the rope, it’s so hard to make a business.”
Mia Nyland-Evers, Co-CEO at Omnigame, discusses the many challenges faced by new game studios hoping to break into an overcrowded online casino industry at SBC Summit.
NUMBERS GAME
£1bn
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has updated figures showing how COVID-19 affected the UK gambling sector’s contribution and productivity.
2,000
More than 2,000 pounds of explosives were used to implode the Tropicana Las Vegas as part of a farewell display for the resort, which included fireworks and a drone show.
$1.66bn
Wynn Resorts has forecasted up to $1.66bn in gross gaming revenue for its upcoming Wynn Al Marjan Island resort in Ras Al Khaimah.
2
West Ham United player Lucas Paquetá is reportedly facing two additional charges for obstructing the Football Association’s (FA) betting case against him.
VIDEO OF THE WEEK
In the latest Footprints in the Market, ICS-digital’s Martin Calvert discusses the impact of Google’s SEO updates and outlines why operators shouldn’t follow the crowd when entering new markets.
Recommended Reading
Insider Sport investigated the recent trend of ‘Stake’ watermarked images on the social media platform X.
Underdog’s Jeremy Levine provides an update on the current state of US sports betting, while explaining how the company launched a ‘first-of-it-kind sportsbook’ in North Carolina.
SBC News gathered insights from industry experts in a recent webinar led by Algosport, emphasising the impact of a short-term financial outlook on innovation in sports betting.
In the first of a two parter, Capgemini’s Jeroen Hölsher breaks down some of the most prominent payment methods that have enabled the APAC region to become a leader in innovation.
SBC NOTICIAS
El estudio Asensi Abogados analizó el avance de la reforma tributaria propuesta por el gobierno de Gustavo Petro en Colombia, que afectaría a la industria del juego y las apuestas.
Andre Gelfi, presidente del Instituto Brasileño de Juego Responsable y socio director del Grupo Betsson en Brasil, analizó el panorama brasileño en la previa de SBC Summit Latinoamérica 2024.