All Articles by Joe Lo

Sports and betting-related data supplier Sportradar has agreed a multi-year deal to become the data partner of the International Basketball Federation (FIBA). The arrangement gives Sportradar the non-exclusive right to…

Conversocial, the social media customer service firm, have conducted a study comparing how quickly and effectively bookmakers are responding to customer enquiries on Twitter. The research found that bookmakers respond…

The federal government of Switzerland has published the first draft of a new bill which would allow online gambling in the Alpine nation for the first time. According to the…

The UK government is to announce plans this week to give local councils the power to veto the opening of new betting shops. A new planning class will be created…

A member of the Irish Parliament, the Dail, has said that the practice of having only one member of staff working in a betting shop is too dangerous. There have…

The British Horseracing Authority has approved the entry of Newcastle and Chelmsford racecourses into the 2015 fixture allocation process. Chelmsford City racecourse in Essex has been closed for six years…

A recent poll has found that 70% of British people want extra restrictions on fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTS), while 73% think that the maximum stake of £100 should be…

William Hill, Britain's largest bookmaker, today blamed a recent tax rise on high-stakes gambling machines for the need to close 109 betting shops. Machine Games Duty was introduced in February…

Social game developer Zynga made a $61.2m loss in the first quarter of 2014 after a fall in revenue. The company behind Zynga Poker and Farmville, who registered a net…

A report by internet security company McAfee has warned that the number of unlicensed gambling websites is growing and that they are being used by criminals for money laundering. Gambling…