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BOYLE Sports, an international sports betting and gaming company, has joined the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). The move reinforces BOYLE Sports’ commitment to upholding the highest standards of betting integrity and to helping protect regulated sports betting markets. Founded in Ireland in 1982, BOYLE Sports operates an extensive retail and online betting business. It […]
The decision by the UK Gambling Commission to create a dedicated unit focused on illegal gambling is not just another regulatory development. UK is leading the war against illegal gambling and African regulators should learn and take steps before the continent’s gaming industry slips beyond their control. The bitter truth is this: many African regulators […]
The Namibia Development Foundation (Namdef) Trust will host a two-day national conversation on responsible gambling in Windhoek next week. The event comes amid growing concerns about gambling addiction and the broader social impact of betting in Namibia. The Responsible Gambling Conversation is scheduled for 8–9 June. Namdef responsible gambling programme officer Timotheus Angala said the […]
The rising prevalence of street gambling across The Gambia has sparked concern among members of the National Assembly, with two lawmakers calling for immediate action to address the issue. Hon. Musa Cham, the Member of Parliament for Serekunda, and Hon. Saikou Bah, who represents Basse, have both raised alarms about the negative effects of this […]
The FIFA World Cup is not a marketing campaign platform. It is a stress test of every betting brand’s intelligence, discipline and operational maturity. For most marketing executives in African sportsbooks, it will expose a painful truth: hype is easy, execution is not. If your strategy is built on bonuses, influencers and ‘’feel-good football vibes’’, […]
A Hong Kong court has sentenced two soccer players and a betting agent to prison terms of up to 17 months for bribery, match-fixing, and illegal gambling in a prominent sports scandal. The defendants are Brian Fok, Luciano Silva Da Silva, and betting agent Waheed Mohammad. The Independent Commission Against Corruption (ICAC), which led the […]
All-People’s Congress (APC) Leader and founder, Hassan Ayariga, has called for urgent reforms in Ghana’s digital lottery space, demanding an end to what he describes as monopolistic control over the 5/90 lottery. In a press release issued in Accra on April 22, 2026, Dr. Haasan Ayariga welcomed a directive by President John Dramani Mahama to […]
Sports betting platform Betano has presented a cash prize of GH¢1 million to Maximus Alexander Mill after he emerged as the winner of the company’s “Ghana’s Next Millionaire” promotion. The prize presentation ceremony was held on May 28, 2026, at Atlantic Tower in Accra. Speaking to the media after receiving the prize, Maximus described the […]
155.io, the content studio redefining real-world games, has entered an exclusive content partnership with Intelligent Gaming. Its Hubtech Gaming platform delivers global gaming content to South Africa’s leading sportsbooks and licensed online betting sites. As the largest distributed aggregation platform in the country, Intelligent Gaming is committed to providing the most popular games and content […]
Residents of Dutse in Jigawa State, Nigeria, have called for a complete ban on Gambling activities, citing rising financial losses, increased youth involvement in crime, and worsening social problems linked to gambling. In separate interviews, residents said the growing number of betting centers across the state was a major concern. They urged the state government […]
