The grant of sports betting licenses in Germany seems to become a neverending story. After scorching criticism from many sides the licensing process is on hiatus once more. And it looks like this won’t change before 2014...

For years the companies Arland and Betradar stand for quality, reliability and innovation within the sports betting industry. By integrating Betradar’s Live Channel into the Bookmaker5 software platform, sports enthusiasts are even closer to the action and live betting gets even more dynamic and exciting...

For many years, numerous sports betting companies are taking advantage of the all-in-one service of wingo. The portfolio of products includes till systems, terminals as well as online solutions. Especially popular is wingo.smartweb, which enables the customers to conveniently place sports and live bets on their smartphone. A good reason to take a closer look at this well-liked web app...

By now, loyalty cards in sports betting are taken for granted. Whether on the Internet, the self-service terminal or in the shop – with their personalized card, betting customers can access their balance, place bets and check account transfers anytime and anywhere...

On Sunday, the 3rd of February 2013, the 47th Super Bowl takes place in the Mercedes-Benz-Superdome in New Orleans, Louisiana. In the game for the NFL championship in American Football the San Francisco 49ers will play against the Baltimore Ravens...

The turnkey-solution provider wingo is offering an even better service for live betting. Starting now, live odds for soccer games are available until shortly before the end of the game...

Under the new Interstate Treaty on Gambling 2012, 20 sports betting licenses will be awarded. When this might eventually happen, remains still open. The deadline for the first step has been prolonged once. The deadline for the second step has now been prolonged for the second time (and the end is not near).

The Betbull Group and FIFA subsidiary Early Warning System GmbH (EWS) have signed on October 10th, 2012 a cooperation agreement to protect the integrity of football. The agreement is based on a continuous and trustful cooperation for the early detection of suspicious activities in sport betting which can be an indicator for match-fixing on FIFA relevant sporting events.

Using loyalty cards and customer accounts respectively in sports betting shops is the common practice in regulated markets like in Austria. For some time the catch phrase „loyalty card“ is on the tip of everyone’s tongue in other markets as well. The benefits for customers and operators are evident...

The Advocate General of the Court of Justice of the EU delivered today his opinion in the Stanleybet, William Hill & Sportingbet case (Joined Cases C-186/11, C-209/11), which was referred by the Greek Council of State in the context of legal challenges initiated by the three operators against the Greek Government. The Advocate General found that the gambling legislation in Greece...

Oddslists and scanslips are part of a betting shops inventory for years. Especially in shops with a high amount of bets, the only way to avoid lines at the counter is to let your customers mark their bets on a scanslip in advance. This leads to several problems for the shop operator...

At the moment, catch phrases like „cloud computing“ and „cloud service“ seem to dominate the IT world and are recently popping up more frequently in context with the gaming industry. Despite this fact, the cloud is still an incomprehensible term for many people...