Posts by cara@bettingjobs.com
The crowd may be wise but is the regulatory system?
Wise after the event: According to Morgan Stanley’s Counterpoint Global team, collective intelligence depends on three conditions: diversity of thinking, an effective method of aggregating information and incentives that reward participants for being right. Prediction markets generally satisfy these conditions, producing prices that can be more accurate than polls or individual experts. Under these conditions,…
Read MoreDiary of an iGaming Exec – Kevin Reid
From starting at the bottom of the family business to leading 1X2 Network as CEO, Kevin Reid’s journey has been anything but ordinary. In the latest episode of Diary of an iGaming Exec, he joins Robin Hutchison for an honest conversation about ambition, resilience and the realities of leadership in a constantly evolving industry. 🎰…
Read MoreFrom 2006 to 2026: 20 Years of iGaming with Jennifer Innes
Twenty years ago, our CEO Jennifer Innes began her journey with BettingJobs. Since that time, both the company and the broader iGaming industry have undergone remarkable transformation. Jennifer has seen the industry shift from a concentrated, male-dominated field to a vibrant, global sector. Throughout this evolution, she has played a key role in expanding BettingJobs,…
Read MoreRogue trading: UK operators feel the heat
We’ve got some half price cracked ice: The numbers coming out of the UK this week were, on the face of it, surprisingly strong. Entain’s UK online net gaming revenue rose 13% in H1; Evoke increased UK and Ireland online revenue by 3.5%; and Rank’s UK digital NGR grew 8% across the year before accelerating…
Read MoreOddsBlaze raises six-figure seed investment to expand its odds data infrastructure
The news: Sports betting data startup OddsBlaze has raised a six-figure seed investment from Paris Smith and Life Winning, the company exclusively shared with BettingStartups. The capital will fund product expansion and build out the real-time odds infrastructure OddsBlaze sells to sportsbooks, betting apps, and prediction markets via a developer-focused API. Zoom in: Founder Matthew…
Read MoreA long way from ‘won’
Dawn chorus: Anti-gambling campaigning Dawn Butler, Labour MP Brent East, believes the campaign to give communities greater control over gambling premises has been won, writing in the Guardian this week that the government’s promise to scrap aim to permit represented a “huge victory” following years of campaigning. It is, however, a victory over government policy…
Read MoreDraftKings gains the upper hand
There’s talk on the street: Flutter’s sell-off this week also pulled DraftKings lower before its own Q2 results released last night. But although DraftKings’ Q2 earnings statement also missed headline expectations, the sell-side reaction was notably warmer. The company maintained 2026 revenue guidance of $6.5bn-$6.9bn and adj. EBITDA guidance of $700m-$900m. It said its core…
Read MoreMaking hay in the Windy City
Chicago gets connected: Accel Entertainment is preparing to switch on video gaming terminals (VGTs) at its first Chicago locations within weeks, putting the Illinois distributed-gaming leader at the front of a market that it believes could eventually generate around $1bn in annual gaming revenue. The Illinois Gaming Board issued its first establishment licenses for Chicago…
Read MoreOn the leash
Woof: IG Group’s acquisition of Underdog sees the UK-listed retail trading group pay an upfront enterprise value of ~$1.1bn, plus a potential $200m earnout, for a business spanning DFS, prediction markets, brokerage, exchange and clearing. For one sector commentator who requested anonymity, the transaction gives IG a “running start” in a market where both customer…
Read MoreFox in the Box
Someone to watch over me: The secondment of senior Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) official Sarah Fox to the UK Gambling Commission’s executive team is being interpreted by industry sources as an attempt to reinforce an embattled regulator, following senior departures and an increasingly public dispute over financial risk assessments (FRAs). Fox…
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