SBC SPONSORSHIP FORUM DRIVES BETWAY’S DEPORTIVO ALAVÉS DEAL
La Liga’s Deportivo Alavés has thanked SBC for its assistance after securing a two-year front-of-shirt sponsorship deal with Betway. The club’s Deputy General Manager Mikel Bárcena welcomed SBC Founder and CEO Rasmus Sojmark to the Basque country to say thank you for facilitating an introduction to the operator at…
WORLD CUP FUELS PORTUGAL’S ONLINE GAMBLING MARKET
The Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ), the country’s gambling regulator, has reported year-on-year hikes for sports betting and online casino revenue as operators benefited from the Fifa World Cup and a structural change for…
UKRAINE DEFINES POKER AS A SPORT
Lawmakers have decided that poker is not a game of chance, therefore it is exempt from anti-gambling laws. Urakine.- Ukrainian lawmakers have listed poker in the Register of Recognized Sports after discussing whether it was a game of chance or…
POKERSTARS LIVE MOVES ONE STEP CLOSER TO MACAU RETURN
Hong Kong businessman and high stakes poker player Stanley Choi has taken a key step forward in his quest to bring the PokerStars LIVE brand back to Macau with his company, International Entertainment Corp (IEC), acquiring Rational Live Events…
BETTING SITES DOMINATE THE NEW SEASON OF THE SPANISH FOOTBALL LEAGUE
On one hand, a new intelligence group from the Spanish league is responsible for analyzing and trying to prevent betting schemes with match-fixing. On the other hand, the entity that organizes the two main football divisions of the country is…
FANSUNITE REACHES PARTNERSHIP DEAL WITH LEICESTER CITY
Leicester City Football Club has announced a fresh partnership with Vancouver headquartered FansUnite, whose goal is one of “revolutionising the sports betting industry by harnessing the power of blockchain technology”. Brought on board with The Foxes as an official partner for…
SPANISH TAXMAN CHASES HOSSEIN ENSAN; LIVE OPERATORS SHOULD PROVIDE MORE ADVICE
As news circulates that the Spanish tax authorities are chasing the German poker player Hossein Ensan for back taxes relating to a 2014 third-place finish in the European Poker Tour Main Event in Barcelona, Lee Davy wants the live tournament…
CRISTIANO RONALDO ANNOUNCED AS DAZN’S FIRST GLOBAL AMBASSADOR
Perform’s global live and on demand streaming service, DAZN, has secured a partnership with one of the most sought after name in world football, Cristiano Ronaldo. The Juventus attacker has been announced as DAZN’s first global ambassador and will play a key role in…
SLOTS BENEFIT THE AUSTRALIAN ECONOMY
A new study shows that legal slot machines operations benefit the country’s revenues. Australia.- Although “pokie” machines (as slots machines are known in Australia) are facing a national crackdown in a framework of strict opposition against gaming expansion in the country,…
RETAIL BETTING REACHES €490.6 MILLION IN ITALY IN 2018
During the first seven months of the year, the Italian retail betting market reached €490.6 million, fueled by the FIFA World Cup. Italy.- The FIFA World Cup was won by the French national team but the gambling segment could also…