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Month: January 2020

Europe Sports

OSASUNA INVOLVED IN LA LIGA MATCH FIXING CASE

Osasuna’s former club secretary, Angel Vizcay, has claimed that the club had made a series of payments to Getafe and Real Betis to influence the outcome of matches during the 2012-2013 and 2013-14 seasons. Vizcay claimed in a provincial court in Pamplona on Tuesday that Getafe…

Europe Sports

LITHUANIAN FOOTBALL FEDERATION: 24 MATCHES FIXED IN 2019

A total of 24 football matches in Lithuania were suspected of having been affected by match-fixing in 2019, according to the Lithuanian Football Federation. The figure was announced by the Gambling Supervisory Authority, part of Lithuania’s Ministry of Finance, as…

America Sports

US SPORTS BETTING MARKET TO REACH $2.5 BILLION BY 2021: UNION GAMING

The current momentum of the U.S. sports betting market could increase the total amount of sports betting revenue to $2.5 billion by the year 2021. In a press release, Union Gaming explained that the numerous agreements fostered in 2019 between…

Africa Sports

SHIRT SPONSORHIP DEAL IS CHANGING RWANDA GAMBLING LANDSCAPE

By Iwo Bulski A second shirt deal was recently signed with a French league club side Paris Saint Germain. With the momentum built around tourism, and football, some of the business that has sprouted is the casino gambling and the sports…

Asia Europe Event

PAGCOR PROVIDE RINGING ENDORSEMENT OF ICE LONDON

Strengthening their strategic relationship with the ICE brand, the Philippine Amusement & Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has confirmed it will be bringing its largest ever delegation to this year’s ICE London (4-6 February, 2020, ExCeL London, UK) following the association’s recent…

Europe Sports

BECKY’S AFFILIATED: WHY SBC & OLIVER’S WISH CHARITY BOXING 2020 IS A MUST ATTEND

Kicking off a new year and in this instance, a new decade, is the perfect time to reflect on how we as an industry can do more good in this world. It just so happens a wonderful opportunity to do…

Europe Sports

SPELINSPEKTIONEN SUBMITS NEW PROPOSALS TO TACKLE MATCH FIXING

Erin-Marie Gallagher The Swedish gambling authority Spelinspektionen has revealed a new draft regulation which could prohibit operators from offering certain markets on individual performance. The legislation is currently awaiting review, however it could mean that betting operators must not offer betting markets…

Africa Sports

KENYA ONCE THE HOT-BIRD OF SPORTS BETTING BUSINESS-COULD CRUMBLE IN 2020

By Samuel Qudingo In addition Kenya was described to have the highest numbers of mobile betting players in sub-Saharan Africa as well as having 83 percent of the people bets on football, whilst, on the average the amount spend on bets…

Europe Sports

GERMANY’S SPORTS BETTING LICENSE APPLICATIONS START DRIBBLING IN

Germany is claiming success in its efforts to impose a new sports betting licensing regime, although it failed to show its work on how it calculated this success. On Tuesday, the Ministry of the Interior and Sport in the German…

Asia Casino

PAGCOR CLOSES CASINO AMID TAAL VOLCANO THREAT

Major volcanic eruption set to hit the Philippines in the coming days. Philippines.- The threaten of an imminent, “hazardous”, eruption of the Taal Volcano, located around 70km south of Manila, has put the entire country on high alert Around 8000…