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Month: March 2020

America Lotto

PRESIDENT BOLSONARO ORDERS LOTTERIES IN BRAZIL BE REOPENED AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC

The measures implemented by Bolsonaro are not in line with the decisions that have been made by other political leaders worldwide to navigate through the coronavirus outbreak. The Brazilian head of state questioned some of the confinement measures that many…

Europe Sports

ITALY: SERIE A ASKS GOV TO LIFT GAMBLING AD RESTRICTIONS

Football league asks government to remove ad and sponsorship bans to help generate revenues during the Coronavirus outbreak. Italy.- Serie A, Italy’s premier football league, has asked the government to relax its gambling advertising rules to help the sport recover from…

Sports

FORMULA 1 LAUNCHES VIRTUAL GRAND PRIX SERIES TO REPLACE POSTPONED RACES

By George Miller Formula 1® has  announced the launch of a new F1 Esports Virtual Grand Prix series, featuring a number of current F1 drivers. The series has been created to enable fans to continue watching Formula 1 races virtually,…

Sports

COVID-19 BOOKMAKERS SHOULD PREPARE FOR THE WORST

By Iwo Bulski Therefore, the virus begins to spread throughout the continent; 33 countries have reported at least an example of the disease. According to UN health agency said so far, there have been 633 confirmed Covid-19 cases in 33 African…

Africa Sports

DO SOUTH AFRICANS LOVE SPORT? YOU BET!

By Iwo Bulski   The country has hosted world cups for all three of the above mentioned sports, rugby in 1995, cricket in 2003 and football in 2010. Despite a number of years in isolation due to Apartheid sanctions, the nation…

Sports

WHEN IT COMES TO EMERGING MARKETS, DON’T FORGET VIRTUAL SPORTS

(Switzerland).- Virtual Sports has long been considered an effective way for bookmakers to increase engagement and time on site. As part of an offering, it can help deliver similar advantages of other Betting Stimulation tools in both enhancing a user’s…

Africa America Asia Europe Sports

SPORTS EVENTS ARE MISSING FOR SPORTS BETTING

(International) .- The terrifying advance of the coronavirus in recent weeks continues to impact a large part of the planet’s population, so much so that the World Health Organization (WHO) declared a pandemic state last Wednesday (11). As one of the…

Africa America Asia Europe Sports

COVID-19: HOW THE VIRUS IS IMPACTING SPORTS EVENTS ACROSS THE GLOBE

As the world comes to terms with the continually evolving threat of COVID-19, SBC focuses on how the outbreak is having a significant impact on sporting events across the globe.   Football  Following the UK Government’s decision not to ban…

Europe Event Sports

OPERATOR CEOS HEAD BETTING ON SPORTS EUROPE SPEAKER LINE-UP

Martyn Elliott Ulrik Bengtsson (William Hill), Anthony Werkman (Betway) and Paris Smith (Pinnacle) are among the operator CEOs set to share valuable insights on the future of the industry at Betting on Sports Europe 2020. Overcoming the regulatory, reputational and operational challenges faced by the European…

Africa Sports

KENYAN MATCH FIXING PROBLEMS WENT DEEP

By Iwo Bulski To accomplish that goal, the group proposed sponsoring Kenyan Premier League (KPL) clubs Sofapaka and Sony Sugar, who agreed to a deal. Two companies run by the investors, Quantdragon Limited and Living 3D Holdings, made contracts with the…