MACAU GRAND PRIX TO PROCEED IN 2020 BUT NO FORMULA 3
The Macau Grand Prix is set to look very different in 2020 with the main Formula 3 race cancelled and drivers in remaining races sourced predominantly from Asia. The Macau Grand Prix Organizing Committee announced at a press conference on…
JAPANESE POLICE RAID ORGANIZED CRIME LOCATIONS ON SUSPICION OF RECEIVING MONEY FROM ILLEGAL CASINO
by Shintaro Kamimura The Saitama prefectural police has revealed that it searched locations related to a man, who had been arrested last month for organized criminal activity, on 10 September under allegations that he had received protection money from an illegal…
COLOMBIA SIGNS NEW PACT TO TRACK AND BLOCK ILLEGAL ONLINE OPERATORS
Local gaming regulator Coljuegos teamed with officials from the IT and Communications Ministry and the Colombian Federation of Luck and Random Game Entrepreneurs (Fecoljuegos) to track and block illegal online operators in order to protect those already established in the…
WSOP MARKS LARGEST ONLINE POKER TOURNAMENT EVER
The international WSOP Online 2020 tournament series, played on GGPoker, concluded on Tuesday. A number of long-standing poker records were smashed over the course of the 54 event series, including the largest prize pool ever for an online tournament. Some of the highlights…
SPORTS DRIVES FIRST 2020 GAIN IN CHINA LOTTERY
China’s two lotteries put in an impressive performance in July, marking their first month of year-on-year growth of 2020. In total lottery sales were up 10.4 percent to CNY36.15 billion ($5.28 billion), driven mainly by a 17.1 percent surge in…
TOTO ELEVATES SUPPORT OF WOMEN’S FOOTBALL WITH FOUR SPONSORSHIPS
Erin-Marie Gallagher TOTO, the Netherlands lottery sportsbook brand, has secured a sponsorship agreement with four football clubs in the Women’s Eredivisie. PSV, ADO Den Haag, sc Heerenveen and FC Twente have all signed a three-year agreement with the sportsbook brand. This latest agreement,…
FULHAM SIGNS BETVICTOR AS MAIN SHIRT SPONSOR
Online gambling operator BetVictor has agreed a deal to become the new main team partner and front-of-shirt sponsor for English Premier League football club Fulham. The two-year agreement will run over the 2020-21 and 2021-22 seasons, and cover Fulham’s first…
AC MILAN STRIKES ‘LONG-TERM’ YABO SPORTS PARTNERSHIP
Tom Daniels Casino and sportsbook operator Yabo Sports has been named as an official regional partner for AC Milan across Asia. As a result of partnership, Yabo Sports has added to AC Milan’s virtual fan village as part of the club’s Digital Summer Tour – a…
POKER WORLD IN MOURNING AFTER PASSING OF LEGENDARY PLAYER AND WORLD POKER TOUR COMMENTATOR MIKE SEXTON
by Ben Blaschke The global poker community has lost one of its true icons following the passing of long-time World Poker Tour commentator, WSOP bracelet winner and Poker Hall of Famer Mike Sexton on Sunday (US time). Sexton, who had been…
BLANK GENERATION
Gambling sponsorship in sport has become widespread in recent years, but this ubiquity has drawn ever-louder criticism, Daniel O’Boyle writes. With bans either in place or incoming in Europe, will betting brands disappear from strips in the UK? And if…