SBC JOINS SPORTING WORLD WITH INSIDERSPORT.COM
Joe Streeter InsiderSport, the latest addition to SBC’s growing news network, offers deep insight and cutting-edge analysis from the evolving business of sport. Placing a key focus on sponsorships, integrity, media rights and hospitality, the new online information platform is for sports…
PHILIPPINE GGR SEEN AT $4.1B IN 2019.
The Philippine Gaming and Amusement Corp. (PAGCOR) expects gross gambling revenue in the country to gain 8.5 percent to PHP217 billion ($4.1 billion) in 2019, Reuters reports. The country saw a 13 percent gain in GGR in 2018 to about…
BOSA READY TO DEBATE FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF US SPORTS BETTING
(United States).- PASPA may have fallen, but its long-awaited demise hasn’t quite signalled the end of federal intervention into sports betting. Not yet at least. As the US continues, state-by-state, to embrace legalized sports betting there is one subject that…
SPAIN PORTUGAL AND FRANCE PLEASED WITH POKER LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT RESULTS
On July 6, 2017, online poker authorities from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain entered into an online poker liquidity agreement allowing the four countries to link their respective online gambling markets, with the purpose of achieving an attractive volume of…
LOBBY GROUP URGES AUSTRALIAN VOTERS TO BACK ONLINE POKER
The Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA) has called on poker players in the country to lobby their local politicians to support legalizing online poker ahead of this year’s federal election. Australians will head to the polls on May 18 and…
SWEDISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION FALTERS TO CONTROL BETTING MARKETS
By Niji Ng The efforts of Sweden’s football governing body Svenska Fotbollförbundets (Svff) control the betting markets could falter at the legal intervention. The Administrative Court of Appeal has rejected the leave for appeal a recent ruling and upheld the…
RUSSIAN POKER – EVOPLAY ENTERTAINMENT
Russian Poker is the first table-game launch of 2019 from game development studio Evoplay Entertainment. “Russian variant of poker presents new and challenging twist to kick off 2019” Designed with the classic golden age of casino tables in mind, each and every…
SPORTRADAR LAUNCH B2B MARKETING SERVICES FOR BOOKMAKERS
Sports data specialistsSportradar are branching out into providing B2B marketing services for betting operators. On Wednesday, Sportradar announced the debut of its new ad:s platform, which aims to provide sports betting operators with a “full-service marketing offer.” The new service will be headed…
LATEST JAPAN OPEN POKER TOUR SHOWS LOCAL POKER POPULARITY CONTINUES TO GROW
by Makoto Katayama The growing interest in live poker in Japan was there for all to see as the Japan Open Poker Tour (JOPT) held its most recent event at Bagus Place in Ginza, Tokyo from 11 to 14 January,…
5 COMPANIES TO WATCH CLOSELY IN POST-PASPA 2019
In May 2018, the Court struck down a U.S. Federal law that prohibited legal sports gambling, ruling that it was unconstitutional. Sports gambling can now be authorized and regulated by the States, not by the Federal Government. And it’s triggered…