TURKEY OPENS TENDER FOR SPORTS BETTING
The government has opened a tender for the operation of sports betting state-owned operator SporToto. Turkey.- Turkey’s Official Gazette has reported that the government is looking to open the sports betting industry by launching a tender to find businesses to…
NEW SPORTS BETTING WEBSITE LAUNCHED IN NEW ZEALAND
The new NZRB website has been highly praised and is expected to have a great impact on sports betting in the country. The NZRB’s new betting platform was launched this week and was described as “the beginning of a new…
MACAU GREYHOUND RACING OPERATOR FINED MOP$25 MILLION FOR FAILING TO REHOME DOGS
Macao (Yat Yuen) Canidrome Co. Ltd, the former operator of the city’s greyhound racing facilities controlled by legislator and SJM Holdings Co-Chairman Angela Leong, has been fined MOP$25 million (US$3.1 million) for abandoning dogs formerly under its care. The Municipal…
GAMBLING IN THE USA A BILLION DOLLAR OPPORTUNITY IN THE ONLINE GAMING MARKET (SAFEHAVEN.COM MARKET COMMENTARY
By Zoltan Tundik FN Media Group Presents Safehaven.com Market Commentary Currently, Global Market Advisors estimate illicit sports betting is a $150 billion industry. NBA commissioner Adam Silverhas written that some even estimate it at $400 billion per year. And in 2018, a little-known U.S. Supreme Court decision…
A PEAK INTO THE UNDERGROUND WORLD OF SPORTS GAMBLING
He didn’t mean to become an illegal sports bookie; it kind of happened by accident. Stephen Mardigan was making a decent living as a used car dealer in Portland, Maine when a few innocent requests set him on a path that…
TOKYO PLANS MAJOR ESPORTS EVENT IN FY2019
Tokyo Governor Yuriko Koike has announced that 50 million yen ($460,000) in public funds is being budgeted in FY2019 for a major two-day eSports event in Tokyo. Both the venue and the date of the event remains to be decided….
POWER VS LIBERTY GROUND ZERO IN THE UK
I often call gaming the canary in the coal mine for the wider global economy. Here I’d like to go into that idea a little deeper. The import of that comparison is not necessarily laden in technical patterns, but rather within…
POKERSTARS AND BETSTARS LAUNCH IN SWEDEN
PokerStars and BetStars launch follows receipt of a license from Sweden’s gambling regulator Lotteriinspektionen in December 2018. The new framework gives players based in Sweden full access to poker games and tournaments at PokerStars.se and FullTilt.se, initially approximately 370 markets across 25 sports and specialist betting options at…
FACEBOOK RESTRUCTURES SPORTS DIVISION FOR CRITICAL 2019
Ted Menmuir Entering 2019, social media giant Facebook has moved to restructure its global sports division, which will be led by former NBA executiveDan Reed as Vice President of Global Sports/Media Partnerships. Facebook has previously stated its intent on growing exclusive sports partnerships…
SBC STRENGTHENS CONFERENCE TEAM APPOINTING ANA-LUIZA OLANESCU AS PRODUCTION LEAD
Andrew McCarron Sports Betting Community (SBC), the organiser of Betting on Football, Betting on Sports America, Betting on Sports and CasinoBeats Summit, has strengthened its conference team with the appointment of Ana-Luiza Olanescu as Head of Conference Production and Content. Olanescu joins SBC’s London office from Informa, where as Editor…