SPORTS BETTING AS MONEYMAN AND MONEYBOY SEE IT
By Iwo Bulski Highbury Media CE Kevin Ferguson is MoneyMan. Ferguson, a Welsh-born Canadian, has been living in South Africa for the past 25 years and considers himself as much South African now as he once was Welsh. He has a Welsh dragon…
GHANA – JOURNALISTS TO CONVERGE FOR BETWAY SPORTS WRITERS CONFERENCE
By Samuel Qudingo The two-region Betway Sports Writer’s Conference will be held on the 5th and 7th February 2020 in Kumasi and Accra respectively. The conference will focus on equipping sports journalists with knowledge in live sports broadcasting, pre-game analysis, conducting…
LALIGA EXPANDS IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH GAMBLING BRAND HOLLYWOODBETS
By Iwo Bulski It will grant Hollywoodbets visibility during broadcasts of LaLiga’s via digital overlay technology. Match tickets will also be available for the betting brand to use in its upcoming marketing campaigns. The deal is further evidence of LaLiga’s ongoing…
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…
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…
WHAT IS THE FUTURE OF ONLINE SPORTS BETTING IN KENYA?
By Iwo Bulski This is especially true for younger individuals, who make up a large portion of the Kenyan population. The question of online sports betting has long been a dividing issue in Kenya. On one hand are advocates who claim…
SUMMARY OF THE 2019 GAME YEAR IN AFRICA
By Samuel Qudingo Phumelela Gaming and Leisure Ltd of South Africa had the worst results in its history. In Uganda, the government was studying a possible nationalization of gaming operations, after announcing that it will not renew the gaming licenses currently…
NIGERIAN BETTING COMPANY DENIES BREACH
By Samuel Qudingo According to the website iAfrikan.com, over 32GB of SureBet247 data, spread across six databases, has been exposed online. The information affected by the alleged incident includes user profiles, betting slip logs, a list of SureBet247 staff email addresses,…
KENYAN AUTHORITIES DESTROY 110 ILLEGAL GAMBLING MACHINES
By Samuel Qudingo The authorities in the central region of Kenya across Kiambu county have seized and destroyed 110 illegal gambling machines and also destroyed illegal toxic substances worth $8 million. The Thursday afternoon raids which saw the destruction of…
HISTORY OF GAMBLING IN TANZANIA
By Samuel Qudingo Although, gambling in Tanzania is a practice that existed since even before the establishment of formal betting stations, while some sections said people usually placed informal bets whenever the fierce old rivals Yanga and Simba in early 1930s….