SKY AND BT PREPARE FOR CHAMPIONS LEAGUE MEDIA RIGHTS BATTLE
Sky Sports is expected to rival BT Sports for the television rights to the UEFA Champions League (UCL) and Europa League, with bids set to be submitted today for the 2021 to 2024 broadcasting rights. Sky has previously stated that due to the importance of Premier…
HOW DANIEL NEGREANU HAS ALREADY WON PLAYER OF THE YEAR
This year’s 2019 World Series of Poker Player of the Year Race has had it all. Three high-profile players who have been in almost constant tandem at the top of the leaderboard, old stagers who refuse to go away and…
HOW SERIE A MIGHT BE THE CLOSEST TITLE RACE IN EUROPE THIS SEASON
Liverpool and Manchester City are sure to duke it out to the death in the English Premier League. Barcelona and Real Madrid look set for a bitter battle in the race to be La Liga champions. In the German Bundesliga,…
BELGIUM FOOTBALL DEMANDS THAT BGC CLARIFY ITS TERMS ON BETTING ADVERTISING
Belgian Juliper Pro League football club KAA Gent has urged the Belgium Gambling Commission (BGC) to clarify its advertising conditions related to football marketing conducted on behalf of betting firms. The BGC has launched an investigation of KAA Gent for distributing a promotional email…
OSASUNA FANS DEMAND THAT FOOTBALL CLUB DROPS KIROLBET AS PARTNER
La Liga football club CA Osasuna is being pressured to end its relationship with shirt sponsor KirolBet. At the Pamplona club’s ‘public assembly’, Osasuna’s membership passed the decree that the club should terminate all agreements with ‘compromising partners’. The assembly saw numerous members…
GERMAN SPORTS BETTING ASSOCIATION DEMANDS REGULATION
DSWV, the German body in charge of sports betting, has demanded a practicable and consumer-oriented regulation. Germany.- The German Sports Betting Association (DSWV) has called for a fundamental reform of the local gambling regulation. The association will be part of the annual ministerial…
CLARION GAMING APPOINTS FIRST HEAD OF ESPORTS
William Harding, who will work across the Clarion Gaming portfolio retaining a sharp focus on the ICE brand, joins with a wealth of esports experience having previously worked with Red Bull where he promoted The Sphere, the UK’s largest esports…
RACING POST B2B BOOSTS BOOKMAKER FOOTBALL PACKAGES
Racing Post B2B has enhanced its operator ‘football content packages’, with the addition of further engagement features bringing punters closer to the action than ever before. Boosting bookmaker engagement, Racing Post B2B has strengthened its football content with the inclusion of…
FDJ’S TO START IPO ON NOVEMBER 7
The finance minister of France has revealed that the initial public offering (IPO) of Française des Jeux (FDJ) will run from November 7-20. France.- The privatisation of Française des Jeux (FDJ), leading operator in Europe, in being anticipated as one of the…
LADBROKES COULD SHUT BETTING SHOPS IN NORTHERN IRELAND AS PART OF CLOSURE PLAN
The British bookmaker’s plan to shut hundreds of shops over the next two years comes as a direct result of lost revenues from Britain’s decision, earlier this year, to slash the maximum stake for in-store betting machines from £100 to £2….