GERMAN STATE SETS SPORTS BETTING LICENCES CONDITIONS
The body in charge of granting sports betting licences in Germany has submitted the conditions for the concessions. Germany.- Sports betting operators are setting their eyes on Hesse, the German state that is responsible under the State Treaty on Gambling…
GENIUS SPORTS TO SUPPORT GERMAN FA WITH INTEGRITY EFFORTS
The German Football Association (DFB) has appointed Genius Sports to develop and launch a new integrity programme to help prevent match-fixing and betting-related corruption. The deal will begin from the 2019-20 season, with Genius Sports to use its Bet Monitoring…
MANSIONBET LANDS COMMERCIAL DEAL WITH NEWCASTLE UNITED
Gambling operator MansionBet has agreed a new deal to become the official UK betting partner of English Premier League football club Newcastle United. The deal will run for two years – covering the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons – with MansionBet…
SVENSKA SPEL CALLS FOR BLANKET BETTING BAN ON SODRA SVEALAND.
Following a request from the Swedish Football Association (SvFF),Svenska Spel‘s Sport & Casino igaming subsidiary has suspended all betting markets relating to the Division 2 Södra Svealand football league. The decision comes after Svenska Spel has identified a number of suspicious betting patterns relating…
POKER LOSES ONE OF THE BEST AS ‘MAD’ MARTY WILSON PASSES AWAY
Poker loses a star as ‘Mad’ Marty Wilson passes away after a long battle with cancer. Google ‘Marty Wilson’ and ‘Poker’, a synopsis from his Wikipedia page, screams to life. ‘Nickname: Mad.’ Assuming Wilson didn’t earn his nickname after spending…
SVENSKA SPEL ‘MONITORING ALL LEAGUES’ FOLLOWING BETTING MARKET SUSPENSION
Following the confirmation that it had suspended all betting markets relating to the Division 2 Södra Svealand football league, Svenska Spel has revealed that it now ‘does not see any other solution’ to crack down on match-fixing other than to stop offering betting on…
NASDAQ AND THE FOOTBALL INDEX BECOME PARTNERS
An online sports gambling exchange in the U.K. is teaming up with NASDAQ, Inc., the company behind the NASDAQ stock exchange. The Football Index was created to allow soccer fans to buy and sell shares of players from across different leagues, and…
STS STRENGTHENS SPONSORSHIP PORTFOLIO WITH ZAGŁĘBIE LUBIN
Following the launch of its dedicated affiliate platform, STS has signed a sponsorship agreement with Polish football club, Zagłębie Lubin. The deal sees the side become the official sponsor and betting partner of STS, with the brand’s logo appearing on the sleeves of the…
IRISH GOVERNMENT CALLS FOR INCREASE TO GREYHOUND WELFARE FUNDS
The Irish Cabinet has called for the greyhound industry to boost its welfare spending after the sector was rocked by recent controversies alluding to animal cruelty. During the weekly cabinet meeting, the Government outlined new plans to ensure that the sector increases…
PADDY POWER ANNOUNCES MOTHERWELL AS ‘UNSPONSORSHIP PARTNER’
Motherwell of the Scottish Premier League, have joined Huddersfield Town in becoming the second professional football team to joinPaddy Power’s Save Our Shirt campaign. Unlike with ‘The Terriers’, no hoax kit was released prior to the official launch, with the news of the sponsorship…