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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
ITALY BEGINS 2019 WITH GAMBLING TAX HIKE
The Italian government has rung in the New Year by introducing a series of tax increases for gambling operators, which come into force alongside its blanket ban on gambling advertising. As of January 1, iGaming licensees are subject to a…
POKERSTARS STRENGTHENS SPONSORSHIP HAND WITH UFC PARTNERSHIP
Joe Streeter PokerStars became the UFC’s first-ever ‘Official Poker Partner’ at last weekend’s UFC 232 event, which took place at the The Forum in Inglewood, California. The partnership saw the creation of a new sponsorship category, underlining the UFC’s continued quest…
SUSANNA DINNAGE U-TURNS ON PREMIER LEAGUE LEADERSHIP
Ted Menmuir Issuing a short statement this weekend, the governance of the English Premier League (EPL) has confirmed that Susanna Dinnage will not be taking on the role of Premier League Chief Executive in 2019. Last November, EPL governance had announced the inbound appointment of…
ODDSCHECKER: PUNTERS ENTHUSED BY MANCHESTER UNITED MANAGER MARKET
Online odds comparison site, Oddschecker has revealed that the market for Manchester United’s next manager was its third most popular of 2018. The only markets that Jose Mourinho’s successor trailed on was the Grand National and Eurovision, with Oddschecker analytics detailing 43% more traffic on the…