VFL WOLFSBURG UNVEIL INTERWETTEN SIGNING
Bundesliga giants VFL Wolfsburg has unveiled its latest partnership with online gambling operator Interwetten. The deal, which comes into effect as from the start of the upcoming 2019/20 campaign will see Interwetten serve as the team’s official sports betting partner….
KENYAN BETTING OPS, GOV’T IN COURT OVER PAYMENT SUSPENSION
Kenya’s leading sports betting operators were back in court on Monday trying to get their suspended digital payment channels restored. On Monday, the High Court in Nairobi heard testimony from formerly Kenyan-licensed sports betting operatorsSportPesa, Betin and 1xBet. The companies are seeking the…
LIGUE 1’S GIRONDINS DE BORDEAUX SCORES PARTNERSHIP WITH BETCLIC
Online gambling operator, Betclic Everest Group has entered into a major partnership deal withFrench Ligue 1 football club, Girondins de Bordeaux. With the agreement stretching for two years, the partnership will cover the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons, with the Betclic branding set to appear…
SERIE A APPOINTS GENIUS SPORTS AS DATA LEAD FOR BETTING SERVICES
Ahead of the start of a new European football season, sports data and technology providerGenius Sports Group secures the official rights to collect and distribute Serie A betting data through its Betgenius subsidiary. Strengthening Serie A integrity provisions, Genius Sports will capture match data utilising…
SWEDISH FA HITS BACK AT REGULATOR IN FOOTBALL BETTING SUSPENSION CLASH
The Swedish Football Association (SvFF) has hit out at the country’s gambling regulatory body, Spelinspektionen, for not prohibiting licensed operators from offering betting on a domestic football club competition, despite its warning of suspected match fixing. Last month saw the SvFF reveal that…
GVC DONATES FOOTBALL SPONSORSHIP TO GAMBLEAWARE IN ATTEMPT TO TACKLE PROBLEM GAMBLING
Sports Betting and gaming group GVC Holdings has announced that it will be removing many of its sponsorship assets for the upcoming football season today, after announcing that they will instead be donating them to GambleAware’s ‘Bet Regret’ campaign. With the Scottish Professional Football League kicking…
PORTUGAL’S ONLINE CASINO REVENUE SURPASSES SPORTS BETTING
Portugal’s online gambling market set another revenue record in Q2, thanks to a serious surge in online casino activity. Figures released Thursday by the Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ) regulatory body show the market…
FA COMMUNITY SHIELD: “WHY DON’T WE CANCEL IT THEN?”
A look ahead to this weekend’s FA Community Shield as Liverpool take on Manchester City at Wembley Stadium. On Sunday, goats in the yard stop bleating, seagulls stop pecking at the dirty nappies, and TV’s in the homes of Liverpool…
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…