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…
PUERTO RICO LEGALIZES SPORTS BETTING
Gov. Ricardo Rosselló signed on July 29 the Betting Committee Act of the Government of Puerto Rico, which greenlights an industry whose worth, according to the official press release, is estimated to reach more than $3 billion by 2023. “By signing…
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…
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…
SPANISH REGULATOR TO BAN BETTING ON YOUTH SPORTS EVENTS
Spanish gambling regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) is to introduce new measures banning operators in the country from offering odds on sporting events where all or the majority of participants are under 18. The DGOJ said the…
PADDY POWER URGES END TO BETTING SHIRT SPONSORSHIP IN FOOTBALL
Flutter Entertainment brand Paddy Power has launched a new campaign urging betting operators to stop sponsoring football shirts, as it revealed its own sponsorship of English Championship club Huddersfield Town’s jersey was a hoax. Paddy Power has drawn heavy criticism…