THE LEGEND OF FERRARI FINDS SPACE AT CITY OF DREAMS
by Oscar Guijarro It’s a must see for everyone who loves cars, design, history and everything that relates to the most legendary supercar manufacturer of all time: Ferrari. From 25 January to 16 June, Macau integrated resort City of Dreams is…
BETTING COMPANIES AGREE TO REDUCE MAXIMUM STAKE ON FOBTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND
By Niji Ng An agreement has been reached in Northern Ireland between authorities and betting companies by which the betting firms, including Paddy Power, William Hill and Coral, will reduce the maximum stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) in…
CHINA’S 2018 LOTTERY SALES UP ONE-FIFTH ON SPORTS LOTTERY STRENGTH
China’s lottery sales shot up by one-fifth in 2018 as the FIFA World Cup drove sports lottery sales to their newly dominant position. On Friday, China’s Ministry of Finance issued its official lottery sales tally for December 2018, which saw…
BOSA READY TO DEBATE FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF US SPORTS BETTING
(United States).- PASPA may have fallen, but its long-awaited demise hasn’t quite signalled the end of federal intervention into sports betting. Not yet at least. As the US continues, state-by-state, to embrace legalized sports betting there is one subject that…
PHILIPPINE GGR SEEN AT $4.1B IN 2019.
The Philippine Gaming and Amusement Corp. (PAGCOR) expects gross gambling revenue in the country to gain 8.5 percent to PHP217 billion ($4.1 billion) in 2019, Reuters reports. The country saw a 13 percent gain in GGR in 2018 to about…
SBC JOINS SPORTING WORLD WITH INSIDERSPORT.COM
Joe Streeter InsiderSport, the latest addition to SBC’s growing news network, offers deep insight and cutting-edge analysis from the evolving business of sport. Placing a key focus on sponsorships, integrity, media rights and hospitality, the new online information platform is for sports…
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…
5 COMPANIES TO WATCH CLOSELY IN POST-PASPA 2019
In May 2018, the Court struck down a U.S. Federal law that prohibited legal sports gambling, ruling that it was unconstitutional. Sports gambling can now be authorized and regulated by the States, not by the Federal Government. And it’s triggered…
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…
A PEAK INTO THE UNDERGROUND WORLD OF SPORTS GAMBLING
He didn’t mean to become an illegal sports bookie; it kind of happened by accident. Stephen Mardigan was making a decent living as a used car dealer in Portland, Maine when a few innocent requests set him on a path that…