The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL), the organizer of the top four soccer divisions in the country, is in the market for a new title sponsor after betting company Ladbrokes opted not to extend its deal beyond the current season. Ladbrokes has been the title’s sponsor of Scotland’s four professional …
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Premier League football club Leicester City has unveiled its latest commercial agreement as The Foxes welcomes Asia-focused online gaming operator 19.com as a new official betting partner. Both parties signed a the multi-season deal, the length of which was not disclosed. 19.com will replace igaming counterpart W88, who recently entered a “record-breaking” partnership with …
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Vienna-based online betting and gaming operator Interwetten has agreed a deal to serve as the new betting partner of German Bundesliga side VfL Wolfsburg. Terms of the deal were not disclosed, but it was confirmed that the agreement will come into effect from the start of the 2019-20 season. It will …
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FC Barcelona and Croatian international midfielder, Ivan Rakitic, has been unveiled as the official brand ambassador of the Ukrainian-based betting company FavBet. The 2018 World Cup runner-up has signed a two-year deal with the sportsbook which is expected to cover both online and offline marketing campaigns, providing focused content to …
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Ahead of the upcoming football season, GVC Holdings has confirmed that it will be donating a number of its current sponsorship deals to GambleAware’s ‘Bet Regret’ campaign. The move will apply to sponsorship deals across England and Scotland, including GVC-owned Ladbrokes’ title sponsorship deal with the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). In the case …
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Online gambling operator Betclic Everest Group has entered into a two-year “principal partnership” agreement with French Ligue 1 football club Girondins de Bordeaux. Ahead of this weekend’s (9 August) start of new Ligue 1 season, FC Bordeaux management has confirmed that the Betclic brand will be displayed across the back …
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Sports betting firm William Hill US and Lakeside Hotel & Casino have revealed plans to open a new William Hill Sports Book on the lower level of the Iowa casino on August 15, the same day that sports betting in the Hawkeye State can begin. The sportsbook, which is currently under construction, will offer guests …
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Puerto Rico has become the latest U.S. state to legalize sports betting. The Outgoing governor, Ricardo Rosselló, signed the Betting Committee Act on July 29, which legalize sports wagering in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico. The legislation regulates sports betting, horse race betting, fantasy contests and betting on eSports at …
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The United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) has found “systemic failings” at the Ladbrokes Coral Group, which lead to imposing a penalty package consisting of a £5.9m (€6.4m) payment and a series of improvement measures that must be implemented by new owner GVC. £5.9m is one of the largest penalty packages …
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The German Football Association (DFB), has announced an integrity partnership with Genius Sports, the UK-based sports data technology company, to safeguard against match-fixing and betting-related corruption. Beginning with the upcoming 2019-20 season, Genius Sports’ Bet Monitoring System will analyse the movements of odds using predictive algorithms to highlight any suspicious …
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Merkur Sportwetten, the sports betting subsidiary of German gambling conglomerate Gauselmann AG, has begun its overhaul of the recently-acquired Polish betting and gaming business Totolotek SA. Last April, Merkur acquired Polish bookmaker Totolotek outright from Greek gambling group Intralot SA, targeting Poland as the fifth active market for Merkur’s sports …
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Online gambling operator MansionBet has been confirmed as the official UK betting partner of Premier League club Newcastle United F.C. The deal will run for two years – covering the 2019-20 and 2020-21 seasons – with MansionBet to operate betting terminals within the team’s St. James’ Park stadium. The agreement …
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Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel Group has launched its online sportsbook in Pennsylvania in partnership with Boyd Gaming’s Valley Forge Casino Resort. Pennsylvania joins New Jersey as the two states where the FanDuel Sportsbook online and mobile platform is available since PASPA (Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act) was struck down last …
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Bookmaker Paddy Power has expanded its ‘Save Our Shirt’ football sponsorship campaign by signing up English League One club Southend United and League Two team Macclesfield Town. Both these clubs join Huddersfield Town, Newport County and Motherwell F.C. in being ‘unsponsored’ by the Irish bookmaker. Paddy Power will sponsor them …
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Flutter Entertainment brand Paddy Power has launched a new campaign urging betting operators to stop sponsoring football shirts. The ‘Save Our Shirt’ initiative highlights how in the 2019-20 football season, over half the teams in England’s top two divisions will be sponsored by a bookmaker. The campaign was unveiled after …
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The government of Ireland is studying the possibility of allowing bookies a tax-free turnover of €2.5 million a year. This move would help smaller, independent operators, which are struggling after the betting tax doubled earlier this year. The ‘Irish Times’ reported that Finance’s Minister Paschal Donohue is prepared to listen …
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Gambling revenue in Pennsylvania reached a record $3.3bn (€2.9bn) in the 2018-19 fiscal year, as the US state was boosted by additional income from regulated sports betting and fantasy sports contests. The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has reported that total revenue of $3,309,766,175 eclipsed the previous high state fiscal year …
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Following recent deals alongside FC Barcelona and Liverpool, 1xBet has deepened it footballing links further after teaming up with English Premier League club, Chelsea. Chelsea’s deal with 1xBet will run for three seasons, from the 2019-20 campaign to 2021-22, with the operator to serve as the club’s official betting partner. …
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William Hill US has partnered up with Eldorado Resorts to launch a pair of retail sportsbooks in Iowa. The Hawkeye State is expected to finalize sports betting regulations by the end of August, at which point Hills will set up shop at Isle Casino Hotel Bettendorf and Isle Casino Hotel …
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Leading Australian bookmaker Sportsbet has refunded those who put money on the New Zealand to win the Cricket World Cup final against England, describing the fashion in which the match was decided as an “absolute disgrace”. The company said it had refunded 11,458 people a total sum of 426,223 AUD …
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