FIFA decided to approve the possibility of making the fourth substitution during the extra time of the 2018 play-off matches. This practice was tested at the club level in the FA Cup and Germany, at the national team level – at the Olympic football tournament in Brazil, the World Women’s …
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Specializing in the development and provision of games for online casinos, WorldMatch received certification from the Colombian regulator COLJUEGOS, and then signed a supply agreement with Wplay.co. The arrangement will cover WorldMatch’s portfolio of more than 200 games, all of which will now be available to Wplay.co customers. Wplay.co will …
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Specializing in working with sports information and with digital content, Sportradar has extended the existing agreement with the International Tennis Federation. The tennis body will now have access to Integrity Services Sportradar services. Sportradar will use its fraud detection system to monitor and analyze bet patterns in more than 50,000 …
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Defender of the Greek national football team Abraham Papadopoulus was sentenced to 2.5 years’ imprisonment by decision of the Greek court. The 33-year-old player was one of 58 people who were ordered by the Athens Court of Appeal in connection with the scandal over the contractual match that took place …
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The German Ice Hockey Federation eV (DEB) announced the start of cooperation with digital sports betting company LVbet. Under the terms of the contract, a European betting operator registered in Malta will become an official partner of the DEB and the German national hockey team. LVbet brand will gain exposure …
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The sports lottery in Japan is limited to a football product launched by the Japanese sports council. Last year, the sales of the football lottery amounted to about 112 billion yen ($1 billion). The lottery sales in Japan have been falling every year since 2005 and the government is doing …
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The Swedish Government has introduced a new gambling law, including updated regulations for the gambling market. The draft law has already been submitted to the European Commission for consideration and will enter into force on January 1, 2019. The new gambling rules should be designed as a licensing system, whereby …
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FIFA is considering an option of exclude Saudi Arabia from the 2018 World Cup. World football’s governing body is closely monitoring apparent political interference involving Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates over the last few months. In the case of Saudi Arabia, the result of the interference could be …
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UEFA’s Ethics and Disciplinary Inspectorate has recommended a 10-year ban from UEFA competitions and 1 million euros fine for Albania’s top soccer team KS Skenderbeu for match fixing offenses during the last seven years. The European football’s governing body suspects Skenderbeu who have dominated Albanian football in the past six …
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The well-known provider of sports data and statistics Sportradar presented an educational strategy for the Bulgarian Football Union (BFS), which includes 32 master classes for judges, BFS officials and all football players of the first and second professional leagues. Sportradar will monitor the Bulgarian market with the help of more …
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The striker of the Brazilian national team and PSG acquired 5,000 lottery tickets to support the Turkish football club Boluspor. Defender Boluspor and former Brazilian player Andre Santos were handed tickets to the 26-year-old Brazilian, who was invited to Paris to the birthday party of Neimar. “Captain of our team …
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The online gambling market of France for the calendar year 2017 grew by 18% compared to the previous year and received a profit of €962 million. Betting and first deposit amounts also grew on a 9% percentage to reach €9.2 million. What has perhaps been most impressive is that French …
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The well-known forex and CFD-broker AvaTrade reached an agreement with the leader of the English Premier-League Manchester City. The company signed a new multi-year regional deal, under which it will become the official online partner of Manchester City in China, Asia and Latin America. AvaTrade will use this partnership to …
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The German government admits that cybersport can soon be included in the list of Olympic disciplines. After long negotiations, Angela Merkel’s CDU and Martin Schulz’s SPD are closing on a coalition, and one of the subjects on which they agreed was the recognition of esports as sports. Within the framework …
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Japan follows the example of its neighbors China and South Korea and creates an e-sports association that will be called Japan Esports Union, or JESU. Executive vice president of Sega Sammy Holdings Hideki Okamura will become director of JESU. New association has committed itself to promoting and supplementing the growth …
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Sports Information Services, a provider of end-to-end products and services to the betting and broadcast industries, have announced an extension to its existing licensed betting offices partnership with Racecourse Media Group (RMG), the holding company responsible for a range of media and data rights involving a host of horse-racing destinations. …
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Experienced British bookmaker Betfair become an exclusive bookmaking partner of the Rewards4Racing rewards programme. Under the terms of the agreement, all representatives of the Rewards4Racing affiliate program will have the opportunity to collect points from their Betfair bets. Identical agreements were signed by Bet 365, Betfred and Coral. Last year, …
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Betting company Ladbrokes has extended its title sponsorship agreement with the Scottish Professional Football League, until the end of the 2019/20 season. The deal extends the current agreement that dates back to 2015 when the betting company first sponsored the four division league. Chief executive officer of Ladbrokes Coral Group …
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Americans are the ancestors of e-sports. Here, the first tournament was held, the headquarters of computer games developers are located here, and the largest, successful and recognizable cyber sporting championship in the history of the industry is held here – The International. Therefore, it is not surprising that professional football …
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British private bookmaker Betfred has been the title sponsor of the Super League since 2016, and will now extend its arrangement with the Rugby Football League (RFL) to also cover the second and third tiers until 2019. Betfred will now benefit from branding exposure on in-stadium perimeter signage at all …
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