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Increased and more widespread monitoring of women’s sport should be considered to help combat match-fixing, according to a new report. ‘Breaking Barriers: Assessing Women’s Sports, Betting, and Integrity Challenges’ looked at the current state of female sports around the world. Presented this week at iGB L!VE, the study had the support of leading industry organisations, operators
All Penn Entertainment’s brands are powered by proprietary technology after Barstool Sportsbook and Casino was migrated to its in-house platform. The migration took place simultaneously across 16 states where Barstool operates during Major League Baseball’s (MLB) All-Star Break, the largest-scale technology migration in North American gaming to date. Penn describes the migration as a major
Videoslots has appointed experienced gambling executive Marco Trucco as its new chief marketing officer. Trucco will oversee all marketing activities and support Videoslots’ wider growth strategy, including expansion in Spain, Italy and Latin America. An industry veteran with 16 years’ experience, Trucco was most recently managing director Europe of GGpoker at NSUS Group. Prior to
Entain-owned Ladbrokes has been rapped again by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for releasing adverts with appeal to under-18s. The ads, which took the form of two promoted tweets, featured a number of Premier League managers. The ASA said they were likely to appeal to people under 18 due to the popularity of the league.
The Juroszek family, former owners of Polish betting operator STS Holdings, are to become the largest shareholders in igaming supplier Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) with an 11.08% stake. The Juroszek family opted to buy shares in the “undervalued” GiG following last month’s announcement that they would be selling a 70% stake in STS to the
Port Vale FC defender Mitch Clark has been given a suspended three-month ban and £600 fine for a betting violation. The League One player was hit with the enforcement action after an Independent Regulatory Commission ruled he’d breached the Football Association’s (FA) betting rules. Clark admitted placing 312 bets on football matches while playing for
Sports data analytics and technology business Sportradar has announced that the continental governing body of South American football CONMEBOL has chosen the business as its new betting data rights partner. The outcome of the competitive bidding process will see Sportradar become CONMEBOL’s exclusive audio visual and betting data rights partner. The multi-year deal covers the
William Hill’s revenue declined just 0.5% to £1.24bn in 2022, following the completion of the sale of its non-US assets to 888 Holdings in July the same year. The tumultuous year saw the large decline in William Hill’s online segment largely offset by a resurgence in retail. The company’s retail revenue rose 52.7% year-on-year to
Better Collective has acquired American sports media company Playmaker HQ for $54m (£42.6m/€49.5m). The sale will consist of $15.0m in cash upfront, $1.0m in deferred payments and up to $38.0m in performance-based earnout payments over a three-year period. To reach the full earn-out payments, Playmaker HQ will have to generate more than $75.0m in accumulating
A consortium of Belgium sports teams and gaming operators have been defeated in a legal bid challenging the Royal Decree that will ban gambling advertising on 1 July. On 29 June, the Court of First Instance of Tournai rejected the arguments of the operators and sports teams on the grounds that the decree was lawful
