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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
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA), All-In Diversity Project (AIDP), Entain, Flutter, and Stats Perform are set to unveil the results of a new study on women’s sports at iGB Live this year. The 2023 edition of iGB Live will take place from 12-14 July in the RAI, Amsterdam. The study is titled Breaking Barriers:
In a landmark ruling, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals have reversed a lower court’s decision, clearing the way for the Seminole Tribe to offer sports betting statewide in Florida. Today, the D.C. Circuit Court released its ruling on the Florida sports betting case, saying the Seminoles should be permitted to operate mobile sports betting
Jorg Sibbel, the chair of German gambling regulator Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) will exit the organisation on 1 July, to be replaced by Udo Götze, state secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs. Six months on from the GGL taking over all tasks as gambling regulator, the body will be
