Continuing to strengthen its commitment to the prevention of gambling-related harms, Kindred Group has confirmed an extension to its responsible gambling strategy through its football clubs in the UK which will see the operator group roll out a series of messages across matches in the 2019/20 season. Due to be rolled out through its 32Red and Unibet brands, Kindred will use …
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Bethard Group has become the latest gambling operator to join the recently rebranded International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) which will see the duo work together to work together to monitor integrity and betting activity. Under the new partnership, Bethard Group’s two sports betting brands Bethard and Fastbet will now feed into the association’s global monitoring and alert system. Khalid Ali, …
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Leicester City Football Club has confirmed that it has signed a new sponsorship agreement with Yabo Sports, who are set to become the new official club partner. Under the terms of the new agreement, the club will display Yabo Sports’ branding on the Club’s matchday LED advertising boards and interview backdrops which is hoped to help the operator bolster its …
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GambleAware has continued to grow its industry partnerships after agreeing to work alongside digital family life specialists Parent Zone to deliver educational programmes surrounding online gaming and its impact upon children. As part of the new partnership, GambleAware will offer advice to parents on how to ensure that their children remain safe online, as well as a short, detailed animation …
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Sports betting software and trading services provider Amelco has penned a new agreement with RISQ which will see the duo work together to deliver new trading functions to its sportsbook platforms. The feature will give Amelco clients the option to choose ‘a fixed percentage of sports betting turnover rather than the traditional gross gaming revenue-led deals’. Commenting on the deal, …
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Isthmian League Premier Division side Lewes FC has committed to promoting the Gambling With Lives charity on their shirt until October, making them the first side in the professional and semi-professional set-up to promote such a charity. The charity has strongly supported the decision, and described the sponsorship as a “perfectly timed antidote” to other clubs who have recently signed …
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According to a fresh survey carried out by the Football Supporters’ Association (FSA), it was found out that UK football clubs need to do more to educate their fans over the associated risks with gambling. The survey, carried out in conjunction with GambleAware’s safer gambling ‘Bet Regret’ campaign, surveyed 1,200 fans and found that ten per cent of fans felt …
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A new report commissioned by GambleAware has revealed that there is insufficient awareness among the UK’s BAME communities regarding the help and support available for problem gamblers. The report, which aimed to analyse the experiences towards gambling among the Black, Asian and minority ethnic communities, surveyed a number of different focus groups. The report questioned individuals between the ages of …
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The Royal Spanish Football Federation (RFEF) has netted a new partnership with Sportradar Integrity Services which will see the duo work alongside one another to both monitor and safeguard the integrity of Segunda B. Through the new partnership, Sportradar will use its Fraud Detection System (FDS) to monitor Segunda B Games throughout the 2019/20 season, in addition to already monitoring …
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Sweden’s Spelinspektionen has contacted a number of payment service providers issuing a warning them to not conduct business with unlicensed gambling operators. The regulator emphasised that payment companies which work alongside unlicensed operators were violating the country’s Gaming Act. Spelinspektionen stated that working alongside such operators could result in unfair competition and a loss of tax revenues across the regulated …
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