Free-to-play (FTP) sports-game provider SportCaller has extended its partnership with Coral after the duo confirmed the launch of the new Racing Super Series game. The game, which ‘delivers a fresh twist on the classic Placepot’, will give punters the chance to share in a minimum £25,000 jackpot by picking a horse to finish in the places across the first six …

LiveScore has secured an expanded set of league and competition free-to-air live streaming rights for the 2020-21 football season, including Serie A, Primeira Liga, Eredivisie and the Chinese Super League. As part of the expanded rights agreements, LiveScore will stream 306 matches from Italy’s 2020-21 Serie A campaign, which amounts to 80% of the total fixtures. LiveScore also confirmed that …

Sports Information Services (SIS) has extended its reach across the Latin American market after entering into a new agreement with Betcris. Under the partnership, Betcris has agreed to launch SIS’s 24/7 Live Mixed Racing Channel across its online sportsbook to help provide ‘profitable short-form betting content’ and drive engagement for its growing customer base. Paul Witten, Commercial Director at SIS, …

Julie Harrington, Chief Executive of British Cycling, has been selected as the new head of the British Racing Authority, effective as of 4 January 2021. In addition to working for British Cycling, Harrington is also a former member of the BHA Board and was a senior executive with Northern Racing for eight years, having also served as the Managing Director …

The QL Gaming Group (QLGG) has confirmed that it has boosted the capabilities of its BetQL subsidiary after acquiring TennisInsight, the world’s largest online tennis community. Through the acquisition, BetQL, QLGG’s sports betting analytics platform, will include statistics from both men’s and women’s professional tennis. “We envision BetQL as an all-in-one platform where users can find insightful data for all …

Gamesys Group has lauded its ability to mitigate COVID-19 complications, implementing ‘more restrictive advertising and bonusing requirements’ across its active European markets domains. Publishing its H1 2020 interim results (period ending 30 June), Gamesys revealed that regulatory headwinds in Sweden had contributed to the decline in revenues, with implications hampering its European operations falling by 4% from £36 million to …

Private bookmaker Fitzdares has confirmed that it will be launching a permanent private members’ club in the heart of Mayfair. Following a series of pop-up events, including a drive-in Derby and a virtual royal enclosure for Ascot, Fitzdares hopes to give its members a chance to watch live sport ‘in both comfort and luxury’. Discussing the launch of the members’ …

Ahead of the publication of European Commission’s consumer strategy, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has called for the introduction of a specific single set of consumer rights that apply to the online gambling sector. In its submission to the roadmap, the EGBA highlighted the reasons why a specific single set of consumer rights for the online gambling sector …

Sports data provider STATSCORE has been selected as the naming rights sponsor of the Futsal Ekstraklasa, with the league due to be rebranded as the STATSCORE Futsal Ekstraklasa. As the titular sponsor of the league, STATSCORE will also be integrated in the league’s new logo, which will be displayed on the competition’s website, clubs’ shirts and in numerous places where …

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) has demanded that the government extend its furlough scheme for casino employees, mitigating the impact of its decision to postpone the reopening of England’s casino venues this August.   Claiming that the maintained closure of casinos risks the UK ‘permanently losing part of its rich tourism and entertainment heritage’, the BGC pointed out that the …