Romance will be in the air for some on Valentine’s Day, but most football fans aren’t willing to skip tonight’s action to spend a romantic evening with their partner. A survey commissioned by The Football Pools found that only 21% want to spend the night with their partner and 45% would prefer to watch the football on TV. 10% of …

Given its reputation for monetisation and global reach, it is no surprise to see the Premier League following in the footsteps of La Liga, Ligue 1 and the Chinese Super League by accepting sleeve sponsors from the start of the 2017/18 season. It has been suggested that the top clubs could bring in £10 million per season from this new …

Bildabet has confirmed that Tony Gale, a Sky Sports pundit and former Premier League footballer, will be doing a ‘meet and greet’ on the first day of this year’s ICE conference. Gale is an Advisor and Ambassador for Bildabet, who are using ICE 2017 to launch their small form factor betting product. The ‘meet and greet’ will kick off at 15:00 …

As the sports betting and gaming industry prepares for its flagship week in London, Optima CEO Jacob Lopez Curciel has urged first time ICE visitors to enjoy the 2017 conference. This mantra to enjoy the week is underlined by OPTIMA being one of the premium sponsors for this year’s London Baby networking party, that is being held on 7 February at Café …

ESSA has welcomed the European Parliament report which focuses on improving governance standards as a means of addressing key sports issues such as match-fixing. Drafted by Finnish MEP Hannu Takkula (ALDE), the parliament’s own-initiative report also promoted the development of a transparent culture within the sports sector. On match-fixing, the report highlights several mitigating actions, including enhanced international cooperation amongst …

FSB Tech has followed up the successful launch of Mkekabet in Tanzania last year by announcing a second African collaboration with Kenyan operator BetYetu, which is part of the Oxygen8 Group. BetYetu focuses primarily on football betting, but also offers facilities for a variety of other sports. The multi-channel offering will include a brand-new pool betting product as well as …

Sportito has built on its recent deal with Fulham FC by becoming the ‘Official Fantasy Sports Partner’ for Premier League side Burnley FC. Sportito, the first DFS company to sign with the ‘Clarets’, offers players the chance to win real cash prizes every day by choosing which players they would have in their fantasy team, without having to worry about …

John Duthie, the founder and former CEO of the European Poker Tour (EPT), has agreed a five-year deal to become President of partypoker’s new poker tour, partypoker LIVE. The new live global tour was only announced in January of this year. As a poker player, Duthie has over $3.2 million in live tournament winnings and won the inaugural Poker Million …

René Schneider, VP Business Development for XB Net, spoke to SBC about his company’s target markets for 2017, the industry ‘buzzword’ for this year and why XB Net has chosen to sponsor London Baby on 7 February. ___________________ SBC: What new products/services will you have for the market in 2017? RS: We are still happy and busy to sell live US …

Stephen Harris from bettingexpert climbed two places in the Tipster Challenge after collecting 11.57 points from three race victories at Hereford. The horse racing guru bypassed Paddy Power and the experts from Timeform to move up to 11th place with a 3.09-point average after 17 weeks of competition. Meanwhile, Russell Yershon endured a frustrating day at Hereford despite landing the first …