The UK government has moved forward with plans to reform UK racing’s levy, which will see the introduction of mandatory contributions from all betting operators that take bets on the sport, regardless of channel. This weekend, UK Sports Minister Tracey Crouch confirmed the government’s plans, which will see licensed betting operators charged a 10% fee on gross profits from wagers …

Issuing a corporate statement, David Chang the CEO & Founder of dedicated ‘real-money’ gaming/gambling app store Betcade has informed stakeholders and the media that his firm will cease operating by the end of January 2017. Updating the market, Chang did not detail specifics as to why Betcade has chosen to stop its operations. Chang thanked all stakeholders associated with the …

Ligue de Football Professionnel (LFP), French football’s governing body has confirmed that it has extended its partnership with national lottery and gambling operator Française des Jeux (FDJ) for a further four years. FDJ has acted as official gaming partner of LFP leagues since 2009, and will now continue its sponsorship until the end of the 2019/20 French football season. Continuing …

CONMEBOL the South American Football Confederation has confirmed that it will join Sportradar’s integrity program with a view of optimising its mechanisms in detecting, monitoring and investigating match-fixing within its syndicated football matches/competitions. Confirming the strategic partnership, Sportradar will install its match data monitoring, Fraud Detection System monitoring the global betting market across a host of South American football leagues …

Issuing an ‘unaudited’ full-year trading update, FTSE 250 listed payment provider Paysafe Group stated that combined momentum of its enlarged group would see the firm exceed $1 billion in corporate revenues.  Updating investors, Paysafe governance stated that a strong second half to FY 2016 would see the company report top-line metric guidance towards the upper end of its corporate guidance. …

With President-Elect Donald Trump taking full US Presidential duties on 20 January (inauguration date), bookmakers are wondering whether ‘The Donald’ will survive a full four-year term as leader of the United States of America.   Trump who yesterday gave his first official press conference as President-Elect, having won the US Election on 8 November reemphasized to the world’s media that …

Issuing a corporate update, Toronto TSX-listed NYX Gaming (NYX) has confirmed the appointment of Todd McTavish to its executive leadership team, taking on the group role of Chief Legal Officer (CLO). McTavish will be charged with leading NYX group legal and compliance functions across all divisions of NYX expanded operations following the firm’s significant growth via multiple acquisitions within the …