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Chinese lottery solutions provider DJI Holdings has moved to terminate CFO Rodney Davis contract, for failing to seek appropriate permission for the share disposals he made. Davis who was due to depart the company at the end of October, is reported to have sold 250,000 shares between 30 September and 20 October without notifying DJI governance, a director requisite required …

The Football Association of Malaysia (FMP) has agreed for sports data provider Sportradar to set up its first ever Federation Management Platform, allowing for better operational provisions and data tracking throughout Malaysian football leagues The Federation Management Platform is made up of three core services: The FMP Federation Management Tool: will give FAM the ability to configure, plan and manage leagues, …

A frantic last day ended with eight candidates submitting applications to become the outgoing Sepp Blatter’s replacement at Fifa, including the Uefa General Secretary, Gianni Infantino. Confusingly, Michel Platini, the current President of Uefa, has submitted his own application despite an ongoing a 90 day ban concerning an investigation into a disputed payment of £1.3m in 2011. Despite the ban …

Governance of Chinese focused lottery provider DJI Holdings is seeking a secondary listing on the US NASDAQ exchange. The specialist in Chinese sports lotteries views the NASDAQ listing as key to enhancing its market liquidity and developing a stronger investor base for future growth plans. DJI Holdings’ governance outlined that the aimed to complete the listing by first quarter 2016. Chief …

It has been revealed that a special investigation unit in South Korea has identified twelve people that are suspected of being heavily involved in a match-fixing ring within popular eSports title Starcraft 2.    The official prosecutor’s report, which was translated and made available on Starcraft community site Team Liquid, nine suspects have been both indicted and arrested. These include …

188BET has become the official betting partner of the YONEX All England Badminton Open, the sports oldest and most prestigious championship. Held at Birmingham’s Barclaycard Arena every March, the All England Open forms part of Badminton’s BWF Super Series as one of the sports five ‘grand-slam’ events. 188BET marketing detailed that it would be betting partner to the Open for …

With the cash strapped governments of the once mighty BRIC nations, seeking to implement new economic policies to boost their dwindling funds. Scott Longley examines how the current BRIC downturn will impact betting’s regulatory debate and progress amongst emerging economies  _______________________ Like a worried bunch of Chicken Little’s, the economic commentaries have been busily scaring the world’s markets with the doleful …

Members of the Ukrainian Pariment have discussed details on the latest draft gambling law in the country with members of the industry at the Ukrainian Gaming Congress. Invited members of Verkhovna Rada (Supreme Council) of Ukraine, namely Viktor Romanyuk and Gennadiy Krivosheya presented their draft bill on the state regulation of gambling in the country, which is just one of …

Lottery provisions operator China LotSynergy has renewed supply contracts to provide machine lottery ticket terminal for the Chinese provinces of Heilongjiang and Guangxi. The firm announced the renewal of the supply contract to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange. To date, China LotSynergy has claimed 30% market share of this year’s total Sports Lottery terminal procurement volume in China and retained its …