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1xBet will have an advertising presence at the new Tottenham Hotspur stadium after securing a long-term agreement to become the club’s Official Betting Partner for Africa. The operator will get coverage at the club’s home matches via the LED perimeter system, as well as a presence on the new website and digital channels across the continent until 2022. Tottenham Hotspur, …

Polish bookmaker STS has announced a fresh deal with sports media rights provider IMG to significantly expand its content of ‘broadcast sporting events’ via its website and mobile app. Under the terms of the new deal, which is to run until the end of 2020, the firm is to enhance its offering by approximately 20 thousand sporting events, including streams of football, …

Argyll Entertainment is to continue its content centric focus through its latest sports sponsorship, with Vanarama National League football club Solihull Moors. The owner and operator of the SportNation.bet and RedZoneSports.bet brands, is to have exclusive access to film the inner workings of the club for the full season, as it becomes official betting partner. Via access to players, management …

This week’s 6 of the Best comes from Malcolm Campbell, Head of Compliance at Nektan. Continue on to discover which Morgan Freeman hit never gets old, which side holds such sheer passion a full weeks wages was placed on its success and “one of the grittiest motor races of all time”. Best Holiday Amsterdam 2016. I’m the biggest blues and …

Historic UK racecourse and greyhound track Towcester has cancelled all its scheduled meetings for this weekend after announcing it’s set to enter into administration. The course, which is owned by the Fermor- Hesketh family and is steeped in history, is scheduled to host a further three cards this year with the first commencing on 10 October, however whether these take place …

Ahead of the start of La Liga’s new football season (17 August), Spanish bookmaker Luckia has outlined its commitment to developing and improving Galician football. A subsidiary of Grupo EGASA, one of Galicia’s biggest employers, Luckia has launched its “A Xogada” project in partnership with the Galician Football Federation (RFG). Starting with Spain’s football season for 2018/19 and beyond, Luckia …

As technology advances, unscrupulous individuals are using increasingly inventive means to achieve financial gain. So, what’s next for online merchants who depend on payment security? Paul Marcantonio, Head of UK/Western Europe at ECOMMPAY, thinks he has the answer. Fraud, or attempts to defraud, are unavoidable. Where there is profit from successful business operations, there is the risk of fraudulent activity. …

Scandinavian affiliate group Cherry AB has described its Q2 2018 period as being “characterised by expansion and investment”. The statement, made by Cherry’s Acting President and CEO Gunnar Lind, came as the Stockholm-listed online gambling group recorded a revenue increase of 41% (SEK 753 million, up from SEK 536 million), an EBITDA increase of 78% (SEK 165 million, up from …

The governance of London-listed The Rank Group Plc is turning its attention towards a recovery plan, following a “challenging year for the group,” primarily impacted by the poor performance of its Grosvenor Casino venues, which saw full-year pre-tax profits slip 41.4 per cent to £46.7m (2017: £79.7m). Grosvenor properties recorded a  6.1 per cent revenue decline for the year ending June 30 to £373m …

Moreno Marasco, the President of Italian online betting/gambling trade body LOGiCO has penned an open letter to industry leadership urging for ‘self-discipline during Italy’s transitional advertising period’. Though all Italian betting stakeholders, face tough adjustments to meet the demands of the incoming (1 January 2019) Lega-5Star ‘Dignity Decree’ banning all forms of gambling advertising, LOGiCO pleads for restraint and responsibility. …