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Racing UK gets a Bentley

SBC News Racing UK gets a Bentley

Specialist horseracing broadcaster Racing UK has signed a sponsorship deal with one of the brightest emerging stars among the ranks of Britain’s jockeys, Harry Bentley. The agreement will see Bentley in Racing UK branding, as well as making regular appearances on the TV channel, and partaking in marketing and digital campaigns. Bentley will join Ruby Walsh and Aidan Coleman (Jumps) …

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Jacek Wojdyla: helping FIFA spot suspicious matches

SBC News Jacek Wojdyla: helping FIFA spot suspicious matches

Jacek Wojdyla, Head of International Affairs at FIFA’s integrity subsidiary Early Warning System (EWS), explains how the organisation is approaching things during Brazil 2014. How will EWS be operating over the World Cup? How do you analyse a suspicious game? After the risk assessment pre-work, we will monitor the WC based on our 3-pillar strategy: 1. Technical monitoring of the …

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Sportradar supplies Bayern Munich with World Cup centre

SBC News Sportradar supplies Bayern Munich with World Cup centre

Sportradar, supplier of sports and betting related data, has agreed a partnership with FC Bayern Munich during the World Cup 2014. The 24-time German league winner incorporates Sportradar’s WC2014 Live Match Centre on its homepage to display the performance of all its international players taking part in Brazil. This solution allows fans to follow the performance of its stars during …

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Pele gives Paddy Power the red card

SBC News Pele gives Paddy Power the red card

Brazilian footballing legend Pele is the latest to be upset by one of the Irish bookmaker, Paddy Power’s, stunts. At twenty of their betting shops, ten in Ireland and ten in the UK, they’d given their signs a temporary makeover with them rebranded as Pelepower. It took just hours for New York agency, Legends 10, who are responsible for Pele’s …

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Portugal to examine final draft bill for legalised igaming

SBC News Portugal to examine final draft bill for legalised igaming

The Portuguese Ministry of Finance and the Inspecção-Geral de Jogos (IGJ) have draft the proposed final  legislation for online gambling and sports betting, which will be reviewed by government officials  before the Portuguese governmental break on July 10th. Regional news sources have reported that the review of the bill, has been moved  ahead of schedule in order for Portugal to …

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Clarion signs media deal with G3

SBC News Clarion signs media deal with G3

Clarion, organiser of industry events such as ICE Totally Gaming, ICE Conferences, GiGse & EiG, has signed a global partner agreement with G3, publisher of G3 magazine, G3-247.com, G3Newswire and G3i App. The agreement, which is the first of its kind between Clarion and a media channel, will see G3 supporting all of Clarion’s events with advertising and editorial support. …

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Amaya to snap up $4.9bn PokerStars

SBC News Amaya to snap up $4.9bn PokerStars

Amaya Gaming Group has agreed a sensational US$4.9bn (£2.9bn)  deal to acquire The Rational Group, operator of the world’s biggest online poker brands PokerStars and Full Tilt Poker. The deal is backed by Blackstone Group LP’s credit division, GSO Capital Partners, which will buy more than $600 million in convertible preferred shares and other securities. Deutsche Bank, Barclays and Macquarie …

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Racing UK to go big on first Royal Ascot

SBC News Racing UK to go big on first Royal Ascot

Broadcaster Racing UK is to dedicate a record 50 hours of coverage to Royal Ascot next week – the first time the world-famous fixture will be broadcast on the leading horseracing channel. Ascot’s media rights have transferred from At The Races to Racecourse Media Group (RMG, the parent company of Racing UK) in a near-five-year deal. RMG will be responsible …

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