Nick Rust OBE, the former Chief Executive of the British Horseracing Authority (BHA), has been confirmed as the new Chairman of the Starting Price Regulatory Commission (SPRC). The SPRC issued a statement to UK racing stakeholders, confirming that Rust would replace Lord Bernard Donoughue, who ended his 16-year tenure as SPRC chairmanship on 6 April. Lord Donoughue backed Rust’s appointment, …
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Mayor of London Sadiq Khan has incorporated a pledge to ban gambling advertising on the London Underground into his manifesto ahead of the upcoming mayoral elections. The Labour Party politician previously banned advertisements of junk food on the city’s underground rail service in 2018. He now plans to extend this advertisement ban to betting marketing if re-elected on 6 May. …
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Genius Sports Group has this afternoon unveiled its new corporate brand and identity, as the company prepares for its imminent listing on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE). Updating its global partners, Genius disclosed that its entire sports tech portfolio and data assets had been consolidated under the single identity of ‘Genius Sports’. The move reflects the ‘rapid convergence’ of …
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Ulrik Bengtsson has been nominated to join Raketech as the gaming performance marketing firm’s new Chairman of the Board, replacing the outgoing Christian Lundberg. Bringing considerable experience to the role, Bengtsson has a bachelor’s degree in management from Dalhousie University in Canada, and has held key positions at several major betting and gaming operators, and media companies, throughout his career. …
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JKR Investment Group has confirmed that Nikola Teofilovic, until recently the VP of AskGamblers at Catena Media, has joined the team as a Senior Investment Manager. Teofilovic (pictured) will be overseeing M&A and international development of the marketing assets for the investment group. More specifically, this means raising JKR’s international profile in B2B marketing, SEO and tech entertainment “I’m extremely …
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IMG Arena has acquired FlightScope Services, bolstering its data gathering, insights and analysis capacity for tennis and golf. Based in Gliwice, Poland, the FlightScope team is set to be fully incorporated within IMG Arena’s sports tech unit, which will be significantly expanded with 160 new employees as a result of the deal. The enlarged tech unit will be led by …
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“If you are in manufacturing, it’s the factory. If you are running a shop, the hosting is your store. And you must treat it that way.” This was an analogy used by Rickard Vikström, Founder at Internet Vikings, to frame the importance of hosting services to an online business as part of a recent webinar. He said: “I’ve seen so …
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Just five months on from its latest instalment, and we’re ready to return to Augusta National for the 85th edition of The Masters. Despite the limited number of patrons at this year’s tournament, a return to its traditional April placement will be a welcome change from the drizzly one-off (hopefully) November edition, as world No.1 Dustin Johnson attempts to become …
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Fox Corporation has launched legal proceedings against Flutter Entertainment in relation to the former exercising its option to acquire an 18.6% stake in the FanDuel sportsbook. Flutter has argued that Fox must conduct the transaction at a ‘fair market price’, whilst the American multimedia corporation maintains that it should pay the same amount Flutter paid in December 2020. Through its …
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SIS (Sports Information Services) has agreed to supply its UK and Irish greyhound racing content in a Watch and Bet format to LeoVegas. Through SIS’s Watch and Bet model, bettors will be able to view live races without the need for a prior bet, which the supplier believes will help LeoVegas drive both engagement and revenues. All brands in the …
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