Europe

Entain Plc will maintain its ‘Pitching In’ grassroots football and community funding scheme, despite the 2020/2021 season abandonment ordered by its Trident Leagues partners. The assurance comes following the decision of the Trident Leagues Isthmian, Northern Premier and Southern Leagues to prematurely conclude their seasons due to COVID-19’s impact on staging fixtures. In addition, the cancellation follows Entain making its …

Horse racing will not feature in the government’s schedule of 12 sporting events which will see the large scale return of spectators to venues. Crowds are due to return to horse racing on 17 May, during the third stage of the government’s planned schedule, which will begin on 15 May with the FA Cup final the debut event. Although the …

LeoVegas AB has agreed to acquire all ‘Expekt Nordics Ltd’ assets from French online gambling operator Betclic Group for a total purchase price of €5 million.  The deal sees LeoVegas take over the management of Expekt – a heritage online sportsbook brand operating across Scandinavian markets since 1999. Updating investors, LeoVegas states that the acquisition has been undertaken to strengthen …

LeoVegas has become the first online casino operator to pass the approval process and launch on Google Play in the Swedish, Danish and Spanish markets. The agreement represents a significant step in the firm’s international expansion, as players utilising Android devices make up roughly 45% of the mobile operating system market share in Sweden, 38% in Denmark and 90% in …

Europol has closed down one of the ‘world’s largest’ sport streaming piracy operations with the assistance of the top flight Premier League and Spain’s La Liga, along with the country’s police authorities. More than 100 million users downloaded the application – called Mobdro – which was connected to websites and platforms in Spain and Portugal with links to servers in …

Pressure is being placed on UK broadcasters to end the sponsorship of daytime TV programmes by gambling operators.  The All-Party Parliamentary Group on Gambling-Related Harm (APPG) has revealed that it has written to the bosses of ITV and Channel 5 urging the broadcasters to end all daytime sponsorship promoting gambling. The APPG stated that it was deeply concerned that gambling …

Payments platform Skrill has followed its agreement with esports betting operator Luckbox with a partnership with Leeds United FC of the Premier League. As a result of the agreement, supporters of the West Yorkshire club will be able to utilise Skrill to make purchases on the team’s official website, such as making ticket payments and buying merchandise. The deal will …