The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has reaffirmed its ‘full and unequivocal support’ for CEO Nick Rust after a number of concerns over his leadership from trainers were reported in a Sunday Telegraph article. Back in January, Rust confirmed that he would be stepping down from the BHA after holding the position of CEO for six years. However, the Sunday Telegraph reported …
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Seeking to break COVID-19’s scheduling impasse and logistical complexities, the Premier League is reported to have established ‘Project Restart’ to maintaining its desired objective to conclude the 2019/2020 football season. The Sunday Times this weekend reported that Premier League governance targets a ‘league restart’ on Monday 8 June, with matchdays to be played behind closed doors at ‘select stadiums’, completing …
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Esports wagering systems provider Ultraplay is set to significantly expand its existing relationship with operator XB Systems after entering an agreement to merge its lead B2C white label property BUFF.bet with X-Bet.co. For the past three years, Ultraplay has served as XB Systems main platform provider for X-Bet.co, establishing a brand that has become Ultraplay’s biggest network partner. In its …
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Gambling’s merger between Flutter Entertainment Plc and The Stars Group Inc (TSG) has cleared a further hurdle, as this afternoon TSG shareholders approved terms forming a new $11 billion entity. Issuing a corporate filing, TSG governance confirmed that company investors had voted 99% in favour of completing the merger deal with Flutter. TSG’s merger approval follows Flutter’s shareholder vote on Tuesday, …
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Further to publishing its Q1 2020 trading update this morning, Kindred Group Plc has confirmed the appointment of Johan Wilsby as new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Wilsby is to join Kindred’s executive leadership team in Autumn 2020, and will replace current CFO incumbent Albin de Beauregard. A seasoned financial lead for fast growth technology enterprises, Wilsby will join Kindred …
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Sports betting supplier BETBY has enhanced its esports range with the addition of eBasketball to its portfolio. The basketball solution will provide sportbooks with 24/7 betting options, similar to BETBY’s FIFA18 24/7 offering. Moreover, BETBY will provide competitive fixtures featuring NBA, WNBA and All-Star teams, supplemented by Twitch video coverage of every match. Sergey Tsukanov, Chief Risk Officer at BETBY, …
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As the German government begins to relax some of the COVID-19 social distancing measures, Gauselmann Group has set out its strategy to resume business activities. As a result of the global pandemic, the gaming operator and manufacturer was forced to close all 700 of its gambling venues across Germany alongside 10 of its casinos. But as the number of cases …
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Sports betting and online gaming operator Interwetten has agreed to integrate a range of virtual sports and games from Golden Race after the duo secured a new agreement. Under the new agreement with Interwetten, Golden Race has continued to build upon its European growth strategy, with its services now available across 50,000 shops and featuring on more than 400 websites. …
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Instead of supporting gamblers during the COVID-19 lockdown, enhanced online gaming restrictions in Sweden ‘could do more harm to consumer protection’ according to the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA). Yesterday, Sweden’s Minister for Health and Social Affairs Ardalan Shekarabi proposed that weekly deposits were limited to SEK5,000, with a SEK100 cap on bonus offers in a bid to protect …
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In the nearly 20 years since Sportradar was founded, I have never seen our landscape change so drastically in such a short period, writes the company’s CEO Carsten Koerl. In just a few weeks, we have gone from celebrating and looking forward to a diverse range of global sporting events, to the widespread cancellation and postponement of almost all live …
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