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After a decade of sponsorship it has been announced that Ladbrokes will be replaced as the sponsors of the World Hurdle at next month’s Cheltenham Festival. Ryanair has been announced as the replacement sponsor, the airline is already a backer of the Grade One race on day three of the Festival. The Authorised Betting Partner scheme was introduced by racing in November …

Matchroom Boxing is delighted to announce that the IBF World Heavyweight showdown between Charles ‘Prince’ Martin and Anthony Joshua MBE will be sponsored by William Hill. The eagerly anticipated bout between the two unbeaten fighters will take place on the 9th April at the O2 Arena in London. The fight, which is expected to be one of the biggest boxing bouts on …

Swiss lottery operator Loterie Romande has entered into a supplier partnership with Camelot Global (Camelot UK subsidiary) which will see the lottery services provider redevelop the online gaming platform for www.loro.ch. The new partnership, will see Loterie Romande, the licensed lottery operator for French-speaking Switzerland drop its long term IGT-powered Loro.ch games platform with Camelot Global acting as its main …

As reported by iGaming Business, OtherLevels has agreed a deal with bwin.party to manage the online operator’s digital communication reach across its range of mobile products. Under the agreement, the OtherLevels digital marketing platform will help bwin.party to engage users with more relevant and timely content across its mobile applications. The partnership will cover a host of key product areas, …

During the final quarter of 2015, ESSA’s alert system identified 35 sporting events that were reported to the relevant regulatory body as being suspicious, with 24 (69%) of the cases from Tennis and 8 (23%) from Football events. The role of ESSA is to provide an early warning system with the specific aim of detecting and deterring the corruption of …

UK independent gambling watchdog, the Senet Group has confirmed that Sky Betting & Gaming (SB&G) has joined its main body aimed at promoting higher industry standards with regards to  advertising, operational practices and forming further socially responsible measures. SB&G governance was pleased to confirm joining the Senet Group as the body’s first online-only gambling operator. As a new member SB&G …

It was the same story as last week in the Tipster Challenge, as all four tipsters returned a pair of winners, with the Guest tipster taking victories at more profitable odds. Steve Mullington’s final flourish took 888sport to a total of 5.58, leaving the Guests just 0.27 points behind long term leaders SBC News. Timeform and bettingexpert continue to push hard …

As reported in iGaming Business, Unibet has announced the launch of its new casino mobile application, which will be made available on the Apple iPhone for the first time. ‘Unibet Casino’ has been developed for iOS devices and was previously accessible on iPad devices, but this will now also be extended to iPhones. The app is available now in Apple’s …

It has been announced that Marc Saba, Co-Founder of Football Fanager, will be speaking at the Daily Fantasy Sports Expo which is taking place at the Deauville Beach Resort in Miami on the 3rd and 4th of March. The fantasy sports industry has grown substantially in the past five to ten years. The ongoing legal turmoil around the industry at …

Colombian national lottery operator Corredor Empresarial SA has selected Inspired Gaming Group (Inspired) to be its exclusive supplier of virtual sports content. The deal announced on 15 February, will see Inspired Virtual Sports titles integrated within more than 5000 Corredor licensed venues. Inspired governance further detailed that at present the Colombian lottery firm operates over 50,000 terminals nationwide. Commencing its …