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Grupo Codere subsidiary has struck a short term sponsorship deal with La Liga football club Valencia CF. Presenting its partnership to Spanish media, Codere marketing announced that the Codere Apuestas brand would be displayed on the left sleeve of Valencia’s football jerseys for the remainder of the 2015/16 La Liga season. Valencia CF have no official shirt sponsor for its …

Malta-based online gaming operator Aspire Global has signed an agreement for Quickfire, powered by Microgaming. Later this month, Aspire Global will go live with the Quickfire platform, adding Microgaming’s popular titles to its existing content portfolio and enabling its white label partners, and their players, to enjoy games such as Game of Thrones™, Thunderstruck, Terminator 2™ and plenty more. Aspire Global and …

Sports and betting-related services company Sportradar has opted to expand a partnership with the Professional Darts Corporation (PDC) to include coverage of its events. Sportradar will now stream live coverage of the 2016 World Series of Darts and European Darts Tour to its clients across the betting industry. The PDC was established in the United Kingdom during 1992, when a …

The Upper Tribunal has found that the Gambling Commission acted within its powers when it refused to grant Greene King a bingo operating licence to provide commercial bingo in its pubs. At a hearing in London, Greene King’s lawyers argued that the Commission had exceeded its powers when it refused to grant a licence enabling Greene King to offer bingo …

Former jockey Darren Egan has been suspended from racing for 12 years after participating in ‘a conspiracy which struck at the heart of the sport’. Egan was found guilty of corruption charges last November, but the British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has now confirmed he is suspended until November 22, 2027. The former leading apprentice was found to have engaged in …

The Guardian newspaper has reported that UK racing and betting stakeholders will meet today for a new round of discussions regarding the sports funding and the controversial Authorised Betting Partner (ABP) scheme implemented by the British Horseracing Authority (BHA). With the relationship between UK racing and betting operators at its lowest ebb, discussions will focus on the levy % bookmakers …

Less than a week ago we spoke to Jay Kornegay, Vice President of the Westgate Las Vegas Resort & Casino, ahead of the Superbowl 50 match-up between Carolina Panthers and Denver Broncos. And now, just a few days after the showpiece event, we caught up with a jubilant Jay to discuss his beloved Broncos first title win since 1998, and …

Last week saw the long delayed launch of DraftKings in the UK, and whilst this opens up a potentially lucrative new revenue stream it may create more problems for the company and other DFS operators on home turf in the USA. The argument has been raging for some time now, are the likes of FanDuel and DraftKings truly games of skill or, as many state prosecutors …

Gaming technology provider Genii has signed an agreement to provide BetConstruct its entire offering of over 130 casino games. The award-winning provider will deliver Genii’s extensive portfolio to its network of partners. The agreement includes access to all the feature rich content including the patented unique Spin16 product ranges, which allows players to interact directly with reels, swiping up, down, left and right. Genii’s announcement …

Responding to a 120-page dossier published by Spruce Point Capital Management last December, which criticised the governance of Toronto TSX listed Intertain Group (Intertain). A special independent committee appointed by Intertain governance has deemed the report to be “Self-serving and to contain numerous factual inaccuracies and mischaracterizations of company data” The committee made up of corporate independent directors, with the counsel of …