Retail

Responding to last week’s decision by the Ottawa House of Commons to vote down the progress of ‘single sports betting’ Bill C-221 ‘The Safe & Regulated Sports Act’, the Canadian Gaming Association (CGA) has stated that it is deeply disappointed by the outcome. Releasing a public statement, CGA representatives detailed that by denying C-221, Commons had again failed to engage …

Industry software and platform provider BetConstruct has moved to strengthen its virtual sports client capabilities by announcing that it has entered into a supply agreement with Golden Race, which will provide its partner network with an expanded virtual sports content catalogue. Confirming its partnership this morning, BetConstruct will now integrate Golden Race expanded VS portfolio, which will include premium virtual …

William Hill has announced the official longlist for its 2016 ‘William Hill Sports Book of the Year Award’, the most valuable and prestigious prize is sports writing. Unveiling its longlist, William Hill presents seventeen sports books’ covering nine different sports, all vying to follow 2015 winner ‘The Game of Our Lives’ by David Goldblatt. Making this year’s longlist is ‘No …

The NBA has announced a multiyear global data and statistics distribution agreement with Sportradar and Second Spectrum. Restructuring its data, insights and analysis infrastructure, the NBA will implement a new Sportradar and Second Spectrum developed state-of- the-art league-wide player tracking system. Beginning season 2017/18 the partnership will further see Sportradar become the official ‘Global Distributor’ of real-time NBA league and match …

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has moved to strengthen its integrity monitoring provisions by utilising Genius Sports’ ‘Price Monitoring System’, which will help it analyse and investigate irregular betting patterns in real-time. Delivered by Genius Sports’ proprietary Sport Integrity Monitor (SportIM) platform, the Price Monitoring System will provide the BHA with provisions for reviewing live betting prices, industry averages and …

Inspired, a provider of virtual sports, mobile games and SBG Video Lottery, has announced that its virtual sports will go live in Italy with Isibet later this month. Isibet will launch Inspired’s full suite of Virtual Sports, including Rush Football 2, Rush Horses and Rush Cycling, across mobile and retail channels during September 2016. Rush Football 2 offers between 7-15 …

Updating industry stakeholders, the Greek Syriza government has announced that it will implement its new gambling licensing regime by October, opening its market to foreign operators. This September, Deputy Finance Minister Trifon Alexiadis informed Greek news sources that regulatory and business provisions would be made available ‘within a month.’ Following amendments, the Syriza government is confident that its new licensing …

The Belarusian Ice Hockey Association (BIHA) has become the latest European sporting body to sign up to Sportradar’s Fraud Detection System (FDS). Sports data, analysis and insights provider Sportradar will now monitor BIHA syndicated matches for the Belarusian ExtraLiga and Ruslan Salei Cup for the next two seasons. Signing the agreement BIHA governance stated that it was pleased to gain …

In a move to boost its cross-channel customer engagement capabilities, Ladbrokes has implemented industry marketing and CRM specialist Beehives tools’ across its retail estates. The FTSE-listed operator expands its current partnership with Beehive, who have delivered CRM solutions across Ladbrokes digital divisions in the past twelve months. Ladbrokes retail will be armed with Beehive’s ‘sophisticated CRM engine,’ allowing the division …