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New Zealand Thoroughbred Racing (NZTR) has announced changes governing jockeys betting (Rule 707 of the Rules of Racing), which will come into force tomorrow. In a strong step to strengthen the assurance of racing integrity, the organisation, which licenses 150 jockeys and 44 amateur riders, has moved to ban them from betting on any New Zealand thoroughbred race if they are riding …

Sportradar, supplier of sports related data, is pleased to announce that its data partnership with the Belgian Pro League has been extended for two more seasons until the summer of 2016. Under the agreement, Sportradar will remain the “Official Sportsdata Partner of the Jupiler Pro League” and will be granted the rights to use, market and sub-license all pre-match and …

Tipperary GAA fans arrived in their hundreds at Shelbourne Park not only to celebrate the eve of the All Ireland Hurling Final, but also the semi-finals of the Boylesports.com Irish Greyhound Derby 2014. And their support worked a treat as Tipperary based trainer Michael O’Donovan’s representative Laughil Blake was fastest as he turned in another superb performance and now stands as the favourite for …

ESSA, the regulated betting industry’s integrity body, and the Confederation of North, Central American and Caribbean Association Football (CONCACAF) have today agreed to establish a betting integrity information sharing arrangement. The agreement builds on ESSA’s already strong information sharing base with many of the world’s major football authorities. It also aims to demonstrate the increasingly global focus of ESSA and its …

Growing up, I’d hazard a guess that Michael Chopra never thought he’d be one day be telling the press of his wishes to follow in the footsteps of Sachin Tendulkar. The former England U-21 striker recently signed for the Kerala Blasters, and will participate in the inaugural Indian Super League (ISL) which commences in October. Discussing his move he stated: …

The latest round of underage gambling test purchasing conducted by local authorities in partnership with the Commission continues to demonstrate that many operators have inadequate controls for preventing underage gambling. In 20 out of 40 tests of adult gaming centres and betting shops, a supervised test purchaser under the age of 18 was allowed to play on a gaming machine and …

Betradar, supplier of sports and betting related data,has announced the successful launch of its Live Channel for retail betting shops with the German bookmaker Tipico. Tipico has already rolled out the live sports channel in over 200 shops across Germany with the intention to connect up to 1,000 shops, and expand links in Austria, Belgium and Denmark. Betradar’s Live Channel, …

Paddy Power plc has announced the appointment of Andy McCue as Chief Executive Designate, and a director of Paddy Power plc, with immediate effect. McCue will succeed the current Chief Executive, Patrick Kennedy, on January 1st 2015. Patrick announced his intention to step down as Chief Executive at the AGM in May. Andy McCue has been with Paddy Power for …

 SG Gaming, a division of Scientific Games Corporation,, has signed a four-year contract with Carrigill Bookmakers, a long-standing independent. The new long-term partnership, which makes SG Gaming Carrigill’s machine provider of choice, will see SG Gaming supply infinity and vision cabinets to all Carrigill shops. In addition, Carrigill will benefit from SG Gaming’s comprehensive support programme for independents, which includes marketing …

Initial entries for the Premier Handicaps on Irish Champions Weekend at Leopardstown and the Curragh on Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th September are well up on previous years. A total of 193 entries have been received, boasting a combined value of €600,000 (£474,702). The corresponding races in 2013 attracted 100 entries. 36 have been received from Britain and one from France. The Irish Stallion Farms EBF ‘Petingo’ Handicap, to be …