Sport

In light of Ivan Toney receiving his ban from the FA this week, Ben McGregor, EPIC Risk Management‘s Director of Sports Partnerships, assesses what steps football and its trusted partners can take to ensure players follow betting regulations. Before reflecting on the Brentford and England forward’s eight-month ban and £50,000 fine, the Director highlighted the importance of preluding any discussion …

Genius Sports linked with Gemini Sports Analytics (GSA) to integrate official National College Athletics Association (NCAA) football and basketball data into the GSA app. Gemini has underlined its aim of making it ‘faster and easier’ for sports organisations to use predictive analytics across recruitment, player development and personnel, as well as health and performance.  As the exclusive supplier of official …

Betsson is set to appear on the kits of Argentinian football team, Racing Club de Avellaneda, for the 2023-24 season.  The operator’s branding will appear on the upper back of both the men’s and women’s teams next season for all local and international matches.  Betsson Group’s CEO, Jesper Svensson, described the partnership as a solid opportunity to ‘further position the …

The FA has suspended Ivan Toney for eight months after he admitted to 232 breaches of the association’s betting rules. The Brentford forward will not play for his team this year, and won’t be available for selection until 26 January 2024. The final four months of the ban will see Toney available to train with the club again, but prior …

The enduring popularity of NASCAR in the US makes the sport increasingly attractive to sponsors, with a growing list of domestic and international operators exploring the space, including established European firms.  Matt Stallknecht, Senior Business Development Executive of German-founded Tipico, discussed with SBC News the sportsbook’s recent deal with Front Row Motorsports (FRM), the potential of NASCAR as a sponsorship …

Southampton FC has announced it is moving forward with Turfcoach and Atom Stars, which won the top prize in the club’s Future of Football programme, an initiative coordinated with betting partner Yolo Group.  Southampton Football Club, along with Sport Republic and Yolo Group, kicked off The Future of Football challenge with 10 web3 and sport tech startups in March of …

Genius Sports has enhanced its partnership with the Indonesian Basketball League (IBL) to launch an integrity programme to tackle match-fixing threats. The sports data and technology company is now set to provide the league with forensic data and insights regarding global wagering on its events.  Specifically, real-time odds movements will be analysed by Genius Sports’ Bet Monitoring System and cross-referenced …

The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has signed a sports betting integrity protection agreement with the Brazilian Institute of Responsible Gaming (IBJR). In response to the arrival of regulation in the sector and the manipulation of matches and bets concerning Brazilian sporting events, the deal will develop activities which reinforce monitoring against match-fixing and reliability in sporting events and online …

PA Betting Services (PABS) has strengthened its links to UK bookmakers via a partnership renewal with William Hill Part of the PA Media Group, PABS will continue to provide 888 Holdings-owned William Hill with UK horse racing and greyhound racing data, as well as ‘select’ data from international horse racing. Included under the extended contract are provision of race cards, …

Australia-based betting technology firm BetMakers Technology Group has completed a major milestone in North America, supporting the launch of MonmouthBets. MonmouthBets will accept wagers from New Jersey’s Monmouth Park from 13 May onward, building on BetMakers’ launch of retail fixed odds horse racing at the track in 2022. The product, regulated by the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement, marks …