Sportsbook

Flutter Entertainment has this morning launched its new ‘Cash4Clubs’ campaign, donating £4.8 million to grassroots sports organisations across the UK struggling to survive the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic. The FTSE100 betting group has partnered with ‘Made by Sport’, a charity that champions local sports development as a vital community factor improving social mobility, circumstances and people’s lives. Flutter has …

Fortuna Zakłady Bukmacherskie emerged as the dominant operator at the 2020 edition of Legalni Bukmacherzy’s Polish Bookmakers Awards. The Polish arm of Czech gambling group Fortuna Entertainment Group took home the prestigious Best Bookmaker Award for the third year in a row, whilst also sweeping up the Best Offer and Responsible Bookmaker titles, and claimed a joint Best Marketing prize …

Peru’s Liga 1 football championship is set to undertake its first name change in more than 20 years as Betsson Peru, becomes forms a strategic alliance with the Peruvian Football Federation (FPF), confirmed this week. The partnership will see Liga 1 Peru’s top division of professional football renamed as the ‘Liga 1 Betsson‘, as the European online gambling group becomes …

Premier League football club West Ham United FC has named online platform Trustly its official global open banking partner. As a result of the agreement, the Stockholm-based banking provider will gain brand exposure via pitch side signage at the Hammers’ London Stadium. The East London club has a large fan base both in the UK and internationally and is currently …

Tim Miller, the Executive Director of Research and Statistics for the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC), has presented the findings of the first ‘National Strategic Assessment’ which evaluates the Commission’s response to risks and duties.   The assessment was framed on the evidence of the four key elements of the person gambling, the places where gambling occurs, the products available to customers …

Flutter Entertainment Plc has disclosed a number of boardroom-level changes, governing the FTSE100 gambling group.  Current Deputy-Chairman Divyesh Gadhia and long-term Non-Executive Director Peter Rigby have individually confirmed that they intend to retire from boardroom duties following Flutter’s annual general meeting scheduled for 29 April. The FTSE firm has secured forthcoming replacements, confirming that Holly Koeppel and Nancy Dubuc will …

Online betting operator BetVictor has secured a multi-fixture sponsorship agreement with Newbury Racecourse for the remainder of 2021, including the Gold Cup. The collaboration will see the firm sponsor sponsorship of 41 races across 13 reacedays throughout the year, beginning with the BetVictor March Opening Weekend on 5 and 6 March, featuring the Betvictor ‘Greatwood’ Gold Cup. In addition, the …