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The Mail on Sunday has revealed that Nigel Farage may return to UK politics by launching a new UKIP ‘breakaway party’, should the controversial anti-Islam campaigner Anne-Marie Waters win the party’s leadership. Farage states that ‘UKIP would be finished’ should current bookies’ 10/11 favourite Waters become the leader of the hard-line conservative and anti-EU party. Updating its UK political markets, Paddy …

Updating the market, 188BET has informed that it will continue to be the lead shirt sponsor of English Super League club Wigan Warriors. 188BET marketing informs that it has secured a one-year extension as principal sponsor and betting partner with the Greater Manchester rugby league side. The online betting operator became the shirt sponsor of Wigan Warriors in 2016, having …

Spanish gambling insiders expect regulatory body la Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), to re-open its tender process window for new market applicants for Spain’s regulated online gambling market. At present the DGOJ has made no formal announcement with regards to accepting new tenders, however, this September the regulatory body announced through its website a ‘draft call’ for potential …

Toronto TSX-listed online gambling firm The Stars Group Inc, has confirmed the appointment of Christopher Coyne as new Group Chief Customer Officer (CCO). An experienced marketing and digital technology executive, Coyne joins the Stars Group executive team from Australian leisure and casino operator Crown Resorts, where he served as Chief Marketing Officer (2017-2017). Taking on the role of CCO, Coyne …

Stratagem a new industry data supplier seeking to bring new AI dynamics to the sports betting sector, has today announced its first partnership with African operator Worldstar Betting. The partnership will see Stratagem will become the lead in-play data provider for fully-automated, real-time prices across all tennis, major football and basketball markets. A big data specialists for sports betting Stratagem’s …

Tempobet has agreed a multi-million pounds deal to showcase its brand on the LED advertising boards at a further seven Premier League football stadiums. The international operator, that is currently in the second season of an agreement to feature pitch-side at Arsenal’s Emirates Stadium, will now also feature at home games involving Brighton, Burnley, Crystal Palace, Huddersfield, Bournemouth, Swansea, and …

Updating the market, industry platform and systems provider BetConstruct has informed that it has secured France ‘Remote Gaming Licence’ issued by national regulator Autorité de régulation des Jeux en ligne (ARJEL). The licensing approval will enable BetConstruct to offer it full sports betting software and platform provisions for the regulated French betting market. Moving forward, as an industry technology supplier …

Golf’s PGA Tour has announced that it will implement a ‘comprehensive gambling policy’ for its tournaments and operations assisted by sports data supplier Genius Sports. This week PGA Tour governance announced that it aims to launch a new ‘Integrity Program’ by January 2018. The professional tour organiser wants to create a complete betting monitoring system which will monitor all stakeholders …

Updating the market, Stockholm-listed Kindred Group Plc has detailed that it will fund the development of a public ‘Gambling Therapy app‘, informing Scandinavian consumers of problem gambling symptoms and support measures. The online gambling group details that the free app forms part of its ongoing commitment towards creating ‘safe and secure’ environment for all betting customers. The Gambling Therapy app …

A new deal has been struck allowing 1,619 Greyhound fixtures to be shown on The Racing Partnership’s channel (TRP). The Bookmakers Technology Consortium (BTC) and Arena Racing Company (ARC) have reached the agreement for the races to be shown, which will commence on 1st January 2018, and will see greyhound racing being shown on ARC’s TRP channel. As part of …