Basque La Liga football club Athletic Club Bilbao has announced its first betting partnership with Spanish licensed bookmaker Kirolbet for a period of three Spanish football seasons. Athletic Club Bilbao one of Spain’s oldest football clubs, did not disclose any financial terms regarding the deal. However club executives stated that multiple licensed bookmakers had pitched to become the clubs betting …
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Unibet sponsors Rudy ‘The Hard Hitter’ Markussen’s ring return
Unibet Denmark (Unibet.dk), has announced that it will be main sponsor of super middleweight boxer Rudy ‘The Hard Hitter’ Markussen ring return on 12 September at the Arena Nord in Frederikshavin. The popular Markussen, a former IBF Super Middleweight Champion (weight class: 160-168 pounds) aims to land a mega bout against Danish boxing prospect Patrick Nielsen. A successful performance by Markussen at …
Read More »Australia FFA extends Perfrom Group digital partnership through to World Cup 2018
Following a year’s partnership with sports content and data provider Perform Group to develop and commercialise its digital assets, Football Federation Australia (FFA) governing body of Australian football, has announced that it has extended its digital partnership with the content provider through to the 2018 FIFA World Cup in Russia. Detailing performance, the FFA noted that it had seen a …
Read More »888 Holdings walks out of bwin.party takeover discussions
Following this morning’s announcement by bwin.party Entertainment governance, that it had selected GVC Holdings £1.1 billion takeover offer over its prior bid of £908 million, 888 Holdings governance has publicly announced that it has withdrawn from acquisition discussions. The withdrawal sees 888 ends its deal co-operation agreement (accepted on 17 July) with bwin.party governance. In a short statement, 888’s board concluded that …
Read More »PokerStars launches Starsdraft.com
Amaya Inc online poker subsidiary PokerStars has officially moved into the burgeoning US daily fantasy sports (DFS) market, with the launch of Starsdraft.com. Following its August announcement that it had acquired DFS operator Victiv for an undisclosed sum. Victiv’s online inventory has been re-branded to Starsdraft.com, ahead of the start of the 2015/16 NFL season, a key operational period for …
Read More »bwin.party accepts GVC’s £1.1 billion takeover offer
bwin.party Entertainment governance has accepted GVC’s £1.1 billion takeover offer, in preference of bid competitor 888 Holdings £908 offer. Following a review by bwin.party on the conditions of GVC’s cash and shares offer valued at 125.5p per share, bwin.party governance will now push to clear GVC bid as the best offer for its shareholders. Bwin.party Chairman Philip Yea said in …
Read More »Tabcorp sticks with OMD as media buying lead
Australian gambling operator Tabcorp has confirmed that it has renewed its media buying account with international marketing and media planning agency OMD. OMD will continue to service as primary media buyer for Tabcorp brands in retail betting, digital services, lotteries and keno sectors. Tabcorp management had called for a review of its media agency services in July, however the operator …
Read More »PIRC urges Betfair shareholders to reject Breon Corcoran reward package
Shareholder and corporate governance adviser PIRC has recommended that Betfair investor’s reject CEO Breon Corcoran’s £11.5 million reward package at next week’s annual general meeting (AGM). PIRC has recommended its actions by stating that Betfair’s improved financial performance under Corcoran leadership, has not been met with appropriate compensation/dividends for its investors. The advisory group continues to detail that Betfair financial …
Read More »Favourit announces Gary Harris as new CEO
Gary Harris has been announced as the new Chief Executive Officer of Australian based social sports betting operator, Favourit. Harris worked at Sportingbet Australia as both IT Director and Board member from 2004 until 2013, during which time he oversaw technological developments and online turnover going from AU$10m (£4.5m) to AU$2.4bn (£1.1bn). February 2013 also saw William Hill Group acquire …
Read More »UKGC pushes for fee amendments
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is planning to advise the government to amend the current fees regulations, in order to take account of the significant changes in the population of operators that it regulates and to address identified problems in the current fees structure. The UKGC is therefore developing its advice to the Department for Culture, Media and Sport. The commission …
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