Sportsbook

French igaming operator Winamax has announced plans to support its French online poker room with the proposed launch of a Winamax sportsbook. The operator will look to diversify its gaming portfolio and improve company revenues by broadening its product range and services to include online sports betting for French igaming customers. The decision to launch a new sportsbook was undertaken …

Betfair have confirmed the promotion of Mark Brooker to Chief Operating Officer, Brooker steps up from his previous position as Director of Sports Betting. Brooker has been involved within Betfair operations for more than five years, looking after sports betting initiatives and corporate development for the operator. Betfair’s appointment of Brooker, will see him become responsible for the performance and …

Sportradar and SportAccord signed a Memorandum of Understanding during the 2014 SportAccord Convention to harmonise their prevention and education approaches on Sports Betting Integrity. Sportradar are the world’s supplier of sports betting related data and statistics. The company assist sports federations, state authorities and law enforcement agencies around the world fight betting related match-fixing by providing sophisticated technical solutions for …

Unibet PLC finds itself in hot water, due to their sponsorship of the upcoming Stockholm Marathon, on the 31st of May. The operator’s sponsorship of the running event, has fallen foul of Swedish gambling regulator Lotteriinspektinen, who claim that the igaming operator has breached Swedish advertising regulations in their sponsorship of the event. Lotteriinspektinen have threatened the Swedish listed igaming …

Betfred announced plans to launch its brand in Australia, applying a mobile first strategy to its marketing and operations, as it aims to establish itself in the market. Betfred believes that utilising mobile channels for the Australian igaming market will create a point of difference between them and their competitors. Luke Brill Managing Director of Betfred Australia, announced that the …

Former footballers Dominique Taboga, Sanel Kuljic and ‘several other people’ have been charged in connection with the Austrian match-fixing scandal which came to light last year, state prosecutors said on Monday. Reuters reported that prosecutors in Graz said that they would not give any further details for the time being while investigations continued. Taboga was initially hailed as a whistle-blower …

Paddy Power has extended its contract with Callcredit Information Group to use its ID verification package for a further two years. The Irish bookmaker will continue to use Callcredit’s CallValidate in order to check the identity of players signing up to its online betting service. The solution provides validation of a customers’ name, address and date of birth details, whilst …

Sportsbook Unibet is putting further investment behind racing by becoming ARC’s official starting stall sponsor for 2014. The new sponsorship will see Unibet branded starting stalls at ARC’s portfolio of racecourses across the length and breadth of the country. In addition, over 90 stall handlers will also wear Unibet branded clothing throughout the year. This sponsorship will run alongside Unibet’s freshly announced official betting and …

Swedish listed igaming operator – Unibet is set to offload its 95% stake in sports betting service provider Kambi Sports Solutions. The operators senior management are set to take the decision to financially separate its B2B division, as it believes separation away from Unibet operations will aid Kambi Sports future growth within the online sports betting market. Unibet are set …