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To round off this year’s Safer Gambling Week, evoke-owned brand William Hill has leveraged its new title sponsorship of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) to spark gambling harm prevention talks among staff and supporters.  Players, fans, and professionals from across all of the league’s four divisions were offered a series of talks that used previous experiences of problem gambling …

With football’s relationship with the gambling industry under immense pressure in the UK, the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) has decided to take its own route regarding such sponsorships. The SPFL ‘shouldn’t be stuffy about gambling,’ according to its CEO Neil Doncaster, who recently described partnering with UK-based William Hill as an ‘obvious fit’. Emphasising however that he agrees with …

William Hill has officially secured a title sponsorship deal with The Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). The five-year deal, which begins at the start of season 2024/25, will see the British bookmaker become the title sponsor of all four SPFL divisions as well as the official betting partner of the league.  This will see the four divisions become the William …

William Hill is reportedly very close to agreeing a new title sponsorship of the Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL). In replacing online car retailer cinch, sites have claimed that the bookmaker – which has previously sponsored the Scottish Cup – could commit to the deal for up to five years, beginning next season. The league has been looking for a …

Sky Sports has enhanced its partnership with Scottish Professional Football League (SPFL) to show ‘more matches than ever before’. The new broadcast agreement includes up to 60 matches from the Scottish top-flight exclusively live each season from 2024/25, with scope to increase this over the term of the deal. However, for the first time, exclusive live fixtures from the Scottish …

Scotland’s Ladbrokes Championship, Ladbrokes League 1 and Ladbrokes League 2 has reached a ‘written resolution’ effective immediately after the SPFL’s COVID-19 crisis plan was passed. The plan, passed by 81 per cent of all SPFL clubs including the Ladbrokes Premiership, has resulted in Dundee United FC being crowned Championship champions. However, Scotland’s top decision has not been affected in the …

SPFL football club Rangers FC has confirmed that it will not renew its in-stadia wagering partnership with bookmaker Ladbrokes, however the announcement seems to be little more than posturing from the Glasgow football club. This morning, Rangers Commercial Director James Bisgrove communicated that Ladbrokes in-stadia betting services would be discontinued from Ibrox in advance of the SPL 2020/2021 season. “Following …