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Belgium Gambling Commission President rallies against ad ban

Ladbrokes and PMU deal criticised by Belgian competition watchdog

Agali Clavie, President of the Belgium Gambling Commission (BGC), has made comments critical of political attempts to curb gambling marketing in the country.  Appearing on the Bel RTL morning programme, Clavie outlined her worry – one shared with some stakeholders in Britain ahead of its own regulatory changes – that an advertising clampdown could benefit black market firms. Expressing a …

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ELEVEN Co-Founder Marc Watson joins DAZN as CCO

SBC News ELEVEN Co-Founder Marc Watson joins DAZN as CCO

DAZN has announced the appointment of Marc Watson as the group’s new Chief Commercial Officer. The hiring follows the sports media company’s completion of the acquisition of ELEVEN Group businesses and social media creative agency Team Whistle last week, as it seeked to enhance its European football portfolio and in turn broaden its footprint in sports broadcasting.  Watson is set …

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Raketech upgrades guidance as 2022 goes ‘according to plan or better’

SBC News Raketech upgrades guidance as 2022 goes ‘according to plan or better’

Raketech has put faith in its strategic objectives, updating its 2023 guidance figures to project revenue of between €60-65m and asserting that it will remain active in M&A. The Nasdaq First North aming marketing technology group revealed this morning that revenue for the full year rose by 36.7% to €52.6 (2021: €38.5m), alongside an increase in reported EBITDA by 23.9% …

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Premier League to agree on betting shirt sponsorship phase-out 

SBC News Premier League to agree on betting shirt sponsorship phase-out 

Premier League club bosses are likely to settle on betting sponsorships no longer appearing on the front of team shirts. The decision was reported yesterday evening by BBC News as pressure mounts on the Premier League to end its relationship with betting and gambling.   The government had previously granted Premier League clubs the right to settle its sponsorship terms with …

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Charities ‘really disappointed’ as Paddy Power ‘mocks autism’ in Spurs ad

SBC News Charities ‘really disappointed’ as Paddy Power ‘mocks autism’ in Spurs ad

Paddy Power’s new advert on Youtube for Tottenham Hotspur has been slammed after two UK charities claimed it is making a joke of the autistic community. The campaign aimed to mock what it’s like being a fan of the club through the use of what seems to be a ‘Spurs Sensory Room’, with photographs displaying Spur’s ‘lack of achievements’, a …

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Spain: Royal Decree stands but will require its constitutional ruling

SBC News Spain: Royal Decree stands but will require its constitutional ruling

The Tribunal for Spain’s Supreme Court has ruled that the Royal Decree on Advertising cannot be suspended, despite ongoing questions related to its enforcement breaching Spain’s constitutional laws. The ruling responded to an appeal made by Spanish online gambling trade association Jdigital, which argued that the Royal Decree be suspended as it had not received a ‘constitutional review’ to be …

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Sportsbet seeking customer diversification via Australia TikTok ads

Sportsbet seeking customer diversification via Australia TikTok ads

Sportsbet is expanding the scope of its TikTok marketing campaign in Australia to broaden the gender diversity of its customer base, according to The Guardian. The Flutter Entertainment betting brand, headquartered in Melbourne, entered into an agreement with the Chinese-owned social media platform last year. Marking an exception to TikTok’s rules around gambling promotion, the bookmaker has been allowed to …

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Xtremepush to hyper personalise Chalkline games

SBC News Xtremepush to hyper personalise Chalkline games

Xtremepush, the customer engagement platform for player retention in the sports betting and gaming industry, has entered into a new collaboration this week with North American free-to-play sports prediction platform, Chalkline.  A statement from Xtremepush outlined that the partnership will give operators and affiliates access to a “solution that combines hyper-personalized omni-channel messaging around live and pre-match prediction games”.  It …

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Dutch MPs propose ‘two-strikes’ rule for repeated ad breaches

Dutch MPs propose ‘two-strikes’ rule for repeated ad breaches

A cross-party group of Dutch MPs has questioned two Ministers with oversight on betting and gaming over the sector’s potential impact on young people.  Questions were submitted by Mirjam Bikker of the Christian Union, with co-initiations from Michel van Nispen of the Socialist Party, Kees van der Staaij of the Political Reformed Party and Songül Mutluer of the Labour Party. …

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Sportradar’s Florian Geheeb: evolving marketing to better engage the user

Sportradar’s Florian Geheeb: evolving marketing to better engage the user

In the first of a series of Sportradar blogs, Global Director of Advertising Sales Florian Geheeb shares his views on how the emergence of technologies like AI and automation can deliver newfound levels of marketing efficiency.   As the behaviour of sports fans and bettors evolves, so too must the marketing methods used to engage them. In an industry as technologically …

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