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Swedish regulator pens integrity deal with Sportradar

Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has entered into a new partnership with the Sportradar Integrity Services arm of Sportradar.

Under the deal, Sportradar will monitor a range of sports and competitions in Sweden and flag any suspicions of match-fixing to Spelinspektionen.

The regulator will also have the opportunity to work with Sportradar on initiatives to assess the risk of manipulation in certain sports.

“Through the information we will receive via Sportradar, we increase our knowledge of match fixing that we can use in, among other things, our regulatory work,” Spelinspektionen investigator Daniel Frisö-Grön said.

“It also gives us opportunities to expand the exchange of information with sports and the police within the framework of our collaboration against match-fixing.”

Earlier this month, Sportradar published its annual integrity report, revealing that a record-breaking 903 suspicious matches had been flagged in 2021.

March 22, 2022

Stats Perform scores extension with Chinese Super League

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Stats Perform has signed a multi-year extension to its data partnership with the Chinese Super League (CSL), the top tier of club football in China.

Under the agreement, Stats Perform will serve the CSL’s event and tracking data provider, exclusively collecting tracking data using the SportVU system at the home venues of every CSL club.

Together with Opta event data, this tracking data will be used to supplement the league’s broadcast and digital channels, along with supporting partners including media, brands and sponsors.

Data will be delivered to the CSL through a range of Opta data feeds including advanced analytics data and predictive data for use across broadcast, digital and social platforms, before, during and after matches.

The deal also includes Pressbox Graphics, an application that Stats Perform said would help the CSL deepen fan interest by producing automated visual graphics and animations, powered by Opta data.

In addition, each club will have access to ProVision..

March 22, 2022

USFL declares support for AGA’s ‘Have A Game Plan’ initiative

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The new United States Football League (USFL) has become the latest organisation to back the American Gaming Association’s (AGA) ‘Have A Game Plan. Bet Responsibly’ public service campaign.

As an approved partner of the initiative, the USFL will promote responsible sports wagering through its broadcast, cable, streaming and social media outlets.

Launched in 2019, the campaign promotes four principles of responsible sports wagering including setting a budget and keeping to it, ensuring gambling remains social and only wagering with trusted and regulated operators.

Barstool Sportsbook, BetMGM, DraftKings, Delaware North, Entain, FanDuel, MGM Resorts International, MSG Networks, Nascar, the National Hockey League, Penn National Gaming, golf’s PGA Tour, Rush Street Interactive, and the Ultimate Fighting Championship are among the other organisations that publicly support the project.

“We’re proud to partner with the AGA to help drive the important message to bet responsibly,” USFL execu..

March 21, 2022

Delasport secures certification for Denmark launch

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Online gambling solutions provider Delasport has secured certification to launch its products in the regulated Danish market.

Issued by GLI, the new certification will allow Delasport to offer its online casino, player account management (PAM), and sports betting solutions.

“We are all happy to be entering the Danish market and demonstrating once again our commitment to our market’s availability strategy,” Delasport chief executive Oren Cohen Shwartz said.

“Delasport’s existing partners can now expand into the Danish market, and we are already on track to gain additional new partners in Denmark. Danish players and bettors will soon be able to enjoy a higher-level of betting experience powered by our market-ready casino and sports betting solutions.”

Delasport’s sportsbook offering includes betting coverage of over 125 sports, 70,000 pre-match and 40,000 monthly live events across 2,000 markets, as well as a functionality stack with bet-builder, cash-out and partial cash-out, person..

March 21, 2022

Louisiana online betting draws $211m in wagers in first full month

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Players in Louisiana staked $211.0m (£160.4m/€190.7m) during the first full month of legal online sports betting in the US state.

Louisiana opened its regulated market on January 28 following the launch of retail sports wagering in October of last year.

Penn National Gaming and its Barstool Sportsbook, Caesars, DraftKings, Rush Street Interactive and its BetRivers Sportsbook, and Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel Group in partnership with Boyd Gaming all went live with online sports betting on opening day.

A total of $40.5m was wagered by consumers during the first four days of regulated online betting in the state in January.

Revenue from the first full month of online sports wagering amounted to $16.7m, though this included $11.7m in revenue from promotional wagers. Excluding these offers, revenue was $2.7m.

Football betting was the main source of revenue for online operators, generating $9.8m, ahead of basketball on $5.1m and parlay betting at $4.4m.

Looking at retail bettin..

March 18, 2022

Inside The Pocket links up with ESPNcricinfo for fantasy offering

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Cricket website ESPNcricinfo is linking up with white-label free-to-play sports games aggregator Inside The Pocket (ITP) to launch a new daily fantasy offering for India and the Indian subcontinent.

The free-to-play game will be launched via ITP’s WonderWins brand to coincide with the start of the 2022 Indian Premier League twenty20 cricket competition on March 26.

WonderWins, which will also house match coverage, news, information and analysis, will be ESPNcricinfo’s exclusive daily fantasy provider in India.

ITP, which launched in November 2020, said that WonderWins would be able to connect with “over 85 million discerning cricket fans on the ESPNcricinfo platform and further drive conversations with over 15 million highly engaged fans across its social media channels”.

According to a study by the Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) in association with knowledge provider EY, the value of the Indian fantasy sports market is expected to reach $2.5bn (£1.9..

March 18, 2022

Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan to appear at ICE London 2022

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Snooker legend Ronnie O’Sullivan will appear at ICE London 2022 as a brand ambassador for Delasport.

O’Sullivan – a six-time World Snooker Champion who holds the career record for both maximum and century breaks – will appear at the world’s largest gaming show at sports betting and igaming software supplier Delasport’s stand.

“I am delighted to confirm that Ronnie O’Sullivan, the greatest snooker player of all time, will be making his first appearance as Delasport Brand Ambassador at our stand S1-340 at ICE London,” Delasport CEO Oren Cohen Shwartz said.

Cohen Shwartz added that O’Sullivan and Delasport share a number of values.

“Ronnie is a terrific personality and a snooker genius,” he said. “He is widely recognised as one of the most accomplished players in the history of the game.

“Established 11 years ago, Delasport has earned an industry reputation as a premium Sports Betting supplier, and so our collaboration with Ronnie is a natural choice for us as we share similar valu..

March 18, 2022

Pennsylvania betting operators record negative GGR in February

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Gambling revenue in Pennsylvania increased 24.4% year-on-year to $375.7m in February, despite the state reporting a loss for its regulated sports betting market.

The overall figure for February was up from $302.0m in the same month last year but was 4.4% lower than $393.1m posted in January of this year.

Figures published by the Pennsylvania Gambling Control Board (PGCB) showed year-on-year growth in almost all areas of the market, with the exception of sports betting where revenue plummeted from $16.4m in February 2021 to a loss of $442,847.

This was the first month in the history of the regulated Pennsylvania market in which operators made a loss.

Retail revenue reached $1.0m but online revenue came in at a loss of $1.5m. Players staked a total of $597.1m on sports during the month, an increase of 17.2% on last year.

Valley Forge, with its partner FanDuel, was the most successful sports betting operation in February, posting $1.6m in revenue. Hollywood Casino at Penn National’s ..

March 17, 2022

Bet365 and FanDuel among latest Ontario licensees

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iGaming Ontario, the subsidiary of Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), has issued a number of new licences ahead of the Canadian province launching its regulated online gambling market next month.

Hillside, operating as Bet365, secured a licence in Ontario, along with Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel and Unibet.

Other recent named licensees include Annexio Limited, which will operate as Lotogo, Coolbear, Fitzdares and NSUS Limited, operating under the WSOP brand.

In recent weeks, LeoVegas, Rush Street Interactive, Rivalry, theScoreBet and 888 have also secured approval to launch in Ontario.

Licences were issued by iGaming Ontario, which will oversee the province’s market when it formally launches on 4 April.

Each of the licences will run from the day the market opens, through to 3 April 2024.

Earlier this week, new guidance from the AGCO warned operators in the process of securing a licence to cease activities when the province’s igaming market opens next month.

March 17, 2022

Minnesota committee approves online betting bills

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A Minnesota house legislative committee has adopted two bills that would both allow for online sports betting to be conducted by the state’s 11 federally recognised Native American tribes.

The Committee for Finance and Policy was presented with a tribal and commercial sports betting bill – House Bill 778 – and House Bill 167, which initially had nothing to do with sports wagering and instead dealt with sentencing hearings.

However, it opted to amend both bills to produce identical pieces of sports wagering legislation in which betting may be operated by the state’s recognised tribes.

Both bills would allow for only two master sports betting licences, which may be granted to “organisations comprised of two or more Indian tribes”.

Of these licences, one will go to an entity with headquarters north of Interstate Highway 94, and one located south of the highway. I-94 stars at the Wisconsin border near Minneapolis and moves northwest before leaving the state near Fargo, North Dakota.

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