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During a time of global shutdown for major sport, operators have turned to other verticals such as online casino, poker and esports. Also chief among those verticals is virtual sports, as explored in last week’s Virtuals Special of GI Friday. DraftKings recently entered into an agreement to offer virtuals with Inspired Entertainment, while Golden Race […]

Speaking with Gambling Insider for the May/June edition of its magazine, Donoughue explained that while all changes in betting behaviour during the COVID-19 pandemic had the potential to be permanent, the shift away from customers physically visiting betting shops could have a lasting impact for retail-reliant operators. He said: “Land-based is going to suffer as

The agreement comes after sportwetten.de announced it has ended its sports betting partnership with Cashpoint and is now operating under the license of its sister company, NetXbetting Ltd. Both NetXbetting and sportwetten.de are subsidiaries of pferdewetten.de AG, Germany’s horseracing gaming provider. The agreement sees BetConstruct add the operator to existing partners such as Interwetten, STS

Matches were played behind closed doors, with social distancing carried out on each team’s bench and any elaborate goal celebrations discouraged. That didn’t stop fans tuning in to their television sets, with early ps suggesting a record six million viewers watched Sky Germany’s goal programme on Saturday, shown for free. Reports also suggest TV viewership

The partnership will see the MGA and the WPBSA share information in cases of irregular and suspicious snooker betting activity, and breaches of WPBSA Betting Rules. Antonio Zerafa, MGA Sports Integrity Manager. said: “In these unprecedented times there has been a shift in focus from team sports to more individual sports. “Hence, this period proved

The newspaper’s return has been planned to coincide with the return of British horseracing, which aims to re-start at Newcastle racecourse on 1 June. A final decision as to whether racing will be able to resume next week rests with the British Government, but speaking last week on Racing TV’s Luck On Sunday show, Brant

The operator has sent an email to its customers informing them of its decision to cease operations from 6 July 2020. The company stopped accepting new registrations from UK customers yesterday. Customers will be permitted to log in and play using Bethard’s services until the end date. All open bets after this point will be

The three-year sponsorship arrangement, in which Betway replaces Standard Bank as leading sponsor, comes despite global sports disruptions due to COVID-19, with CSA providing no indication of when its national team schedule will return to action. Betway first dipped into South African cricket by sponsoring the inaugural Mzansi Super League competition in 2018 and renewed its

Out of service since mid-March, Scotland’s betting shops reopened on 29 June, however, Scottish National Party ministers applied last-minute requirements, including removing chairs, switching off machines and prohibiting live racing broadcasting. According to the BGC, over-the-counter takings from punters plummeted as a result of these restrictions, with operators in Scotland reporting a 95% drop in turnover compared

The operator reported revenue of $35.6m for 2019, a rise of 3% year-on-year. Newgioco attributed the revenue increase in part to growth in betting handle, which rose by 10% in 2019 to $454.1m. This was on target with the company’s aims for growth in Italy. Over the course of the year, Newgioco also saw an