Non-league Altrincham FC has renamed its main stand the FootyAccumulators.com Stand in time for the new season, after striking a sponsorship deal with Manchester-based CheckdMedia. The deal will include regular collaborations and access to exclusive content, as Altrincham look to continue their recent success following promotion back into the National League. Altrincham Director Lawrence Looney, who was a key player in …

Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) platform Sportito has renewed its partnership deal with English Championship club Queens Park Rangers. The Italy-based firm will remain as the club’s “Official Fantasy Sports Partner” for the 2018/19 season. The pair continue over their successful partnership agreement from last season, which continues to be a mutual commitment. The enthusiasm of the QPR fans and the …

Badminton England, the national governing body for badminton, has announced a new partnership with 12BET, which sees the global online betting brand become the official betting partner of the YONEX All England Badminton Championships for the next three years. Now into its 109th year, and positioned as one of the Super 1000 events on the international World Tour, the prestigious annual …

Dan Stone, Senior Marketing Manager at Clarion Gaming and one of the key figures behind the inaugural ICE Africa, has claimed that the event represents the first truly comprehensive platform for the industry to discuss South Africa’s proposed National Gambling Amendment Bill. The bill, which could potentially see much tighter regulations and stricter legislation for all gambling, as well as …

Earlier this month, the Law Commission of India published a 145-page report that recommended the licensing and regulating of gambling in the vast South Asian nation, as a way of curbing the rise of online betting activity. We caught up with two of the sports betting world’s most respected legal figures, Giulio Coraggio and Vincenzo Giuffre of DLA Piper, to find …

The European Handball Federation’s marketing arm, EHF Marketing GmbH, has signed up a new partner ahead of the new VELUX EHF Champions League season, beginning in September. BETANO.com – a brand of betting operator Stoiximan – has been revealed as the competition’s new regional betting partner. The cooperation, targeted towards the German market, will bring extensive TV and digital media exposure to the brand …

Data from global football publisher Goal proves that despite early exists, Ronaldo and Messi were still the stars of the 2018 World Cup, with Neymar close behind. Over the course of the World Cup, more than 159 million fans engaged with Goal through a combination of its websites, mobile apps and social accounts, 111 million of which came through its 38 …

Platform provider FSB is to roll out a cutting-edge sports betting platform in a new deal with BetSid. The UK firm will deploy its definitive sportsbook solution across online and mobile for the independent operator, which has a chain of shops and a thriving telebet service in the north west of England. The platform, designed for a mobile-first approach, will …

Inspired Entertainment has announced the launch of new virtual sports content with italian operator SISAL.   Inspired Virtual Football Matchday is now live and featured on a dedicated channel across 480 of SISAL’s Italian retail estates. This launch makes Inspired the sole provider of virtual football content for the leading Italian operator. Exclusively designed for Italy, Football Matchday offers an …

Betway has agreed a deal to sponsor three races at this year’s highly-anticipated week-long Galway Races Summer Festival, which kicks off on 30 July. The online bookmaker will sponsor the first three races on the sixth day of the prestigious meeting, known as Super Saturday, in what will be the firm’s first horse racing sponsorship in Ireland. The three races …