Sport

Sports integrity analyst Starlizard Integrity Services (SIS) has released its latest report on global football matches, identifying 167 games as suspicious throughout 2023.  The study looks closely at more than 65,000 matches, with the 167 number representing 0.26% of the total. This however is an increase of 16% compared to the 144 potential cases of manipulation from 2022 that SIS …

Despite enjoying much success alongside a range of clients across Europe, Abelson Odds is looking to spread its wings to a Brazilian region that is renowned the world over for an intense fanaticism for the beautiful game. That was the viewpoint stressed by COO Jeevan Jeyaratnam at the recent SBC Summit Rio to SBC News during a conversation that was …

Entain-owned sportsbook brand bwin is giving football fans the opportunity to play a match on the UEFA Europa League Final pitch the day after the match.  The ‘Fans Final’ competition comes to fruition thanks to bwin’s multi-year partnership with the UEFA Europa Conference League and the UEFA Europa League – with the final of the latter to be played out …

Bulgaria’s capital Sofia became the host of an important international panel on match-fixing prevention and sport integrity safeguarding, part of the IntegriSport 3.0 project.  The Bulgarian Ministry of Youth and Sports, in collaboration with the CSCF Foundation for Sport Integrity, welcomed representatives from the country’s government, law enforcement, as well as a number of sport federations and player unions to …

DGOJ, the Gambling Directorate of Spain, continues to strengthen the sports integrity provisions of the ‘SIGMA programme’ against match-fixing and sports manipulations. As announced this week, the DGOJ has launched a ‘notification portal on sports manipulations’ co-developed with SIGMA partner CONFAD – Spain’s network of pro-sports stakeholders combatting match-fixing and criminality in sports. The notification portal will serve as a …

As this year’s Cheltenham Festival commences, Felix Faulkner, solicitor at law firm Poppleston Allen, discusses the difficulties and confusion horseracing faces in light of the impending affordability checks in the UK. This feels like an opportune moment to write about one of the key measures within the government’s gambling reform White Paper in the UK, with more than 250,000 people set …

The British Horseracing Authority (BHA) has underscored the importance of horse safety in British Racing in its new welfare update. The group outlined that more than £47m has been invested in the last 20 years into veterinary research and education, benefiting all breeds of horses in the country including thoroughbreds. “British Racing is committed to ensuring the welfare of all …

Ahead of the Cheltenham Festival, Sportsbook and Trading Director Mark Wilson pinpoints five key challenges to be encountered, and highlight how FSB will overcome these as the true horse racing specialists in the sportsbook platform provider space. People The foundation upon which our entire horse racing operation has been built on. Having intuitive, in-house expert knowledge on the sport allows …

The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) is sponsoring this year’s Leicester Racecourse Veterans’ Day, which raises vital funds for several military charities. The BGC has lauded the event as another opportunity to give back to the veteran community that has ‘sacrificed so much on behalf of this nation’s safety, security and prosperity’. Furthermore, the organisation will also be sponsoring the …

Content and sports betting data supplier PA Betting Services (PABS) recently announced plans to become the official supplier and managing partner of sports data and content provider Timeform’s B2B services. SBC Media spoke exclusively to PA Betting Services Director Eugene Delaney and Timeform Director Sebastian Butterworth about the rationale behind the deal. SBC: What was it about Timeform that made it an attractive …