Tag Archives: The Guardian

ICC Anti-Corruption Unit seeks power to monitor social media

SBC News ICC Anti-Corruption Unit seeks power to monitor social media

Sir Ronnie Flanagan, Head of the Anti-Corruption Unit (ACU) has urged the International Cricket Council (ICC) to consider a proposal to force players suspected of match-fixing to hand over their mobile phones. Flanagan, who expects his proposal to be discussed by the ICC board in 2017, is seeking the power to examine players’ personal devices, including messaging applications such as …

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Betting & Broadcast stakeholders hit back at UK government advertising review

SBC News Betting & Broadcast stakeholders hit back at UK government advertising review

Betting industry stakeholders have criticised the UK government with regards to its planned review of gambling advertising standards, which may see the introduction of a blanket ban on operator advertisements’ before the 9 pm watershed. Last Friday, the UK betting industry was rocked by the confirmation that the Conservative government would attach a review of UK gambling advertising practices to …

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FA to review Sam Allardyce brand ambassador role with My Club Betting

SBC News FA to review Sam Allardyce brand ambassador role with My Club Betting

Sam Allardyce, the newly appointed manager of the England national football team, may be forced to give up his brand ambassador role with My Club Betting. The Guardian newspaper has reported that The Football Association (The FA) is reviewing whether it is appropriate for Allardyce to continue his association with the betting company since taking on the duties of England …

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Significant market activity sees UK bookmakers slash odds on EU Referendum ‘Leave’ vote

SBC News Significant market activity sees UK bookmakers slash odds on EU Referendum 'Leave' vote

Bookmakers believe that the outcome of the UK ‘EU Referendum’ (23 June) is set to go down to the wire as ‘Leave’ and ‘Remain’ camps enter their final weeks of public campaigning.   Just as ‘Leave’ had reached its longest odds, with the majority of UK bookmakers pricing the outcome at 7/1. This week bookmakers have moved to slash the …

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Guardian ends GoWager betting service

SBC News Guardian ends GoWager betting service

UK national newspaper The Guardian has ended its sports betting partnership with technology and betting services platform FSB Technology. The newspaper announced that it would no longer run its GoWager betting service on the Guardian.co.uk website. The Guardian’s partnership with FSB Technology had begun in February 2014, with the launch of GoWager services on selected betting markets. However the newspaper …

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