Jim Munro
Jim Munro is a betting industry and gambling expert who has been a national newspaper journalist for over 30 years, predominantly at The Sunday Times and The Sun, where he wrote a weekly soccer betting column. Jim also worked on the launch of Virgin Bet with Gamesys and was subsequently head of editorial at LiveScore, the sports media and betting group.

Posts by Jim Munro

August 6, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Bet365 has boosted its brand presence in Italian football by becoming the shirt sleeve sponsor for Serie A club Udinese, through its subsidiary bet365 Scores. The popular sports betting app has brokered a strategic partnership that will see the bet365 Scores logo appear on the left sleeve of Udinese’s match shirts through the 2025-26 season. […]
August 6, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Sportradar has announced a 14% year-over-year revenue increase in its report for the second quarter of 2025. The Swiss-based sports technology heavyweight has partnerships with 400 leagues and federations including the NBA, UEFA, NASCAR and Major League Baseball. Among its clients are some of the world’s leading sports betting sites, such as bet365, FanDuel, William […]
August 5, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Bally’s Corporation is the new front of shirt sponsor for English Premier League (EPL) football club Nottingham Forest. The deal will run for the entirety of the 2025-26 season but will not be allowed to extend beyond that due to an existing agreement reached between all EPL clubs that front of shirt sponsorship by gambling […]
August 5, 2025 by: Jim Munro
The ESPN BET sportsbook will be enhanced this summer with a new hub inside its US mobile app, designed to give users betting markets focussed on their favourite NFL teams and players. The new feature, called FanCenter, will also allow users access to betting markets based around their ESPN Fantasy Football rosters, all within the […]
August 5, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Bet365 has launched its sportsbook in Kansas, expanding its presence to 14 states in the US. It is the UK sports betting site’s third state rollout this year, following on from debuts in both Tennessee and Illinois in March. Gambling revenue for Kansas in June suggests that bet365 may have timed its entrance perfectly, especially […]
August 5, 2025 by: Jim Munro
A ministry report in Spain has revealed that the country witnessed a 21.6% rise in online gambling activity through 2024, with the number of players now close to reaching two million. The figures were published by Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs, and 2030 Agenda and the government report suggests that the steep rise […]
August 4, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Macau casinos posted a gross gaming revenue (GGR) of $2.73 billion for July, the best monthly total recorded in the special administrative region (SAR) in over five years. The figures released by the city’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau showed a 19% increase on those from July last year and a 5% mark-up on June’s […]
August 4, 2025 by: Jim Munro
A North Carolina woman landed a jackpot of nearly $600,000 in Las Vegas after making a last-minute decision to play on a Whitney Houston-themed slot machine on the final day of her visit to Sin City. The lady, named as Camy M, had been visiting Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas for the first time, […]
August 4, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Tribal gaming revenue across the United States achieved a record $43.85 billion for the Fiscal Year 2024, according to figures just released by the National Indian Gaming Commission (NIGC). That marked an increase of $2 billion in gross gaming revenue (GGR) from the previous year and a 4.6% annual growth in revenue from table games, […]
August 4, 2025 by: Jim Munro
The Star Entertainment Group will have to repay $26.6 million (AUS$41 million) after the planned sale of its interest in the Destination Brisbane Consortium (DBC) collapsed. A deadline of July 31 had been set for the Australian casino operator to sell its 50% stake in DBC to Hong Kong-based Chow Tai Fook Enterprises and Far […]
August 1, 2025 by: Jim Munro
Flutter Entertainment is now the sole owner of leading US sportsbook FanDuel after completing a $1.758 billion buyout of Boyd Gaming’s 5% stake. The online sports betting and iGaming operator, had announced its intention to secure Boyd’s 5% share earlier this month and has acted swiftly to finalise the deal. As well as securing 100% […]
August 1, 2025 by: Jim Munro
The 888 Casino and gaming brand will operate in the Netherlands again after a four-year absence, as the result of a new strategic partnership between owners evoke plc and ComeOn Group. The collaboration will see leading igaming company ComeOn Group operate 888.nl under a local license, delivering the brand’s online casino and sportsbook to the […]
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