SBK has been announced as the official UK betting partner of English Football League club Huddersfield Town for the 2025-26 season. The West Yorkshire club play in the third tier of English football and have become the latest name added to SBK’s growing catalogue of football partnerships. As well as its sportsbook offering, the UK […]
NBA star Malik Beasley was evicted from his Detroit apartment as the FBI continue to investigate the player regarding allegations of suspicious betting activity. The Detroit News reported that Beasley was thrown out of his downtown residence on Wednesday, two months after he was sued for failing to pay rent at the historic high-rise building […]
In a review of betting activity around the Women’s Euro 2025 football tournament, held in Switzerland in July, bet365 says it received a 64% increase in betslips compared to the previous championship played in 2022. The UK sports betting site also revealed that its data showed a 44% rise in stakes when weighing up last […]
Former Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, Gordon Brown, has called on the Labour government to hike gambling taxes. Brown, who served as PM and Leader of the Labour Party from 2007 to 2010 after a spell as Chancellor for a decade prior, wants to tackle poverty by generating more tax revenue from UK betting […]
The Netherlands Gambling Authority declared the recent tax hike a failure as revenue has continued to plummet since its introduction at the start of the year. The country’s regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), admitted the move has backfired with gross gaming revenue (GGR) steadily declining across both online casinos in the Netherlands and land-based markets. Dutch online […]
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. […]
Arsenal legend Thierry Henry has been announced as a global ambassador for Betway. Henry, 47, is widely regarded as one of the greatest footballers of all-time and depending on who you ask, is sometimes referred to as the best to ever play in the Premier League. The Frenchman becomes the latest face of the Betway […]
New research by the University of Massachusetts has revealed problem gambling is on the rise within the state. Two online surveys were conducted in spring and fall 2024 by the Social and Economic Impacts of Gambling in Massachusetts (SEIGMA) team. The findings, published on Boston.com, showed increased involvement in sports betting, more intense gambling behavior […]
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 […]
Genius Sports has inked a multi-year exclusive data rights deal with the European League Association (ELA) to deliver its technology across an additional 18 divisions. It will collect, process and distribute official data for sports betting apps from over 8,000 matches per season across 46 men’s and women’s competitions. The technology is already used in […]
Australian gambling giant Sportsnet has scrapped television advertisements encouraging viewers to bet in multiples following severe community backlash. The advertisements revealed that Sportsnet, one of the leading operators for sports betting in Australia, is now accepting same-game multiple bets. Multiples combine a series of single bets into one wager and the odds multiply with each […]
West Ham and Brazil star Lucas Paquetá has been cleared of all charges relating to alleged spot-fixing in Premier League football matches. Paquetá, 27, had faced a potentially career-ending 10-year ban after being accused of deliberately getting himself booked in games, collecting yellow cards to influence outcomes in the sports betting market. A statement from […]