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Chile – Deputy wants investigation into links between football and online operators

Chilean lawmaker Deputy Sebastián Videla has demanded an investigation into online operators and their links to the top football association. Through an official letter sent to heads of the Ministries of the Sports and Justice and the Ministry of Human Rights, Videla requested that the Asociación Nacional de Fútbol Profesional (ANFP), be investigated. The ANFP acts as…

Brazil- Match fixing on the rise in lower division football

Ten games were flagged up over suspected match fixing in 2022 in the under 20’s division of The Campeonato Gaúcho Segunda Divisão. Commonly known as Campeonato Gaúcho Série B it is the third-highest professional football league in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul. According to local media, the matches were considered to be suspicious due to the unusually high betting…

Chile – SJC warns football clubs that online betting advertising is illegal

The Chilean Gaming Board (SJC) has warned that football clubs accepting sponsorship and advertising deals from online sports betting companies are breaking the law. In a strongly worded statement to local press the SJC emphasised that it was illegal for anyone apart from the state owned company Polla Chilena de Beneficencia, the Lotería de Concepción…

Poland – Betcris finalises sponsorship deal with Pogon Szczecin

Betcris Poland has finalised a sponsorship deal with Pogon Szczecin. A two-year agreement that names the bookmaker as a Key Partner, the Betcris logo will appear on the front of the team’s jerseys, expanding its brand awareness in Ekstraklasa, the Polish top football division. “Welcome to our club’s family! I believe that together we will…

Chile – New bill would ban sports setting advertising in Chilean football

A lawmaker in Chile has put forward a bill that would ban sports betting advertising via sponsorship deals with football leagues and clubs. Deputy Marco Antonio Sulantay, a member of the Sports Commission in the Chamber of Deputies, said he would submit the bill to the Lower House. Sulantay said that sites operating in Chile…

UK – IMG ARENA secures comprehensive football data distribution partnership

IMG ARENA has been appointed as the official fast betting data partner for 19 European football leagues and 44 competitions including top and lower tiers of domestic leagues, domestic cups, super cups and women’s football competitions. IMG ARENA will capture live game data in stadia from over 8500 matches a season and distribute it to…

The Netherlands – Dutch Football Association vows to tackle integrity threats through Sportradar partnership

Sportradar Intelligence and Investigation Services (I&I), part of Sportradar Integrity Services, will increase the integrity measures provided to the Netherlands’ biggest sports association, the Royal Netherlands Football Association (KNVB), as part of a new multi-year agreement. Processing all publicly available information on the surface, deep and dark web, the I&I team will provide the KNVB…

UK – The trading of player data challenged under GDPR

The collection of sports data and statistics for betting and gaming is being challenged under Article 4 of the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), by hundreds of UK footballers. The legal action, if successful, could affect the way in which information is classified and significantly change the cost of scraping such data from public sources…

Canada – Genius signs football deal with MediaPro Canada

Genius Sports, the official data, technology and commercial partner that powers the ecosystem connecting sports, betting and media, is pleased to announce a new strategic partnership with MEDIAPRO Canada, a leading independent broadcast services, rights distribution and production company. The agreement will help grow the domestic and international addressable market for Canadian soccer, through Genius…