Underlining its commitment to protecting the integrity of Brazilian football across all its leagues, Confederação Brasileira de Futebol (CBF) has put in place a critical integrity partnership with Sportradar to employ the Fraud Detection System across all matches in the country’s national leagues. Under the guidance of the world leaders in match-fixing detection, prevention and intelligence, the CBF has also launched its own in-house Integrity Department, putting in place an Integrity Officer who will work closely with Sportradar going forward.

Sportradar already monitors betting patterns on Campeonato Brasileiro Série A and Série B as well as the Brazil Cup through previous agreements with international football governing bodies. By adding this partnership into the mix, Sportradar will add oversight across Série C and Série D. In addition, CBF will have the opportunity to call on Sportradar’s unique Fraud Intelligence Unit, to supplement the monitoring and detection services.

Speaking about the partnership CBF President Marco Polo Del Nero underlined: “Our commitment is on the integrity of all the competitions, safeguarding all matches from any interference. The betting market is growing and we have to ensure that our competitions are not hit by despicable integrity attacks.  We were looking for a leading partner in the world market, with widely recognized work and which already had a broad knowledge of the Brazilian football structure. We are delighted to shake hands with Sportradar.”

Sportradar Managing Director Integrity Services Andreas Krannich added: “We have put a lot of energy in building our reputation in North and South America and it is so gratifying to see that work come to fruition. Brazil is so important to the global game – a powerful and much-loved standard bearer for football’s past glories and future excitement. Shaking hands with CBF is a proud moment for us and it only motivates us to continue building our reputation and working hard to protect football and sport in every corner or the globe”.

Australian supplier’s latest slot goes live with GVC’s operators

Sydney, 16th August 2017 – Industry-leading slot developer Lightning Box’s latest release is set to transport players into the heart of Africa, taking in the sights of the Serengeti with a pride of lions.

Stellar Serengeti Lions is a 4×5 reel slot featuring an immersive soundtrack and a host of colourful animals, including elephants, rhinos, zebras, the lions of the game’s title – and even spaceships!

Successfully tracking down 5 diamonds will trigger the game’s ‘Diamond Pick Bonus’, adding an extra layer of excitement as players pick from a selection of glittering gemstones that conceal multipliers and free games.

i-pools is excited to announce a major new development on its innovative social pools betting platform: a £1m Jackpot Bonus that players can win in addition to the normal prize pools.

The i-pools £1million Jackpot Bonus will be added to a number of i-pools’ sports prediction games over the sporting calendar.

Most notably it is now part of the weekly Premier League Last Man Standing games. These games require players to pick just ONE team each week to win to stay in the game. Each team can only be selected once during the competition.

As the name suggests, the LAST MAN STANDING wins the prize pool; but now the winner will also get the chance to “Beat the Streak” in an attempt to pick all 20 different teams and achieve a 20 week winning streak.

A ground-breaking review of The Stars Group has been released as the company reaches a critical juncture.

Industry experts, Poker Industry PRO, have unveiled a series of reports analysing The Stars Group (formally Amaya), giving insight into the world’s largest online poker company, including a review of the company’s poker, casino and sports verticals.

Over six individual reports, hundreds of pages and charts, the reports cover the group’s position in the global igaming space and anticipate the maneuvering the company will have to do in the complex world of global gaming regulation along with providing a look into the company’s efforts to evolve online poker.

Findings in the reports also show that  ex-Amaya CEO David Baazov’s plan to double poker revenue in five years may have been overly ambitious. However, the reports show that there are positive indicators, both internal and external, that there is still growth potential for The Stars Group in online poker.

Super seven – why you have to be at Betting on Sports 2017 #boscon2017 

Betting on Sports 2017, the second edition of the largest international sports and betting trade conference, will take place at Olympia Conference Centre from 12-15 September.

Featuring 1,200 senior executives, 165 leading industry speakers, 44 key sessions across eight conference tracks and space for 60 exhibitors within the exhibition area, #boscon2017 has become a must-attend event for the entire sports betting sector.

Here are just seven of the key reasons why missing this event is not an option:

Advanced betting provider UltraPlay has announced that it will provide live betting for the Grand Final of FIFA Interactive World Cup 2017, starting from 16 to 18 August in London. The company will offer live betting of the event, which is not currently covered by other providers.

Known as the largest gaming tournament in the world, FIWC is an official FIFA tournament organized in cooperation with EA SPORTS™. During its 13th edition, 32 Grand Finalist will run for becoming the next football’s virtual world champion, competing across PlayStation®4 and Xbox One.

Peter Ivanov, Head of eSports trading at UltraPlay said: “Led by the mission and experience of building a betting brand that appeals to eSports fans, UltraPlay is constantly improving its eSports odds provision and betting options to offer next level of gaming experience. That was the core idea behind the company’s decision to become the first iGaming provider offering live betting on FIFA Interactive World Cup Grand Final – the highly ranked and prestigious international tournament followed by millions of fans worldwide.”

According to UltraPlay’s expert analysis, FIFA holds a great potential to have a leading role on the eSports betting scene, which has to be further developed with the required expertise and due diligence. This includes a big insight of the game itself as well as in-depth knowledge of the other participants in the tournament with their playing style, strengths and challenges.

August 15 2017 – LAS VEGAS, NYX Gaming Group Limited (TSXV: NYX), a market-leading supplier to casino, sportsbook, lottery and bingo operators across the globe, has strengthened its commercial team with the appointment of Steve Mayes as its new Third-Party Sales Director.

Mayes joins from Playtech where he first worked as part of the Ash Gaming Commercial team, and more recently held the position of Commercial Director for the company’s Open Platform and third-party game providers.

Previously, he worked in various operational and management roles at bet365.

In his new role, Mayes will be responsible for growing NYX Gaming Group’s network of third-party suppliers including game developers, payment providers and trading services across its sportsbook, casino, lottery and bingo operations.

The CASEXE research department has conducted a survey among existing Internet casino operators on the topical issues of online gaming business. In total, 50 gambling companies, operating in the CIS and European countries, have participated in the research.  The survey has been running during June-July 2017.

Fraud

An overwhelming majority of 94% of respondents have reported on regular problems with a sphere of fraud. Most of the online gaming business owners are concerned about the number of bonus hunter. This type of fraudulent activity was indicated by 85% of the operators.

There is not less than a critical situation with a multi-accounting. According to the study, this is considered as a running second issue reported by 75% of respondents. 31% of participants have indicated financial fraud troubles, while the other type of cheating has taken more than a third – 31%.