Bo Jackson will host FanDuel’s World Fantasy Baseball Championship at the Cosmopolitan on Aug. 21 and 22. The former baseball and football star also will host FanDuel’s first ever Home Run Derby on Aug. 21 at Big League Dreams, where he’ll take batting practice and give advice to the 90 finalists who will compete in a one-day fantasy baseball league for a first-place prize of $1 million. “I can’t wait to go to Vegas for FanDuel’s World Fantasy Baseball Championship,” Jackson, 52, said in a statement. “I’ll be back on the baseball diamond playing against FanDuel’s users, watching the games…

Finnplay has moved to strengthen its presence in the African market by entering into a partnership with Ghanaian-based betting agency Simplebet. Under the agreement, the Finnish-based gaming provider will supply Simplebet with its BillFold sports betting kiosk. The solution, which will be rolled out across Simplebet land-based locations, will enable customers to access a range of sports betting services. “Africa is a rapidly expanding market for sports betting both land-based and online,” Finnplay’s vice-presidnet of sales Erkki Nikun said. “Our BillFold Kiosk Platform is designed for any form of gaming at a physical location. “For Simplebet we integrated a betting…

Ladbrokes and Gala Coral confirmed in separate statements late yesterday (Monday) evening that they are in talks over a possible merger. The two parties said that the proposed deal would involve Ladbrokes and Gala Coral-operated Coral Retail, Eurobet Retail and the company’s online businesses. The Financial Times newspaper reported that the talks are not at an advanced stage and there remain issues over the price and the corporate structure of the merged operation, although Ladbrokes chief executive officer Jim Mullen would lead the combined group. Ladbrokes said that the proposed new group would seek a listing on the main market…

Leading daily fantasy sports site DraftKings appears to be preparing for a leap across the pond. That’s after news of DraftKings’ application with the UKGC for the necessary licenses to operate in the United Kingdom. The application was first noted by Bigo1_ on Twitter. DraftKings had not responded to a request for comment as of writing. The UKGC website makes linking to application records tricky. You can view the application in the image at the end of the article or visit the UKGC search page and search for DraftKings to view the application. DraftKings originally broadcasted their plans for international…

On May 19th 2015, it was reported that Zimbabwe has stopped giving out betting licenses in the southern African nation to limit the surge of gambling on sports and lotteries. According to reports, Ziyambi Ziyambi, the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs told Bloomberg that betting needs to be under control, that people are betting everywhere,  and that there are too many operators offering services. The government of Zimbabwe estimates that unemployment is at 11%, but Labour Economic and Development Institute Research of Zimbabwe; Prosper Chitambara said that out of the 14 million population about 90% are either unemployed or underemployed. In…

International criminal police organisation Interpol has opted to end the use of funds provided by Fifa due to an ongoing investigation into alleged corruption at football’s global governing body. As reported by iGaming Business, Interpol in 2011 entered into a partnership with Fifa as part of a joint effort to combat corruption in sport. Under the agreement, Fifa provided a donation of €20m ($22.4m) to enable the creation of a 10-year ‘Integrity in Sport’ programme. The initiative was designed to help Interpol’s various member countries around the world prevent the manipulation of sporting events and illegal gambling by criminal groups….