Play The Game – Since 2012, the International Centre for Sports Security (ICSS) and Panthéon-Sorbonne University in Paris have been working together on the research program “Ethics and Sport Security”. This week, the outcome will be presented in the shape of 700 pages which offers ‘the first-ever holistic report on Sport Integrity,” the invitation says. The forum takes place at the Sorbonne in Paris and will outline the key findings of the comprehensive research project. The cooperation between the ICSS and Panthéon-Sorbonne was initiated in 2012 with two main purposes 1) to identify and assess the efficiency of the available…

iGaming Business – Server-based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming has announced that Circus Group has become the first operator in Belgium to launch its virtual sports product. Through its Circus.be domain on online and mobile platforms, the licensed operator will initially offer Inspired’s football, horseracing, greyhound racing and tennis virtual sports products. Using Inspired’s Virtuals Dashboard, Circus Group can schedule the four different event channels to each broadcast a new event every three minutes, with a total of almost 2,000 betting opportunities available each day. Players will be able to choose from a range of betting markets, place accumulator bets across…

iGaming Business – Pools and sports betting operator Sportech is to target more growth in the US after making advances in its “key strategic initiatives” in the market during the period from January 1 until May 13, 2014. The company said overall trading remains “in line” with expectations despite severe winter weather in the north east of the US having impacted its venues business. Despite this weather, Sportech said that its venues business made “further progress” during the period following the successful launch of a new flagship venue in Bradley and the approval for the expansion of its activities in…

Slate – Sharjah was a short drive up the road from Dubai, but it felt like a world away, a face of the United Arab Emirates that most Westerners never saw. Sharjah didn’t look like a place where someone could get rich overnight. This made it a fitting location for the criminals who had infiltrated the game of soccer. Their specialty was illusion, and they were about to pull off their latest ruse, one that would bring a lucrative return after just 90 minutes. The match set for that day—March 26, 2011—was a friendly between the national teams of Kuwait…

iGaming Business – Eastern European sports betting and gaming company Mozzart Bet has launched the ‘Virtual Football League’ solution from Betradar, the sports betting data brand of Sportradar. Mozzart Bet has been a client of Betradar since May 2010 and has already launched services such as its Life Cycle of Odds, Live Odds, Statistics and Live Scores. The Virtual Football League, which will be available via Mozzart Bet’s online platform, features artificial intelligence and 3D animation, offering punters what Betradar describes as a “close-to-reality” betting experience 24 hours a day. Betradar recently revamped the product to offer what it described…

Gambling 911 – Paddy Power, the United Kingdom’s third largest bookmaker, suffered two of its worst weekends in football on record this year.  The company’s stock has dropped 4% and CEO Patrick Kennedy has announced his departure in 2015.  Kennedy has been CEO of Paddy Power since 2006 with the betting firm enjoying huge success throughout much of his tenure. Paddy Power, to its credit, has enjoyed a strong growth in sales during the first four months of this year.  But two weekends in particular – January 11-13th and March 22nd-23rd of this year- managed to cause significant enough damage…