Online-Casino.com – There will be a new dimension to the UEFA Champions League final in Lisbon as Real Madrid CF takes on Club Atlético de Madrid. The interest is centered around the fact that all of the big name contenders were put out of the competition leaving the championship to rivals from across town in Lisbon. The Union of European Football Associations represents the national football associations of Europe. The UEFA Champions League is one of the most prestigious tournaments in the world and the most prestigious club competition in European football. The final of the 2012–13 tournament was the…

iGaming Business – Italian retail and online sports betting operator Sindacato Nazionale Agenzie Ippiche (SNAI) has cited a decrease in revenues from sports bets, horse racing bets and amusements with prizes as the main causes behind a slight dip in total revenue during the three months to March 31, 2014. The company reported total revenue of €142.4 million ($195.9 million) in the first quarter of 2014, a drop of 0.8% on the €143.6 million recorded in the same period last year. Adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation also fell 1.1% from €37.9 million in the previous year to…

Business in Vancouver –  The development of professional sports in Asia is being undermined by endemic match fixing, engineered by international gangs involved in illegal gambling. The problems of match fixing by bought-off players and referees are at their worst in India, where the national sport is cricket, and in China, where it is football. But the corruption has infected most, if not all, Asian regional soccer leagues, with inquiries currently underway into apparent match fixing in Vietnam, Malaysia and Indonesia. In Taiwan the national sport is baseball, which came to the island nation when it became a Japanese colony…

iGaming Business – Slovenian state-owned Sports Lottery Športna Loterija has launched a selection of virtual sports products from server-based gaming specialist Inspired Gaming. Inspired will supply virtual horse racing, greyhound racing, football, motor-racing, speedway, tennis and cycling games to the lottery’s e-stave website. The seven games, which have been localised for the Slovenian market, will be streamed on e-stave every three minutes, allowing players to access more than 3,000 betting events per day. The system will now be certified by the Slovenia Institute of Quality and Metrology before being publically launched next month. “Many of our players are sports fans…

iGaming Business – Spread betting firm Sporting Index has joined forces with Income Access, a provider of technology and affiliate iGaming management solutions, for the launch of its forthcoming affiliate programme. Under the partnership, Sporting Index will leverage Income Access software to access analysis and measurement of return on investment, while giving affiliates access to marketing materials and their own set of key metrics. To help affiliates promote its brand, Sporting Index will also offer various promotions such as the current sign-up offer and giving new players a free £200 ‘Total Goals’ bet after placing three bets risking £20 each….

Euro Sport – Australia’s National Rugby League will investigate allegations that one of its top officials knew about Canterbury Bulldogs forward Ryan Tandy’s gambling problems but failed to take action before the player was convicted of match-fixing. Tandy, banned from the NRL for life after attempting to fix a 2010 match, was found dead last week at his parents’ house in eastern New South Wales state having suffered an apparent drug overdose. State media reported this week that the NRL’s head of football Todd Greenberg was made aware of Tandy’s gambling problems when he was chief executive of the Sydney-based…