iGaming Business – German Bundesliga top-division football club FSV Mainz 05 has extended its sponsorship deal with local lottery operator Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz, according to the Wiesbadener Kurier newspaper. The new deal will run until the end of the 2016-17 season. Lotto Rheinland-Pfalz will continue as a second-level co-sponsor of the team. The deal includes naming rights to a standing area for home fans at the club’s Coface Arena, as well as various in-stadium branding and access to a VIP box. SOURCE

iGaming Business – Paddy Power-owned Australian online bookmaker Sportsbet has launched legal action to stop its employees from joining Beteasy, a new betting company set up by former chief executive Matthew Tripp. According to the Sydney Morning Herald newspaper, Sportsbet filed an injunction in the Victorian Supreme Court alleging that former employee Kelli Carpanini had started working for Beteasy in breach of what it said was a “non-complete restraint period”. The online bookmaker also alleged that Carpanini was in breach of the conditions of her contract by failing to keep communications confidential. The matter had been due to be heard…

iGaming Business – Kambi Sports Solutions, the business-to-business sports betting services subsidiary of Unibet, has announced its entrance into the Asian sports betting market after agreeing a deal with NagaWorld, a fully-owned subsidiary of Cambodian hotel, gaming and leisure operator NagaCorp. Under the agreement, Kambi will provide NagaWorld with a fully managed over-the-counter sportsbook solution. NagaWorld is an integrated hotel, casino and entertainment complex based in Phnom Penh, Cambodia and is also the flagship resort of NagaCorp. The Kambi solution will enable NagaWorld to offer a sports betting experience to customers at the complex. The solution is scheduled to go…

News Works – As the men’s NCAA Basketball Tournament begins, New Jersey officials are talking about what legalized sports betting would mean to the state. State and Atlantic City officials said the city’s bars, restaurants, and casinos would be packed if sports wagering were allowed. Although voters approved legalization of sports betting in 2011 and Gov. Chris Christie signed legislation allowing it, implementation has been stalled because federal law permits sports wagering in only four states, including Delaware. At a news conference in the Irish Pub in Atlantic City Wednesday, state Sen. Jim Whelan said professional sports leagues are being…

The Daily Journal – By this time, New Jersey figured it would be raking in the bets on professional and college sports. But with its bid to offer legal sports betting stalled and relying on a long-shot appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court, the only madness this March will bring to New Jersey is anger that things did not turn out quite the way it had hoped. A handful of state legislators and Atlantic City’s mayor held a news conference Wednesday to tout the benefits of sports betting. But the only nine people who could really help them — the…

iGaming Business – Football’s global governing body Fifa has handed lifetime bans to two English footballers for their part in helping to fix matches in Australia. According to the BBC, Reiss Noel and Joe Woolley, both 24, pleaded guilty to conduct that corrupts a betting outcome in December last year. The players were initially suspended by the Football Federation of Australia national governing body after they were found to be involved in helping fix games for a global betting syndicate. Noel and Woolley both played for Victorian Premier League second-tier side Southern Stars. A coach and two other players remain…