Tennis tournaments are played all around the world throughout most of the year, making it one of the most popular sports for regular gamblers to bet on. A source at one of the world’s largest multi-platform gambling operators told the BBC that more than £100m is bet on tennis matches worldwide each day. The spread...
Thomas Mackintosh BBC News, London AFP via Getty Images A stock image of a man playing chess in a tournament in Kandahar in June 2022 The Taliban government in Afghanistan has banned chess until further notice due to fears the game is a source of gambling. Officials said the game has been prohibited indefinitely until...
The Premier League itself does not have an official gambling partner, but Uefa announced its first formal gambling sponsor last summer. According to data from Uefa’s European Club Finance and Investment Landscape report, gambling firms are also the most common sponsors of top division clubs in Belgium, Greece, Hungary, the Netherlands, Poland, Portugal, and Russia....
Julia Gregory BBC News, South West Janet Kipling Caroline Harlow will be High Sheriff of Devon for a year Devon’s new High Sheriff has pledged to use her year in office to highlight gambling addiction and tackle reoffending. Caroline Harlow was declared for the royal appointment at a ceremony in Exeter Cathedral on Friday. The...
Gavin Kermack BBC News, West Midlands Kath Stanczyszyn BBC Radio WM Getty Images/Allsport Dean Sturridge spent several seasons playing for Wolves “When I couldn’t play football because of injury, I’d be sat on my settee. I’d have boredom, I’d have time – and I’d have the money. That’s when the bets escalated and I was...
Exeter City Council has been using its income from Exeter Community Lottery to pay gambling licence fees and other costs for more than eighteen months while falsely claiming that 60% of ticket sales revenue goes to local community groups. Contrary to numerous Exeter Community Lottery website point of sale claims, persistently repeated over the course...