Sports
January 8, 2021
Former EA President Moore Believes Card Packs Are Not Gambling
FIFA Ultimate Team card packs are not gambling according to Electronic Arts (EA) president by time the randomized mechanics were introduced in 2008 Peter Moore. Moore shared his thoughts on the hot subject in an interview related to his recent appointment as a director at mobile sports games developer Nifty Games. Origin of Card Packs […]
Sports
December 9, 2020
FIFA & UNODC Launch Reporting of Match-Fixing Campaign
World’s football governing body FIFA and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) will work together on a new campaign against match-fixing, UNODC announced in a press release today. Feel Confident to Report Suspected Match-Fixers The initiative will seek to raise awareness of the availability of confidential reporting tools that will make people […]
Esports
November 13, 2020
EA Adds FIFA Tool Similar to Online Casino Self-Exclusion
Electronic Arts is introducing a new tool or FIFA Play that allows players to set limits on how much they can spend on microtransactions in the company’s flagship FIFA franchise. The tool reminds of the responsible gambling solutions used in online casinos. EA to Roll-out New Tools to Control Spending in FIFA 21 Facing criticism […]
Esports
November 2, 2020
AC Milan Debuts Esports Offer with Qlash by its Side
AC Milan will debut teams in EA’s FIFA 21 and Supercell’s Brawl Stars with Qlash helping the soccer team shape its esports footprint. Qlash and AC Milan Join Efforts to Create Esports Club Italy’s AC Milan is the latest athletic organization to follow in the footsteps of others and opt for esports exposure. Earlier […]
Sports
November 1, 2020
FIFPro Criticizes FFA’s Life Bans Issued to Ukrainian Players
The International Federation of Professional Footballers (FIFPro) said that the Football Federation of Armenia (FFA) has sanctioned a number of Ukrainian players without due process. FFA Kept Players in The Dark The FFA Disciplinary and Ethics Committee issued the lifetime bans, which are solely based on reports from unnamed sports data suppliers. FIFPro criticized the […]
Legal
October 30, 2020
EA Unconvinced by Court Ruling, Will Seek EU Judgement
The gambling regulator in the Netherlands re-issued a €5 million financial sanction to Electronic Arts (EA), alongside a “cease and desist” order for the company and its European subsidiaries. The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) dished the penalty as part of its enforcement action against EA in 2019, arguing the video games developer had violated Dutch gambling laws, […]
Sports
October 11, 2020
GLMS Released Its Third Quarter Alerts & Reports Statistics
The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) released its monitoring and intelligence report for the activities during the third quarter of 2020, recording a significant increase in the number of alerts for the period. The global lottery alliance against sport competition manipulation tracked 452 occasions where an alert had to be generated. King Football Rules The […]
Sports
September 12, 2020
FIFA Endorses a New App Fighting against Match-Fixing
A new mobile app – Red Button by FIFPro will be helping FIFA in the fight against match-fixing. The new app enables professional footballers to report potential match-fixing and will be distributed by affiliated player associations. The Red Button App by FIFPro Endorsed by FIFA FIFA and FIFPro (International Federation of Professional Footballers) inked an […]
Esports
May 6, 2020
Deep Dive into EveryMatrix: “The State of Esports Betting 2020”
EveryMatrix has released a comprehensive 41-page report entitled “The State of Esports Betting,” analyzing the betting market in 2020. Recent State of Esports Betting and Sportsbooks In March, EveryMatrix announced that it was working on an esports feed for sportsbooks which wanted to diversify their offer and introduce esports markets in a hurry. The company […]
Sports
January 20, 2020
FIFA Pushes New Toolkit to Fight Match-Fixing, Corruption
The world’s governing soccer body has vowed to clamp down on match-fixing in 2020 by working closely with local sports bodies and issuing a new best practices toolkit. FIFA Issues Toolkit to Boost Soccer Integrity Smarting from scandals and controversy, FIFA has managed to save face these past few years and restore the public trust […]