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A comprehensive overview of new legislation regulating sports betting in Brazil

A significant new legislation was passed concerning sports betting in Brazil on 24th of July 2023[1]. The Provisional Measure No. 1,182/2023 (“Sports Betting PM”) considerably m...

Football Stadium

The battle for sports data: IMG Arena takes Stats Perform to court

It pays to know things.  In any market, there is a premium on accurate information being provided at speed. In the fi...
Sports betting

The restriction of U.S. Sports Betting Advertising and First Amendment rights

In the half decade since the U.S. Supreme Court permitted the legalization of sports betting,[1] about three dozen st...
Football with money notes

The future of betting cases in football: What can we learn from Ivan Toney's case?

The announcement in November 2022 that Ivan Toney had been charged with 232 breaches of The FA’s betting regulations ...
Man betting on phone

Advertising And Football’s 'Strong Appeal' To Children Rules - New ASA Case Provides Further Guidance

On 19 April 2023, the Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) issued a ruling against BetVictor for featuring two pro...
Soccer betting

Can retired footballers appear in gambling ads?

On 1 October 2022, the UK advertising codes, the UK Code of Non-Broadcast Advertising and Direct & Promotional Ma...
Betting and Corruption

Sports Integrity: Betting And Corruption – Annual Review 2022/23

Welcome to the Sports Integrity section of the LawInSport Annual Review 2022/23. As in previous years, the aim o...
Sports Betting

ASA's First Ruling Under New Gambling Ad Rules: Analysis And Implications For Sports Organizations

The Advertising Standards Authority (“ASA”) has issued its first ruling  under the new rules that prohibit ...
American Football

The NCAA's New NIL Guidance: What Do You Need to Know

On October 26, 2022, the NCAA voted to modify its name, image and likeness ("NIL") policy to further clarify what mem...
EUFA Conference

Anti-Match-Fixing Action Plan – UEFA’s Recent Activities To Stay On Top Of The Game

In recent years, UEFA has recognised that the problem of match-fixing in football and sports more broadly, needed a s...
Businessman

Protecting trademarks in keyword advertising in India - A guide for sports organisations

The Honourable Delhi High Court (Court) in India, in the recent case of Head Digital Works Private Limited v. TicTok ...
Footballer kicking out of a phone

Betting In Football: Lessons From Non-League Player’s 11 Year Suspension (The FA v Kynan Isaac)

The recent decision of the FA Independent Regulatory Commission (“Commission”) in The FA v Kynan Isaac attracted wide...

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