Gambling911.com Top Stories for July 25, 2024

• Premier League, FA, EFL and WSL Agree Code of Conduct Over Gambling Deals.
• Comes in the wake of Bournemouth becoming the 11th top-flight clubs to confirm a gambling company as their primary shirt sponsor this past Tuesday.
• A ban is set to go in effect in the summer of 2026 but clubs are being accused of milking all the cash they can ahead of that time.
• DraftKings expects to operate its sportsbook app in Washington, DC soon.
• Canada Olympic soccer scandal: Spygate sends two coaches home accused of flying drone over New Zealand's training sessions.

NFL News Quick Takes

• Rams CB Derion Kendrick feared to have torn ACL in practice.
• Kendrick, a sixth-round pick in 2022, started 12 games last season for Los Angeles. He had an interception and 10 passes defended in 2023.
• Minnesota Vikings cornerback Mekhi Blackmon tore his ACL during the opening practice of training camp Wednesday leading to more team upheaval in that position.
• Blackmon, who played in 15 games and started three as a rookie last season for the Vikings, was also in the mix for that role.
• The Vikings signed veteran free agent Duke Shelley earlier this week, and Shelley will join Akayleb Evans and Andrew Booth Jr. as the primary depth behind Murphy and Griffin.
• Earlier this month, fourth-round cornerback Khyree Jackson was killed in a car accident in Prince George's County, Maryland.
• Lamar Jackson made his training camp debut Wednesday, but the NFL's reigning Most Valuable Player lasted only an hour.
• Jackson didn't look like himself in his first practice back. He split snaps with backup Josh Johnson, throwing one completion in team drills and one interception. He was picked off by Marlon Humphrey on an overthrown pass.
• Jackson missed the first three days of practice due to illness.

Gambling

Premier League, FA, EFL and WSL Agree Code of Conduct Over Gambling Deals

Ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, two Canadian women’s soccer coaches have been removed from the organization after two separate incidents of a drone flying over New Zealand’s training sessions.

Canadian team soccer analyst Joseph Lombardi and assistant coach Jasmine Mander will no longer be part of the staff during Olympic competition, while head coach Bev Priestman voluntarily will not coach in the team’s first match against New Zealand on Thursday, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Wednesday morning.

Campaigners have criticized football clubs over betting sponsors and, despite a voluntary framework to be implemented this season, a number of clubs continue to capitalize.

Crystal Palace faced criticism after entering into a front-of-shirt sponsorship deal with gambling firm Net88 last month.  That sponsorship deal runs until the summer of 2026, when gambling companies will be banned from the front of Premier League club shirts. The move follows Wolverhampton Wanderers also announcing a front-of-shirt partnership with Asian gambling company DEBET that same week.

This week, Bournemouth became the latest with front-of-shirt gambling logo.

Bournemouth’s move, announced on Tuesday, means more than half of England’s top-flight teams will have a betting company on the front of their shirt, up from eight last season. Chelsea are the only Premier League club yet to announce a front-of-shirt sponsor. They began last season without one after supporters lobbied against a deal with an online casino.

The Premier League, together with the Football Association, English Football League and Women’s Super League, have released a code of conduct for gambling deals as top flight soccer clubs get accused of milking cash from gambling firms in advance of the upcoming ban.

Not sure this qualifies as a ban per se, but the Guardian breaks down the code of compliance:

The code says competitions and clubs should only enter into agreements with a gambling company licensed by the Gambling Commission or part of a “white-label partnership”. It adds that areas of a stadium designated for the exclusive use of families should not display gambling sponsorship logos. The Big Step, a charity dedicated to removing gambling advertising in football, said clubs continue “to blindly sign these desperate deals for a few extra quid”.

Gambling News

DraftKings Hopes to Operate in DC

On Tuesday, DraftKings Inc. (Nasdaq: DKNG) announced its intention to launch its online sportsbook in Washington D.C., pending licensure and regulatory approvals.

“It has been incredible to see legalized sports betting grow rapidly over the past six years, and with plans to launch our online sportsbook in D.C., DraftKings looks forward to expanding its presence in more than half the country,” said Matt Kalish, President, DraftKings North America. “We would like to thank the D.C. Council for creating a path to bring DraftKings’ top-rated sportsbook to the nation’s capital. Together with D.C. United, we look forward to delivering fans a best-in-class experience through our customer-friendly product.”

“With the D.C. Council’s recent decision to expand the world of sports betting in D.C., we look forward to working with DraftKings to introduce their online sportsbook as another way for D.C. residents to bet in the city,” said Danita Johnson, President of Business Operations for D.C. United. “Our goal is to always make every fan experience seamless, and this platform will help us to deliver on that promise.”

Olympics

Canada Sends Home Two Women’s Soccer Coaches as Spygate Scandal Rocks Olympics After Drone Discovered

Ahead of the 2024 Olympics in Paris, two Canadian women’s soccer coaches have been removed from the organization after two separate incidents of a drone flying over New Zealand’s training sessions.  New Zealand reportedly filed a complaint following the incidents.

Canadian team soccer analyst Joseph Lombardi and assistant coach Jasmine Mander will no longer be part of the staff during Olympic competition, while head coach Bev Priestman voluntarily will not coach in the team’s first match against New Zealand on Thursday, the Canadian Olympic Committee announced Wednesday morning.

“On behalf of our entire team, I first and foremost want to apologize to the players and staff at New Zealand Football and to the players on Team Canada,” Priestman said in a statement. “This does not represent the values that our team stands for. I am ultimately responsible for conduct in our program. … In the spirit of accountability, I do this with the interests of both teams in mind and to ensure everyone feels that the sportsmanship of this game is upheld.”

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