Betway and CopyBet announced partnerships with The Jockey Club and Worcester Racecourse for the 2026 racing season. Betway will sponsor 16 races at Newmarket, Haydock Park and Market Rasen, and become the fixed-odds betting partner of Newmarket’s Debenhams July Festival.
The agreements give racing organisers betting-company sponsorship for the 2026 season.
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Betway named Nigerian music executive Don Jazzy as its brand ambassador in Nigeria, the company said. Super Group chief executive Neal Menashe said the partnership is intended to strengthen the brand’s connection with local audiences; Don Jazzy said he would represent Betway in the country.
Manchester United are reportedly closing in on a £20m training-kit sponsorship with Betway. The report says the deal would be the most lucrative of its kind in football and would avoid an incoming sponsorship ban.
FanDuel became Formula 1’s official betting partner in the US and Canada, joining the partnership two months into the 2026 season. Formula 1 and FanDuel representatives described the agreement as focused on betting and fan experiences; the source also reports Betfred’s involvement with the Rugby Football League and boxing promoter BOXXER for events at Wembley.
Formula 1 signed a multi-year agreement with Betway, making it the series’ first official sports betting operator, with the partnership beginning in the 2026 season. It covers Europe, the Middle East and Africa, Canada and Mexico, and includes ALT Sports Data as the official betting data supplier.
Spain’s DGOJ extended Betway Spain’s blackjack licence on 29 October 2026 and its roulette and fixed-odds horse racing licences on 6 November. The extensions are recorded in the regulator’s operator register; Betway Spain also holds licences for other gambling categories.
Betway Spain’s licences for blackjack, roulette and fixed-odds horse racing betting have been extended, according to the operator register of Spain’s Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling. The register dates the blackjack extension to 29 October 2026 and the roulette and horse racing betting extensions to 6 November 2026.