Nottingham Forest has named Bally’s Corporation as its main shirt sponsor for the 2025/26 season. Bally’s branding will appear on the men’s first-team shirts and at the City Ground, under a partnership led by club owner Evangelos Marinakis.
The agreement gives Bally’s branding across a UK football club’s shirts and stadium for the season.
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The Hundred Board approved betting sponsorships on team shirts for the 2026 season after franchises struggled to secure commercial partners, according to reports. The one-year agreements must meet a minimum commercial value, and betting branding will be barred from team kits from 2027; under-18 players and children’s replica shirts will remain unbranded.
Crystal Palace plans to end its NET88 shirt sponsorship and move to US-based artificial intelligence company Temporal by the start of next season, according to a media report. The report says NET88’s deal began before the 2024/25 season and links the change to a wider shift in English football sponsorships ahead of a voluntary front-of-shirt gambling advertising ban.
Pennsylvania’s Office of Enforcement Counsel has objected to a proposed licensing arrangement linked to Bally’s planned acquisition of evoke, according to the report. The companies proposed that evoke’s 888 Atlantic surrender its manufacturer licence while the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board considers a conditional change of control; the board will decide whether to approve the request.
Salones de Juego de Levante became the sole shareholder and sole administrator of Play Spain Casino, a company holding a Spanish national online gambling licence, according to a commercial-register notice published on 28 October. The transaction concerns a company with a general licence for other games, but no individual game licences, website or brand are listed.
The Murcia-based company Salones de Juego de Levante, S.L. now holds both the sole shareholder and sole administrator positions at Play Spain Casino, S.A., a firm domiciled in Ceuta with a general state online gambling licence, INFOPLAY reported on 28 October 2026. The Boletín Oficial del Registro Mercantil carried the notice, and the register entries are dated 21 October. Simon John Mizzi and Nuria Mariana Ruiz de López Alemañ step down from the administration, posts to which the previous owner had appointed them.
Reportedly, Nottingham Forest has named BOYLE Sports its official partner for betting. The partnership covers the 2026/27 season.