Opaque betting operator Kaiyun is the shirt sponsor of Nottingham Forest and counts Wayne Rooney as one of their brand ambassadors. Kaiyun doesn’t hold a licence to offer gambling services, and is owned by a company with connections to the criminal underworld.

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Without the fans’ knowledge, Bundesliga clubs are advertising unlicensed Chinese gambling companies on international broadcasts of their matches. A Swiss company run by Sepp Blatter’s nephew is a key dealmaker.

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777 Group lost almost 600 million dollars from June 2021 to June 2022. These numbers have not been submitted to regulators probing the proposed takeover of Everton and cast doubt on Josh Wander’s claim about his company’s financial strength.

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777 Partners, which is currently trying to add Everton to its multi-cub portfolio, owned and operated companies which were accused in court of “predatory conduct” for targeting brain damaged former American football players making concussion claims against the NFL.

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777 Partners missed payroll to their own staff in July, failed to pay rent for their own HQ, and yet are still intent on buying Everton. How can they do this? Meet Kenneth King, whose company they owe at least 170 million dollars.

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A copyright infringement complaint by 8XBet has been rejected by a US court because the bookmaker declined to provide a signature of its phantom-like CEO. It’s a move that raises more doubts about the real origins of Manchester City’s mysterious Asian betting partner.

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The two teenagers worked as security guards during the World Cup. Almost a year later they still haven’t been paid and are trapped in a shelter in Doha, unable to return to their family in The Gambia.

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Betting on amateur games is illegal in France, but unregulated operators such as 1XBet still offer live, in-play odds on French youth and amateur games. Data collection agencies, at least one of which is employed by the French FA and UEFA, use loopholes to sell data needed by gambling companies.

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Multiple club-owner 777 – a US private investors group – has a patchy record in honouring its financial commitments and is the subject of several court actions in the USA. So who are they, and where does the money come from?

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