The British banking brand Halifax has released a new feature across its mobile app to provide better protection to customers against gambling-related harm. Halifax customers can now activate a ‘gambling card freeze’ on the Halifax mobile app, which blocks any gambling-related transactions on debit or credit card. The banking brand …
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The government of the Czech Republic announced it will launch a gambling exclusion register by mid-2020 in order to prevent problem gambling. The new mechanism would involve not only players that self-exclude, but also those on welfare, those who are bankrupt, and people who have received treatment for gambling addiction. …
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The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has cancelled Sports Fantech’s B2C gaming licence with immediate effect after ruling that the operator breached the country’s Gaming Act. Under the new ruling, Sports Fantech will no longer be permitted to carry out any gaming operations, register new players or accept new customer deposits. …
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Year of establishment 2016 BettingLounge is a comparison site, specializing in online betting websites based in the UK. They were founded in 2016 and now they’re considered one of the best of their kind. You can find not only a lot of information concerning betting companies based in the United …
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Past, present, and future of women in gaming has been discussed at Global Gaming Women Lunch Session at Eastern European Gaming Summit 2019. Eastern European Gaming Summit was thrilled and honored to have three strong and highly professionals business ladies as facilitators at the Global Gaming Women’s Lunch session, which …
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— Digital Choo recently launched its new epic show for PariMatch. What is the strategy behind this step and the main idea? Vladimir: This February we released Parimatch’s rebranding – a communication platform “Fired up to win”. It presented the new nature of the brand: bold, passionate, daring. The current …
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Yahoo Sportsbook, powered by BetMGM, has been launched on Yahoo Sports allowing fans nationwide to view betting odds across a variety of sports. Users of legal age in the state of New Jersey, meanwhile, can click through the odds to place bets on BetMGM. In a press release, Yahoo says …
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Italy plans to shrink online gaming market The online gaming industry continues to grow worldwide but is facing some hurdles in Italy, as the government there plans to set measures to reduce the iGaming segment and cut down licences in the country from 85 to 50 by 2023. Italy’s Five …
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Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), the new representative body for the UK gambling industry, has developed a new ‘cooling-off’ feature for gaming machines across UK betting shops in a bid to support responsible gambling measures. The newly-formed group uses the Anonymous Player Awareness System (APAS), a real-time algorithm developed over …
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Swintt, the casino games provider launched earlier this year, has announced a licensing agreement with Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), which it lauds as “a landmark deal”. The deal will allow for the distribution of more than 50 games from the Swintt catalogue, including successful land-based titles such as ‘Master of …
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Swedish gambling operator Svenska Spel has donated more than SEK50m (€4.7m) to grassroots sports in the country for the seventh consecutive year as part of its Gräsroten initiative. The donation marks the seventh consecutive year that the gambling operator has supported grassroots sports across the country. Funding was distributed to …
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SiGMA The World’s iGaming Village will facilitate iGaming sector globalisation SiGMA’19 expo will take place from 27th to 29th November 2019, at the MFCC in Ta’Qali, Malta, with a focus on deal-making and business expansion for the sector. Delegates and exhibitors alike will benefit from the convergence of iGaming industries …
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Media Alert: BEGE exhibitors will showcase exclusive new products to attract attendees In less than one week, Balkan Entertainment and Gaming Expo 2019 will feature more than 80 companies from all sectors of the gaming industry as they showcase their newest products and services at the largest gaming event in …
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DraftKings Inc. a leader in the sports technology and entertainment space, and Sportradar, the world’s leading global provider of sports data and content, officially announced a long-term partnership extension, in which Sportradar will continue to be DraftKings’ supplier for data feeds and bet stimulation content. As part of the extended …
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Online gambling operator Global Gaming has failed in its effort to overturn a decision to strip its SafeEnt subsidiary of its Swedish licence after the country’s Administrative Court rejected an appeal. The Swedish Gambling Authority (Spelinspektionen), revoked Global Gaming’s licences for both commercial online gambling and betting this past June, …
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Leading software provider Playtech has entered into a new partnership with GVC Holdings, the owner of Bwin and Ladbrokes, to launch Elevation, a new, dedicated live casino studio for the operator. The studio will launch with GVC’s brands over the next two months offering five blackjack tables and a roulette …
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Betting operator Parimatch has launched its latest marketing campaign with former two-weight UFC champion and company brand ambassador, Conor McGregor. Irish Mixed Martial Artist is at the heart of a campaign named ‘A new epic story’, which was created by Canadian director Angelo Merten and French cameraman Charlie Bravo. The …
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With the world’s second largest population and a growing economy, it is only logical that India is the talk of the hour within iGaming. Both operators and affiliates have made their way east and are set to capitalize on the emerging market. The future of iGaming is with large, economically …
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Sports betting brand Bwin is going to quit from Russia’s online gambling market, as its parent company, A&NN Investments, is looking to unload its licence in the country. According to news outlets, the operator of the Bwin.ru website has been in talks to offload the operation and sell its licence …
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The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is going to block access to illegal gambling websites hosted offshore in cooperation with internet service providers (ISPs). The authority will investigate suspect sites and, if unable to take enforcement action order internet providers to block them. ACMA recently saw its powers expanded …
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