Japan has launched a public consultation on proposed regulations for Integrated Resorts (IR), including the country’s first casinos, with people able to submit comments on the controls until 3 October. The consultation, which was launched by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, kicks off IR basic plan outlined …
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The Football Association (FA) has sanctioned English Championship side, Huddersfield Town with a £50,000 fine, after the club breached the governing body’s kit and advertising regulations. On 17 July, the club announced a deal with Flutter Entertainment’s Paddy Power brand, A kit masquerading to be Huddersfield’s first-team strip for the …
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Athens-listed Intralot has reported an 8 per cent drop in revenue to €378.1m for the first half of 2019, with growth in the Americas offset by a decline in Europe and other territories. Closing H1 2019 trading, Intralot board declared operating profits of €76 million, down 16 per cent on …
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If you’re confused about all these casinos rolling down your screen and you don’t really know which of them is suitable for betting, there’s no need for searching any more. Gambla.com has a new casino page for anyone who wants to be up-to-date informed about what’s happening in the global …
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Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte has announced that he will not ban online gambling in the country despite strong pressure from China. Duterte announced it at a news conference upon his return from a five-day official visit to China, during which he met the country’s President Xi Jinping. “We decide to …
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Premier League football club Tottenham Hotspur, has ended its partnership with the Russian gambling company 1xbet. The announcement comes shortly after the operator’s website was suspended by the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC). Chelsea and Liverpool, two other clubs with sponsorship deals with the company, have decided to suspend all …
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New York-listed gaming operator Caesars Entertainment is on course to be operating sportsbooks across seven US states by the end of September. The firm confirmed that since last August it has expanded its sports betting presence to include Caesars branded sportsbooks in seven states – Nevada, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Mississippi, …
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Hun Sen, Prime Minister of Cambodia, has ordered a complete shutdown of all online gambling activities in the country. The decision has sparked a massive exodus of Chinese workers. The 67-year-old Prime Minister used an official government statement to declare that his nation must not rely on such iGaming licensing …
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FOX Bet, the US joint venture between FOX Sports and The Stars Group (TSG), has launched its real money sports betting operation in New Jersey. Fox Bet has replaced the BetStars brand in the Garden State and will operate alongside PokerStars and PokerStars Casino, which have been retained by The …
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Nasdaq-listed Scientific Games has confirmed that it has been granted a 10-year contract to supply instant win games and its retail technology to Turkish national lottery ‘Milli Piyango’, further strengthening its presence in the country’s gaming market. The exclusive ten-year deal will see Scientific Games supply lottery instant games, 15,000 …
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The Hong Kong Jockey Club (HKJC) has demanded that Betfair Australia “immediately cease and desist” from offering a betting exchange on Hong Kong racing over beliefs that offering such an exchange “represents a serious integrity issue”. In a letter dated September 4 to Betfair chief executive Tim Moore-Barton, the HKJC …
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The Swiss gambling regulator, Eidgeosssische Spielbankenkommission (ESBK) and Inter-Cantonal Lotteries and Betting Commission (Comlot) has released a first blacklist of foreign gambling sites. Comlot’s blacklist has launched with 65 domains, including multiple sites operated by a single company, with 39 on the ESBK list. However, there is a lot of …
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Online gambling operator ComeOn has decided to close its operations in the UK amid growing regulatory pressure in Europe’s largest regulated market. The company has been operating in the UK since 2014, using its Gambling Commission licence to offer brands such as ComeOn.com, MobileBet.com and GetLucky.com. However, in an email …
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Malta-based online casino operator Videoslots.com has been awarded a license by the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden). The license adds Videoslots online casino offer to existing markets in Malta, Sweden and the UK. Danish players will now have access to Videoslots’ portfolio of over 3,500 games, including popular titles Battle of …
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Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky has directed his government to legalize gambling in an effort to combat the shadow economy and stimulate investment activity in the country. After winning a big victory in Ukraine’s presidential elections, Mr Zelensky, a former comedian, was inaugurated as the country’s top official in May. About …
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Overview There are several things from the seventies and the eighties that have made mighty comebacks and returned with a bang. And we are not just talking about Madonna clothes here, people. Even Elon Musk gave his Mars spaceship the aluminum tinfoil-look people were watching in those seventies science fiction …
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Blockchain Life 2019 highlights four significant topics: Blockchain, Cryptocurrencies, StartUps, and Mining. More than 6000 people from 70 countries join the leading forum to discuss the latest trends and all ways of earning money in the crypto market. Find out more information and get tickets at https://blockchain-life.com Among the participants: …
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Flutter Entertainment-owned FanDuel Group has launched a sports betting app in West Virginia through its existing partnership with licensed casino The Greenbrier. FanDuel’s West Virginia Sportsbook app shares similarities to the apps launched in New Jersey and Pennsylvania, including the use of the IGT PlaySports platform. However, for the first …
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New Jersey’s State Senate passed a law that would enable Atlantic City’s Golden Nugget Casino to take bets on all NBA contests, aside from those that involve the Houston Rockets team which was acquired by the casino’s owner, Tilman Fertitta, in 2017. Under current rules, introduced last year, casinos that …
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Sports betting is now available in Indiana after three of the state’s casinos debuted their sportsbooks on September 1. Governor Eric Holcomb placed an inaugural bet at the Indiana Grand Racing & Casino in Shelbyville. Holcomb went with three $10 wagers – for the Colts to win the Super Bowl, …
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