1,000 closed betting shops and 5,000 jobs in risk, this according to Ladbrokes officials will be a result of slashing fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) maximum stakes to two pounds. After years of discussing what the maximum stake on FOBTs should be, UK politicians decided that it must be lowered …
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Copenhagen City Court upheld the order from the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) which will block access to 25 unlicensed gaming websites. Local internet service providers are required now to prevent their customers from visiting accessing 10 igaming sites and 15 skin betting sites. “We use our authority to block websites …
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I was looking at the calendar of the online gaming expos the other day and I was more than surprised by the number of exhibitions that are taking place each month. From merely two shows that used to take place ten years ago, we now have more than 30 around …
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Bucharest could relocate its gambling halls to a “neighborhood of gambling” located outside the Romanian capital, if a proposal by a general council survives a vote in the city’s General Council, local news outlet the Romania Insider reports. According to data quoted by local media, the city is home to …
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The National Hockey League has secured a deal with leading betting operatot William Hill that makes the sportsbook operator the league’s official sports betting partner. Betting on NHL games has increased 38% during the 2018-19 season at William Hill’s Nevada Sports Books. Additionally, NHL fans, when compared to fans of …
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The betting firm 188Bet has announced that it was closing all operations to customers in the UK, Channel Islands, Gibraltar and Ireland with immediate effect. In company explained decision very easy: “This is a commercial decision in a very competitive marketplace.” The statement also made clear Annatar is solvent and …
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A Costa Rican gambling company and operator Betrics and the Mexican Football Federation (FMF) signing of a sponsorship that places Betcris.mx as the first Official Betting Site of the Mexican National Soccer Team. Under the terms of contract, Bectrics.mx will also become the official sponsor of the National Team. The …
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Global leading gaming company International Game Technology has announced a three-year extension partnership with the Kansas Lottery to continue providing IGT’s Intelligen central computer system and services to monitor electronic gaming machines throughout the state. This extension, part of the original central system services agreement awarded to IGT in 2008, …
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The industry giant 888 Holdings has announced launching their newest generation of poker platform dubbed Poker 8 that will roll out globally, including in US regulated markets. The launch of Poker 8 could be transformative for 888 as they are currently competing in the US regulated market against operators such …
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Betting technology specialist Sportech has reported sales decline 3.9% to £63.7m in the year ending 31 December 2018. On a constant currency basis, revenue fell by 0.9%. Revenue for the 12 months ended December 31, 2018 declined to £63.7m (€73.6m/$83.9m), following fell from the Racing and Digital and Venues divisions. …
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Malta-based lottery betting operator Multilotto has announced the creation of a new Swedish alliance, as the firm rolled out a new in-store gaming platform alongside Direkten. Together with some of Sweden’s biggest online Casino brands Multilotto is the first to embark on this project which will offer players easy access …
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Video Bingo game development company Patagonia Entertainment has struck a deal with Hacksaw Gaming, a mobile-first games provider. This agreement will see Patagonia Entertainment integrate a selection of scratchcard products. The Hacksaw portfolio already includes 26 scratchcards with a number of new games set to be released over the course …
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London-based sports betting provider Amelco has rolls out of the industry’s most advanced football outright pricing model, Quantum Outrights. Quantum Outrights has been developed utilising Amelco’s proprietary machine learning tools, with Amelco detailing that its new product can price the outcome of all 380 games across the Premier League season …
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Social casino operator KamaGames has reported a 33% rise in FY18 revenues to $57.5m, on the strength of improved personalization and new products. According market analyst Eilers & Krejcik Gaming it was the third consecutive year of fast growth for Dublin-based KamaGames, which operates social casino games such as Pokerist. …
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South Korea parliament proposed a law that the minimum age for entering casinos to 21 years from the current 19 has been submitted. The bill, which its sponsors said was aimed at preventing gambling addiction among the country’s youth, would require changes to articles 22 and 28 of the Tourism …
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One of the world’s leading online betting providers, 888 Holdings, has announced of acquisition the sports betting platform of Irish gaming firm BetBright for £15 million. The purpose – is increasing its technology capabilities and will support the long-term development strategy for 888Sport. As part of the acquisition, BetBright’s Dublin …
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UK based game studio and part of Germany’s Gauselmann Group has reached a content distribution agreement with igaming integration platform CasinoEngine powered by gaming solutions provider EveryMatrix. Under the terms of contract Blueprint Gaming has delivered its portfolio of games to EveryMatrix’s casino integration platform CasinoEngine, enabling its operator network …
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UK based bookmakers Betfred has become the title sponsor of the British Masters golf tournament (9-12 May – Hillside Golf Club – Southport Merseyside). It has secured a 2-year agreement with the PGA European Tour, becoming title sponsor to one of its lead tournaments for its flagship Race-to-Dubai series. It …
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The government approved a series of amendments to gambling laws, one of them to prohibit online gambling adverts to prevent gambling addiction. The bill is aimed at enhancing regulatory restrictions of the gambling sector, which will enable making infatuation with gambling a lot more difficult. The current regulations allow gambling …
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Athens-listed gaming operator and solutions provider Intralot has lost its tender to continue servicing betting monopoly IDDAA. Intralot’s joint venture partner for IDDAA operations, confirmed that Turkey’s Sportoto Organisation had awarded its monopoly betting license to Sans Girisim – a joint venture formed by Nasdaq-listed Scientific Games and Turkish media …
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