Online poker operator PokerMatch which is planning on organising a live series of games in Ukraine, conducting the event like a sports tournament, secured a license from the Gambling and Lotteries Regulation Commission in Ukraine to offer its services to players in the East European country. PokerMatch’s CEO Victor Kyrychenko, …
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Gambling has been a form of entertainment for centuries, but it’s only been the last few years that attention to responsible gambling has been so great. In the UK, much of that can be attributed to the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC), which licenses online betting sites and live gambling …
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Northern Ireland’s Communities Minister Deirdre Hargey announced that the country will reform the gambling laws for the first time in the last 35 years! The proposed amendments reportedly will include provision to open betting outlets on Sundays, while it will also make allowing children to play gaming machines an offence, …
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As of April 1st, the Dutch gaming authority has started processing applications for their brand-new online gambling license. With this license, online casinos will be eligible to legally offer their services to the Dutch market. The Dutch are one of the last countries to implement such a gambling license, but …
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Sri Lanka’s Economic Commission will regulate gaming activities and licence procedures in light of a $1.4bn project by the state-owned Chinese engineering firm Local media in Sri Lanka reported that a Chinese-controlled special economic zone, to be established in Colombo Port City will soon have a regulation that will cover …
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The British Gambling Commission found that Casumo breached anti-money laundering rules and failed to ensure that players were gambling responsibly and for this the UKGC imposed a £6M fine. Casumo said that it has cooperated fully with the UKGC on the in-depth review of its compliance-related gambling procedures, which commenced under …
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After a legal battle, the Danish Gambling Authority Spillemyndigheden won the right to block 55 websites operating within the country without a legal license! Initially, Spillemyndigheden requested the websites to stop operating, but since they didn’t comply the case was taken to court! There Spillemyndigheden proved that all of the …
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The Land of Kings as literally Rajasthan is translated, the northwestern and largest India state by area, covering 10.5% of the total country area with a population of 65 million, is reportedly going to ban online gambling and betting. The state government will bring a bill in the ongoing assembly …
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All forms of gambling will get a 10% flat tax according to Ukraine’s Committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy which approved the new measure. The committee considered bill 2713-d, which was presented by committee chair Oleg Marusyak, to complement the Gambling Act that legalised various forms of gambling in …
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Another 45 days and the wait is over! According to the United Kingdom’s government plan to reopen the economy, betting shops are going to reopen on April 12. Adult gaming centres, bingo halls and casinos will have to wait a bit longer, since they are planned to open on May …
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Russian law changes made in late 2020 lead top operators such as Bwin out of the Russian iGaming market. Prior to those law amendments, bookies were obliged to transfer 5% of their income to sports federations each quarter as targeted payments for the development of professional and youth sports. This …
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Next generation international slots and table games provider Habanero gets Critical Supply Licence from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA), reaching a major milestone after three years of outstanding growth and development across the globe and having established itself as one of Europe’s best and most innovative studios having teamed up …
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Pakistan Sports Board and the Pakistan Science Foundation signed a Memorandum giving eSports the status of “regular sports”. This was revealed by Pakistan’s Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Hussain, who encouraged those with an interest in video games, tweeting “If you are interested in video games, get ready …
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A global pandemic has changed our lives drastically. We once woke up in a completely new reality, which was shaped by the global pandemic and the new regulations. Every single field and industry have been affected by the regulations, implemented in order to prevent the further spread of the coronavirus …
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The trendy and creative Highlight Games Limited announced that its Romanian presence will be propelled by acquiring a gaming license ClassII for the East European country from the Romanian Gambling Authority. This means that the London-based video virtual sports exclusive suite of products – including Soccerbet in English, Italian and …
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Norway’s iGaming market is open for new payment companies, since ePayment giants Skrill and Neteller are no longer available in the Skandinavian gambling industry. Their decision was announced in December to Norwegian online casinos and players had a couple of weeks to settle their accounts. From the 21st of December …
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According to a PWC report which was highlighted by the British Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), over 200.000 gamblers from the UK visited black market sites during a 12-month period between 2018 and 2019. Overall, unregulated operators accounted for 2.5 per cent of all visits to betting websites – amounting …
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The Centraal Register Uitsluiting Kansspelen (CRUKS) self-exclusion system will come into effect with the country’s new Remote Gambling Act, but the Dutch regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) will start testing it this week. Here is how CRUKS works: First a player has to enter through DigiD system, a form of online ID …
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Operating and software licenses of charitable lottery operator group Capen have been suspended by the UK gambling commission. Capen Ltd operates the online brands The Little Lottery, The Sports Lotto and Zaffo, as well as the defunct Lottery For Kids. The operator group has been licensed since 2014, while it …
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Sydney’s Downing Centre Local Court in Australia has fined $30.000 gambling giant Tabcorp for offering illegal inducements to bet or open betting accounts in New South Wales through Instagram. Tabcorp pleaded guilty to breaching NSW gambling laws, since last year, on 14 December 2019, a former Tabcorp betting account holder …
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