Gambling

The states of Washington and New Nebraska seem, finally, to be ready to join other states across USA and allow sports gambling! Two bills HB 2478 and SB 6277 will make it lawful for online and land-based betting to be made available at casinos, racetracks, and licensed card rooms within …

The bill 2285-D which was introduced last autumn by Oleg Marusyak, was approved by Ukrainian parliament Verkhovna Rada. The specific gambling bill is the 10th draft of the initial law and is supposed to legalize gambling in the country. 260 lawmakers out of 450, voted in favor of the bill. …

General understanding and legislation of betting in Norway are that it’s illegal. In any case, don’t let that debilitate you at this time. There are as yet a few escape clauses to these laws. Some of the choices offered to citizens are legitimately related to supporting their interests. The Norwegian …

The example set by the UKGC mad an immediate impact across Europe and Spanish independent consumer rights body FACUA consumidores  en Accion, has asked from the Spanish government to introduce a credit card ban for gambling. The main argument of FACUA is that the proposed ban will help players to …

Online casino games provider True Lab, a firm operated by True Flip Group, holds now a gaming supply licence from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA). This means that the company can now offer its iGaming products to partners in Malta and across the regulated European markets. True Lab games include …

Euroleague and Genius Sports are partners since 2014 with the latter serving as the main data collector and distributor for the iGaming industry. Europe’s top basketball competition decided to extend this partnership. Euroleague confirmed that data from its tournaments will be secured by Genius Sports’ courtside technology and will live …

Good news for eSports fans since the operator Winners.bet secured a betting licence from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) and will provide the chance to place bets on all major eSport games like LOL, DOTA2, KOG, CS:GO, Rainbow Six and Starcraft. The betconstruct powered platform will be available in 22 …

Habanero a premium slots and games provider entered the Romanian market for the first time after striking a deal with the country’s leading operator Winbet, which will add 58 of Habanero’s games. Habanero continues their European expansion plans in 2020 with this deal. Last year the company signed partnerships with …

The pressure was enormous from the football industry, since most of the teams feature gambling products on their shirts. The UK government seemed to have felt this and backed down on initial plan to ban gambling being advertised on the shirts of football teams. The new gambling legislation is expected …

iGaming regulation in Germany is a long ongoing process and negotiations for a long-term regulatory model will continue into 2020. Last year, Germany ratified Third State Treaty on Gambling, which is applied for 16 federal states, while until 2021 Schleswig-Holstein will be permitted to continue with its own model. The …

As expected, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) issued the first regulatory enforcement of 2020 by banning credit cards across UK gambling. The ban will be effective from 14 April 2020 and till then all licensed operators will have to undertake all adjustments needed. Credit card ban will be applied across …

According to the Graj Legalnie legal association figures, regulated bookmakers and online casinos in Poland generated turnover of PLN 6.7bn (£1.4bn / €1.6bn) in 2019 showing a 28.8% year on year increase, but those figures are still behind the unlicenced market. Polish state received PLN 800m from gambling taxes, of …

Gambling businesses will have to be members of the GamStop scheme in order to keep their licences, according to UK Gambling Commission announcement. Chief executive of the UKGC Neil McArthur said: “By the 31 March all online operators will be required to participate in the multi-operator self-exclusion scheme. Although the …

According to UK’s Sunday newspapers “The Observer” and the “Sunday Times” the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) will propose banning the use of credit cards in online gambling. This proposal is coming after consulting on credit wagering. UKGC is expected to publish its report and recommendations this week. This is the …

Two months after acquiring Bruce Betting which has 18 outlets accros the Republic of Ireland, independent bookmaker BoyleSports continues to expand by buying William Hill 33 Northern Ireland shops! The deal will see William Hill’s betting shops to be rebranded under Irelands largest independent bookmaker, who will now have 39 …

In Canada the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has in plan to modernize Windsor Gaming Bundle, which consists of the Windsor Casino. Stephen Rigby, OLG’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said: “Launching a competitive procurement to select a long-term service provider for the Windsor Gaming Bundle will complete OLG’s …

Two new strategic partnership deals signed the casino games and content supplier Scientific Games, which expands its presence in the iGaming industry providing games to both 888 Casino and Betsson. Dylan Slaney, SVP Casino at SG Digital, said on the deal: “888 is a huge player in the Spanish iGaming …

iGaming regulation is a priority to Ukraine and local government expects that the battle against illegal gambling will generate major tax revenues! Danylo Getmantsev, Ukraine’s chief of the Financial, Tax and Customs Policy Committee, underlined that in 2020 legal gambling market would offer about $189 million in tax revenues. In …

In a sudden and unexpected move the Swedish online gambling company and casino and sportsbook provider Leo Vegas announced that Royal Panda brand is being ceased in the UK. https://twitter.com/royalpandacom/status/1214864484013137920 The Royal Panda website notice to its customers mentions: «We regret to inform you that Royal Panda will no longer …

The online lotto provider Lottoland entered the sportsbetting industry in 2019 in selected markets. The plan is to expand further in 2020 with the help of sportsbook provider Altenar which will provide a fully managed platform to Lottoland. The CEO of Lottoland Nigel Birell said on the deal: “We are …