Gambling

Royalbet Casino launches its operations

Royalbet has become the latest igaming brand to launch an online Casino in regulated markets around the world, powered by platform services provider SkillOnNet. The new online casino offers over 3,000 slots and casino games from providers such as Big Time Gaming, Play’n GO, NetEnt, and Microgaming. Royalbet has initially …

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Kambi shares dived after DraftKings acquisition news

Shares of Kambi Group PLC lost 30 percent on Monday’s news that DraftKings planned to acquire SBTech. Investors fear the acquisition could threaten the current multi-state partnership between Kambi and DraftKings. As a result, Kambi has made the move to halt trading in its shares. The company also issued a …

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Spain to classify problem gambling as mental disorder

Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), the Spain gambling regulator, has decided to consider problem gambling as a mental disorder. The new measures are included in 2019-20 Responsible Gaming Program, which was recently approved by members of the Responsible Gaming Advisory Council (CAJR). They will be rolled out over …

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BETDAQ adopts 0% commission on majority of sports

BETDAQ, the global betting exchange owned by GVC Holdings, has introduced 0% commission on the majority of sports on its platform. The change was preluded by several trial periods, including offering 0 per cent commission on the final three tennis Grand Slams of the year. During the Wimbledon tournament, the …

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Two new deals expand AGTech footprint in China

Hong Kong-listed lottery provider AGTech Holdings has secured two new contracts to provide sports lottery terminals in the Chinese provinces of Zhejiang and Henan. The contracts to supply lottery terminals to the Sports Lottery Administration Centers of both provinces were won by the company’s wholly-owned subsidiary Beijing AGTech GOT Technology …

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California Lottery extends Scientific Games contract

Scientific Games (SG) announced the California State Lottery has signed a three-year contract extension for Scientific Games to continue as the Lottery’s primary provider of instant games and associated services through November 2022, with optional extensions remaining through 2025. Under the terms of the extension, the company is to continue …

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Finnish operator Veikkaus adds Yggdrasil slots

Finland’s gambling monopoly Veikkaus has gone live with the entire online casino games library of major creator and supplier of content for the iGaming industry Yggdrasil. The operator, which is owned by the Finnish government, is the only regulated gambling operator in the country and has more than two million …

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Finnplay enters Denmark with casino licence

Online gaming platform provider and gaming group Finnplay has been awarded an Online Casino Licence in Denmark by Spillemyndigheden, the Danish Gambling Authority. Finnplay’s licence from the Danish regulator continues a recent successful streak of new licences and licence extensions for the company, which specializes in the provision of solutions …

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Problem gambling trends and features in Scandinavia

Gambling is one of the biggest and most lucrative industries in the world. Just online gambling, which is just half of what this industry can offer, is currently worth almost $50 billion worldwide.  This goes to show just how big this entertainment sector really is. However, even though the majority …

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SAZKA to acquire Novomatic’s stake in Casinos Austria

Pan-European lottery and sports betting operator SAZKA Group has reached an agreement to acquire Novomatic’s stake in Casinos Austria AG (CASAG). Confirming the agreement to sell its 17.19 per cent stake, Novomatic states on its website that a binding agreement has been reached with the Czech gambling firm which is …

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Betsson acquires majority stake in Suaposta Racing

Online gambling and betting operator Betsson has acquired a 75 per cent stake in Suaposta Racing, securing an early foothold in Brazil ahead of an anticipated regulated market opening. Betsson has become the single largest stakeholder in the race betting operator. However, Suaposta’s founders Andre Gelfi and Fernando Correa will …

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EveryMatrix enters Spanish market

iGaming software supplier and white label solutions provider EveryMatrix has been granted approval to launch its CasinoEngine integration and productivity platform in Spain. As a result, CasinoEngine is now fully certified and complies with the technical, security, and vulnerability standards imposed by the country’s gambling regulator Dirección General de Ordenación …

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Norway is thinking of simplifying the gambling system even more

Norway is a special country in a lot of ways, but one of the most talked-about qualities is their approach to gambling which is nothing like their neighbour’s. Norway has a gambling monopoly and all the gambling venues in the country had to either operate under Norsk Tipping or Rikstoto.  …

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Poland’s STS gets green light to enter UK

STS Gaming Group has become the first Polish bookmaking business to secure a licence in the regulated UK gambling market. The company is also the first Polish bookmaker to start foreign operations, and further international expansion is part of a long-term foreign strategy. STS already holds licences in Germany, Iceland, …

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PrizeLogic, Sportradar announce strategic partnership

Sports data and content provider Sportradar has agreed a strategic partnership with Detroit-based marketing specialist PrizeLogic to create a new sports engagement solution. The alliance marries Sportradar’s worldwide real-time sports data with PrizeLogic’s interactive consumer engagement capabilities to create real-time gamification experiences. Under the agreement, Sportradar will use its real-time …

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Gaming Innovation Group partners with Mr Green in Latvia

Mr Green has recruited the services of Malta headquartered Gaming Innovation Group (GiG), strengthening an existing partnership between the two parties as the William Hill-owned brand prepares to enter the Latvian market. The agreement contains the provision of GiG’s software platform licence, online casino, sportsbook and front end services as …

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Videoslots awarded five-year Swedish licence

Popular online casino Videoslots has been granted a five-year Swedish gambling licence after appealing the Swedish Gaming Authority’s (Spelinspektionen) decision to only grant them a two-year licence in December 2018. The decision was overturned by the Administrative Court in Linkoping after it was revealed that Videoslots was only given a …

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Dutch regulator introduces age verification rule

Online gaming operators active in the Netherlands gambling market will have to abide by a new age verification requirement effective 1 January 2020. According to Kansspelautoriteit, Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA), operators who do not visibly confirm the age of participants before the registration process is completed will be dealt with …

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EveryMatrix terminates Danish white label services

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EveryMatrix announces the closing of its white label brands www.casinohouse.dk, www.777.dk, www.victoriamilan.dk and www.jetbull.dk in the Danish market. This comes as part of a new and revamped corporate strategy that strives to improve the company’s position in the B2B industry. “Although EveryMatrix had a strong bond to its white label …

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