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Raketech, a leading online affiliate content marketing company, announced the launch of its new consumer-facing online casino product called Rapidi.com. Rapidi.com will be promoted across Raketech’s network of affiliate sites and will offer players a new place to experience the most popular casino games, live casino and online slots, without …

Superbet, a sportsbook operator in the regulated Romanian market with a growing presence in Poland, has selected Betgenius to provide its in-play trading solution for its land-based and online sportsbook. The long-term deal will see Betgenius provide Superbet with its industry-renowned live betting content for all sports, including football, basketball …

Stockholm-listed gaming operator Kindred Group is expanding its product portfolio with the addition of free-to-play sports games from SportCaller. Games based around various major sporting events will be launched in a number of countries in which Kindred’s brands are active. SportCaller said that it has already lined up a wide …

iGaming software developer and operator Gamesys Limited has agreed a £1.2m (€1.3m) settlement with the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) for failing to prevent gambling harm and breaching money laundering regulations. UKGC has launched an investigation into the company’s processes following police investigation findings that the operator had allowed three individuals …

Italian firm Grupo Cipriani, an international operator of luxury restaurants and clubs, is investing $450 million in a casino resort located in Uruguay. The company plans to redevelop the former San Rafael Hotel in Punta del Este. Cipriani wants to add hotel suites and luxury residences as well as restaurants, …

Bet365, Betway, and CodereLatAm have become the latest overseas gaming operators to make a move on Buenos Aires in the hopes of scaling their operations in Argentina and South America. All three companies have all entered into joint ventures with local operators and registered to file a licence application. Bet365 …

Oslo-listed Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) has launched its new sportsbook with Guts.com, which will see the brand reposition itself as a ‘sportsbook first’ operator. Both new and existing Guts.com customers will have access to the sportsbook, which GiG said offers an improved user interface and experiences, as well as faster …

Unibet, part of Kindred Group, is working with the software company Gamban to become the first UK bookmaker to integrate blocking software into the self-exclusion process. Kindred first partnered with Gamban back in April 2018 and the operator has now extended the relationship across its Unibet brand to help users …

Rene Jansen, the chairman of the Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has suggested that a new country’s regulated online gambling market will launch in January 2021. Jansen has told attendees at the local iGaming conference that KSA is targeting July 1, 2020, for the country’s new Remote Gambling Act to …

Swedish operator Svenska Spel once again will join forces with Swedish Elite Football (SEF), an organisation that represents the 32 clubs in the country’s top two division. They both plan to educate young footballers about the dangers of match-fixing. Svenska Spel and SEF will deliver a series of lectures to …

Gamesys Group-owned Virgin Bet has announced its launch in Gibraltar, just a fortnight after Bet365’s exit plan to Malta was revealed. The local government has already congratulated the firm on its successful application for a new gambling licence and subsequent launch in the UK market this week where the company …

According to the judge investigating match-fixing in Spain, the final-day victory 2:0 against Valladolid that secured Valencia’s place in the Champions League was prearranged by a criminal gang and up to seven players from the losing side. Extracts from the investigation were published in the newspaper El Mundo, the 2nd …

English Premier League football clubs Wolverhampton Wanderers, and Burnley have both agreed new shirt sponsorship deals with Asian online gambling operators, while Championship side Birmingham City has partnered with Boylesports. Wolverhampton is set to be sponsored by ManBetX which will see the gambling operator front all adult home shirts, covering …

Nordic online gambling operator Kindred has opened its doors for business in New Jersey under its flagship brand Unibet as the company makes its US regulated market debut. Kindred Group (previously Unibet Group) successfully secured a Casino Service Industry Enterprise License in New Jersey together with Hard Rock Hotel & …

The Brittish press has revealed that William Hill, leading UK’s gambling operator, has held talks last year with Caesars Entertainment, America’s biggest casino owner, about a £6bn merger. The negotiations for the deal, which would have seen the FTSE 250 bookmaker swallowed up by Caesars Entertainment, ultimately failed last autumn …

European Sports Security Association (ESSA), sports betting integrity monitoring body, has rebranded as the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). The name change aims to highlight the operator-funded association’s increasingly international focus, especially the role it plays in the global fight against corruption in sport. IBIA will work alongside a number …

With Barcelona recently easing their way to a second consecutive La Liga title ahead of Atletico Madrid and Real Madrid respectively, all eyes are once again on Real Madrid, who failed to mount a meaningful title challenge for the second year in a row. Are Real Madrid in the middle …

The Illinois House and Senate have approved a massive gambling expansion bill. Governor J.B. Pritzker has already announced his intention to sign it into law. Senate Bill 690, sponsored by Indian Creek Democratic Senator Terry Link, which originally focused on changes to property tax rates has been expanded significantly through …

Boylesports, the Irish’s second-largest bookmaker, has made its long-awaited move into the British retail betting market with the acquisition of Wilf Gilbert, which operates a 13-shop chain in the English Midlands. The acquisition marks what BoyleSports hope is a rapid expansion in the UK, with the company aiming to possess …

Police of Vietnam’s northern Thanh Hoa province have cracked down an online gambling ring with transactions totalling nearly 4,000 billion Vietnamese dongs (€153 million). Nine local people were arrested but gang’s leader, Tran Quang Truong, has gone into hiding and the police are looking for him. According to the authorities, …