For the financial year ending March 31, 2019, Konami reported in its financial reports revenues of €2.14 billion, with operating profits of €412.2 million. The company said the improved results were due to a strong performance in most of its divisions, including the gaming and systems segment. This was the …
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Today is the 1st round of the Eurovision song contest, a contest that after the breakup of USSR and Yugoslavia increased the participating countries from 22 to 43! Once upon the time, the contest used to be a competition where you had to be a VIP in order to attend …
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PokerStars has strengthened its partnership with UFC, announcing the voice of the Octagon Bruce Buffer, UFC heavyweight champion Daniel Cormier and flamboyant light heavyweight Johnny Walker as new brand ambassadors. All three new ambassadors played a prominent role at a special press event following the weigh-ins prior to the UFC …
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The Stoiximan Group has cemented its position in the Portuguese market via its Betano brand. The Betano.pt site will feature a sportsbook with live betting and streaming, as well as an extensive casino portfolio. Betano already has a presence across the German, Austrian and Romanian markets while the group currently …
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Placing a bet on your favourite sports team is officially legal in Iowa. Governor Kim Reynolds signed legislation allowing gambling on professional, collegiate and international sporting events, and Iowa has become the third state to approve legal sports betting in 2019 after Montana and Indiana. It took about a week …
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Virtual sports are growing rapidly in the gambling industry with companies like Golden Race, Vermantia, BetRadar and more. All these companies are creating, day by day, new virtual sports, so detailed and realistic, that one can almost not understand if they are digital or real! Virtual sports are made mostly …
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UK operators GVC Holdings, William Hill and bet365 have donated a combined amount of over £3.3m to GambleAware in 2018/19, according to the latest donations list released by the charity. However, donations fell short of the £10.0m voluntary funding target GambleAware published its list of donations for the twelve months …
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Romania’s largest sports betting and online gambling operator Superbet has announced the agreement of a strategic partnership with private equity firm Blackstone. The US-based firm bought a minority stake for a €175 million cash infusion. Other terms of the deal were not disclosed, but according to the company’s co-founder, Sacha …
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Indiana has become the latest US state to legalise sports betting after Governor Eric Holcomb signed off on House Bill 1015. It brings the total number of states with legal wagering to ten. Approved by both the House and Senate last month, HB1015 allows betting both in-person at licensed state …
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Fox Sports, a subsidiary of US television broadcaster Fox Corporation, and The Stars Group Inc have revealed plans to launch FOX Bet, a national sports media and wagering portal. Both companies expect to launch two products in the third quarter of 2019 under the FOX Bet umbrella. One will run …
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Svenska Spel, the state-run former gambling monopoly, has been reported to the Swedish Broadcasting Commission, for allegedly breaching new laws in relation to gambling advertising standards. The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling, Branschforeningen for Onlinespel (BOS), has reported Svenska Spel to the Swedish Broadcasting Commission stating its failure to …
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Michigan Governor Gretchen Whitmer is ready to reject any gambling bill that might come across her desk. Her position appears to be almost identical to the former governor, Rick Snyder, who left his post on New Year’s Day. On May 2, a bill targeting online gambling ran into opposition while …
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), a United Kingdom media watch dog, has decided that online promotion of a Monopoly-themed online casino game breached a rule of gambling adverts not to be designed to appeal to an underage audience. The advert, which was appearing on the Mirror Online website, had used …
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NASCAR and Genius Sports, the global leader in sports data solutions, has announced a landmark deal that will see Genius Sports develop an official NASCAR gaming offering for legal sportsbooks. Under the agreement, Genius will use NASCAR’s data and build a system for sportsbooks to increase the number bet types …
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English Premier League team AFC Bournemouth have confirmed online gambling firm Mansion Group and its Asia-facing subsidiary M88 as the club’s major sponsor for a fifth consecutive season. In a record deal for the club, M88 branding (M88.co.uk) will continue to appear on the front of players’ shirts, replica adult …
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The Norwegian Gaming Authority Lottstift has ordered the Kindred Group subsidiary, Trannel International, to cease its operations in the country immediately. The regulatory body states that the Trannel has been operating a number of sites illegally, including Unibet, Maria Casino, Storspiller and BingoLottstift. Norsk Tipping is the only operator licensed …
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Montana has become the ninth US state and first this year to legalize sports betting. Governor Steve Bullock signed a bill H 725, which allow the state lottery to oversee a system of wagering through kiosks and mobile applications. Gov. Bullock’s approval means that for the next seven years lottery …
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Only three episodes are left in the final season of Game of Thrones, and a lot of main characters are still alive after the Battle of Winterfell. Let’s once again take a look at odds while trying to predict what could happen in a new episode. Even if Theon Greyjoy …
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Spelinspektionen, the Swedish gambling regulator, has issued warnings to a number of operators that were found to have offered certain betting options on a football match featuring players under the age of 18. The regulator said that several operators offered bets on the Allsvenska (top-tier men’s football division in Sweden) …
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The Netherlands Authority for Consumers and Markets (ACM) has issued a warning about a series of scam phone calls and emails seeking non-existent gambling debts from consumers. Lootsma & Partners, Deurwaarder Smits & Co and Inter Payment Service have all been named as collection agencies that are contacting consumers over …
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