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Reading Time: 1 minute Canadian gaming company, The Stars Group Inc. (TSGI.TO), has reached an agreement with CVC Capital Partners and Sky PLC (SKYB.L) for the outright purchase of Sky Betting and Gaming , in a deal worth $4.7 billion. It had been expected that private equity firm CVC, which was holding 80% equity in […]
Reading Time: 7 minutes Information in today’s digital milieu has always been a double edged sword for sales and marketing. It works for you if you can control it. Information comes from your sales team, your website and your press releases. Outside that – it’s a free-for-all. As we all know, the latter is the […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The Nevada Gaming Association Commission has changed its gambling regulations for dealing with intoxicated gamblers. The commission clarified the new rules. Casinos are not allowed to let “visible impaired” people to gamble, which include the customers who are drunk or high on drugs. The regulation is not entirely new, but it just makes […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Riga – 23 April 2018 – Mare Balticum Gaming Summit 2018 is a must attend event for companies that are operating or looking to operate in the Baltics or Scandinavian region. The “Mare Balticum” title of the event is inspired by local event titles which gather the locals from the Baltic Sea […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes The future looks uncertain with regard to the ambitions about gambling revenues in the state of Pennsylvania, as it plans for further gaming expansion. There are questions looming about the new development: that is, whether it affect — and if so, how much — the Keystone State budget. The budget projections […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Formula One (F1) signs fantasy sports deal with PlayON and launches new fantasy sports games based on the single-seater auto racing championship. According to the deal, F1 became an equal shareholder it the €34.5m/$42.6m evaluated PlayON. PlayOn will act as the official daily fantasy partner of F1 and run the daily fantasy games. […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Gamblica, a Malta-based online gambling provider, is all set to change turn the gambling industry upside down with the help of blockchain technology. The Gamblica platform provides a range of gambling activities: roulette and slot machines, poker room, sports betting, on a uniquely transparent and secure smart contract system. The platform […]
Reading Time: 1 minute The German Football Association (DFB) on Friday opened the door for the entry of esports teams. There is one condition though: only the teams focusing solely on football-related content are welcome. Earlier, Reinhard Grindel, the president of DFB, had rejected esports as a sporting activity. But now the organisation said it […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Daniel Dreese, 65, a bookie in Kansas, USA, has been convicted for two years’ probation for his crimes related with illegal gambling. A federal judge pronounced the judgement, after Dreese pleaded guilty in February to two counts of making false statements on income tax returns. He accepted that he made hundreds […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM), the gambling regulator of Italy, has revealed the names of 70 gambling operators who have submitted applications for a license to operate in the country or to have their existing license extended. ADM had earlier announced last month that there were 80 applications as on […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes SugarHouse Online Casino, a casino company based at New Jersey, has joined hands with Wyrz, mobile payment solution in its bid to increase the cash flow into the online casino arena. This could potentially pave the way to a boost in online gambling revenues. Wyrz is a comparatively simple fintech solution. […]
Reading Time: 1 minute 20. April, 2018 – Play’n GO has added another trophy to its cabinet of industry awards after Deion Williams scooped the Data Protection Officer of the Year title at the 2018 Gambling Compliance Global Regulatory Awards. The company’s Information, Security and Technical Compliance Officer’s showed particular commitment to implementing data protection procedures, […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Hard Rock Atlantic City sets June 28 opening, 60 acts and 300 nights of shows Allen said the new Boardwalk destination will have nearly 300 nights of live entertainment in its first year. “We think it’s a great start,” Allen said. “It demonstrates our commitment that we are about entertainment and […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes 20. April, 2018 – The LeoVegas Mobile Gaming Group is expanding its sponsoring partnership with the Swedish Open in Båstad by assuming the role as a principal partner for the prestigious tennis tournament. “Last year’s successful sponsor partnership with the Swedish Open in Båstad was a strategic effort to profile LeoVegas […]
Reading Time: 2 minutes Platform provider is rewarded for innovation and quality of implementation of regulatory frameworks across regulated markets London, UK – 20 April 2018 – SBTech has once again strengthened its position as the leading provider of betting and gaming solutions in regulated markets by winning the prestigious Innovation of the Year prize at […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Spillemyndigheden, Denmark’s gaming regulator, reports that online gaming activities account for more than 50% of the total gambling revenue in the country. In its annual report, the organisation specified the ratio of revenue: 51.5% is generated by online gambling platforms, an increase from 47.4% in the previous year. The total gambling […]
Reading Time: 1 minute Betgenius, a London-based provider of trading and sportsbook management technology, has appointed Alonso Jibaja as its new Head of Business Development in Latin America. Jibaja has held diverse positions in the sports betting and iGaming sector, including as the Regional Director for South America at BetConstruct, gaining an in-depth an in-depth […]
Reading Time: 4 minutes There is no international consensus on how to regulate cryptocurrencies. Nevertheless, a global regulatory crackdown seems to have been gaining momentum, even though it does not seem to be achieving the intended results. Take the case of China. Late last year, China introduced a series of strict new rules governing bitcoin […]
Reading Time: 1 minute French TV Channel France 2 has made an interesting inquiry into the match fixing issue in tennis in its programme. The Corentin Segalen, the coordinator of the national platform for the fight against sporting manipulation (ARJEL), says: “When you earn 800 euros a month and you get offered 2,000 to lose….” This is even after […]
Reading Time: 3 minutes Florida Governor Rick Scott has announced an agreement between Seminole Tribe and the state, which would see the company extending its payment of more than $300 million a year as casino money to the state. The announcement comes in the wake of legislative leaders holding behind-the-scenes talks about revamping the gambling industry. The […]