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Daily Fantasy Sports as a great opportunity for Canadian operators
Danish Online Gambling Market in 2016-2017: Facts and Figures
Prior to 2012, Denmark has had a longstanding government monopoly on gambling, which applied to land-based as well as virtual casinos. The liberalization of the online gambling market in the country in that year, and along with it, new legislation, was therefore a welcome development for many. With the liberalization of the online gambling industry, […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Check if the gambling regulation comes to Sweden
As we all known, Sweden has been one of the key markets for the iGaming companies. Having said this, most of such companies are operating in the grey area. They are unable to apply for the local license, simply because only one local monopoly (Svenska Spel) is entitled to be regulated by the Swedish gambling […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Lottoland receives Irish licence
Lottoland proudly announced that the company has been granted a Remote Gambling Licence from the Republic of Ireland National Excise Licence Office. Lottoland’s Irish website is now accessible at www.lottoland.ie and following the news that Lottoland receives Irish licence, the firm is now providing its huge amazing portfolio of lottery betting, scratchcard and games products […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
William Hill rejects takeover proposal
888 Holdings and Rank Group proposed a bid on Monday, which William Hill’s board rejected as it “substantially undervalues” the gaming operator. Both the companies have since released a joint statement in which they outlined their reasons for targeting William Hill, despite the company’s recent troubles, highlighted by a 16% drop in operating profit during […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Malta iGaming Seminar to host awards for iGaming Employees in Malta
Addressing the media conference, Buttigieg said: “We are delighted to host the 8th edition of the Malta iGaming Seminar, a seminar which started as a local event aimed at educating foreign investors to relocate to Malta and now has become an international event where delegates and speakers converge to discuss, network and debate regulatory gaming […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
eSports betting banned in South Australia
Northern Territory is currently the only jurisdiction in Australia that allows such betting to take place. “Children are particularly vulnerable to the attraction of gambling on sporting contests conducted on the platform of video games,” Consumer and Business Affairs Minister John Rau said. “The Government is determined to keep our children cyber-safe. We do not […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Huge Rewards in store for the US Economy if the Country Relaxes the Gaming Laws
Earlier this year, the US Supreme Court took a bold decision in disbanding the 1992 Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act. By disbanding this law, it meant that the Federal government now recognises betting on the outcome of sports games (sports betting). With the Federal government recognising sports betting, the ball is now in the […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Canada Could Be the Next Big iGaming Market
British Columbia recently granted approval for the gaming software supplier NetEnt to begin operating within Canadian borders. The Canadian online casino scene may change dramatically in the coming years as a result of this new policy. It’s no secret that the iGaming industry, as a whole, has needed a significant boost in Canada in recent […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Will the UK Government Accept Money from Gambling Companies?
Gambling firms within the UK have offered to help fund the governments gambling awareness campaign. It is expected that this government initiative will cost an estimated £8 million. The offer made by gambling operators in the UK comes at a time of increased restrictions and sanctions. Recently it was revealed that gambling operator 888 would […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Malta iGaming Seminar confirms conference chairs
“The continued support of our event from the MGA only provides us with the confidence that we are on the right track and that we are delivering quality content to the Gaming Community,” said Jeffrey Buttigieg, Director of MiGS. “Our event is unique in that it attracts decision makers from all over the world to […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
IGT and iPro join forces and launch new fantasy sports platform in Italy
Both International Game Technology and iPro will work together in order to provide a new platform that will allow players to enjoy real-time fantasy sports betting. After International Game Technology reporter a significant revenue of $1.3 billion (€1.2 billion), up 4% on the $1.2 billion achieved in the corresponding period last year, back in May, […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Netherlands one step closer to full regulation
The yesterday’s vote paves the way for a fully regulated market for online gaming in the Netherlands to operate for the first time. The bill is expected to be approved by the Dutch Senate later this year and full regulation could be in place as early as 2017. Among the agreed amendments, the bill prohibits […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Fears for Gibraltar gambling sector shrugged off by government
It is said the industry is “strongly committed” to keeping its online gaming operations in the British Overseas Territory, after speaking with every gambling operator having a presence on the island, as well as the Gibraltar Gaming and Betting Association. William Hill, Ladbrokes and Bwin.party are just some of the gambling companies that base their […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
BetConstruct announced as exclusive Lanyards sponsor
In their recent press release the organizers announced that: “We are proud to announce BetConstruct as exclusive Lanyards Sponsor of the Central and Eastern European Gaming Conference, which will take place in Budapest on the 20th of September 2016. The event is a Seminar type conference which is designed to encourage a Pan-European dialogue and […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Gibraltar eGaming Summit report released by KPMG
There were nearly 30 keynote speakers and 250 delegates, who participated in the event, making it an important a major meeting concerning the issues regarding the gaming industry. The report released just recently by KPMG is 52 pages long and covers in detail all discussions that took place as well as presentations. Moreover, the report […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Deal between Dafabet and Sunderland extended
The renewed agreement will run through the end of the 2018-19 season. Dafabet will continue to be the club’s principal partner and continue to benefit from branding placement on the front of the team’s playing jerseys. The online gaming company will also undertake several fan engagement initiatives, such as supplying supporters group ‘Ha’way the Flags’ […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Daily fantasy sports regulation proposed by in Maryland
Daily fantasy sports regulation proposed by Maryland Comptroller. A number of regulations that would legalize daily fantasy sports has been proposed by Maryland Comptroller Peter Franchot. According to Franchot, fantasy sports are already very popular in Maryland, which means that state legislators need to make sure that contests are fair, operators are paying tax and […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
ESSA's Q2 report shows suspicious alert increase in tennis
According to the previous reports published by the representative body for sports-betting operators, tennis clearly stands out with the number of alerts as there were more alerts than in any other sport – with 34 suspicious alerts. There were only four suspicious alerts from football, with the remaining three from beach volleyball, handball and snooker. […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Australasian Gaming Expo gets more and more prestigious
Australasian Gaming Expo starts in 21 days. It will last from August 9 till August 11 and it will take place in Sydney Exhibition Centre at Glebe Island. Tuesday will be the first day of the event and it will start at 10am and finish at 5pm. Wednesday will look exactly the same and Thursday, […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Yggdrasil Gaming names its first chief financial officer
Frida Gustafsson will be the new chief financial officer, as the company has been significantly expending its business in the last couple of months and it does not seem to slow down the pace. Frida Gustafsson was appointed as the first chief financial officer to follow the expanding and growing needs of the company to […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Australian Wagering Council eases fears over sports betting advertisements
The decision to undertake some actions in order to ease the concerns follows the calls from independent MP Andrew Wilke and Senator Nick Xenophon, who claim that Australia needs to adopt a certain national approach to deal with gambling advertisements. Both men presented a series of demand for reforming the current situation, right after the […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
New Jersey to share online poker player pool with UK
The UK is one of the oldest online gambling regulated markets in the world. New Jersey on the other hand is the biggest online gambling market in the USA, with more than 90 percent of the regulated market in America. The cooperation would expand the market and increase annual revenue for both jurisdictions. However, there […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
NetEnt revenue sees a significant increase in H1
This increase could be attributed to the appearance of 14 new customer’s casinos, among them New Jersey’s Tropicana. NetEnt is partnered with every i-gaming casino operator in the state. Operating profit amounted to SEK 250.5m, which is a 44% increase, while operating margin increased from 33% to 36%. Profit after tax was SEK 235.2m, a […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
RGT reports young men to more likely chase casino machine losses
The whole research founded by the Responsible Gambling Trust was conducted under the watchful eye of researchers from the University of Liverpool and University of Salford, looking into loyalty card data from over five million visits to Grosvenor casinos made by more than 855,000 visitors between 2012 and 2014. As the results collected in the […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025