Legislation & Market
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Playtech wins ICE 2016 International Corporate Event Awards
BHA Chief has concerns regarding Ladbrokes-Coral merger
Rust said that the proposed merger between the companies will have a great impact on customers and UK’s horseracing and greyhound industries. Speaking in a submission to the UK’s Competition and Markets Authority (CMA), Rust commented by saying that if the deal is passed, it can lead to a “deterioration” in betting odds along side […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Hydra Industries to acquire Inspired Gaming
Hydra Industries is an acquisition company that was formed in 2014 by former executives of Scientific Games, a full-service provider of lottery and regulated gaming products, including one-time CEO Lorne Weil. Consideration for the deal will consist of cash and common shares, issued at $10 per share. $20m in cash will be brought by a […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Russian regulator warns payment providers
Both companies have been given a short period of time to stop their activities with illegal online gambling operators or the regulator will have to serve further punishments. Recently, Roskomnadzor has been cleaning the market of illegal online operators by shutting down their affiliate marketing and monitoring Russian language sports sizes when it comes to […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
SIS secures Irish greyhound deal
The agreement includes the right to international streaming enabling supplier to use the SIS Stream low latency streaming platform to distribute content to new locations around the world. The deal covers over 1,500 races a year at flagship Irish Greyhound Board tracks Mullingar, Youghal and Tralee. SIS greyhound operations manager Gordon Bissett said: “The Irish […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Online gambling bill in Pennsylvania might be passed without a signature
The bill was introduced as an alternative for the tax increasing plan and despite the amount of many initial debates and cons, the bill may now finally get its chance to be signed by the governor. After being passed in the Pennsylvania’s House of Representatives it now only needs to pass a hearing in the […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Binary Trading continues its global expansion
Although the European growth has become more steady, after several years regulations has been introduced and new marketing strategies have emerged, there are plenty of other geographical regions, where binary trading hasn’t reached its full potential yet and it is still growing. China and South-east Asia are the regions where binary trading picked up the […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Grand Parade acquired by William Hill for £13.5m
The transaction will include cash and shares; the bookmaker will issue 495,048 new ordinary shares of 10 pence each to Grand Parade. Grand Parade was founded in 2007 and since then has created applications, websites and e-commerce platforms for the sports betting, gaming and media industries. Philip Bowcock, interim chief executive of William Hill, said: […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Racing and gambling machines to be banned in Israel
Justice Ministry Director General Emi Palmor and Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon announced the measures at a joint press conference following the release of a report delivered by the Commission on Gambling Regulations, a joint-tank led by the heads of the two ministries. The ministries confirmed they would use all of the report’s recommendations, such a […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Daily Fantasy Sports legalized in New York
Daily fantasy sports firms in existence prior November 10, 2015 can apply for temporary permits while their applications are processed. It is likely that DraftKings and FanDuel obtain said temporary permits within the next following days and should be back in business in the state before the end of this month. Daily Fantasy sports fanatics […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
William Hill rejects takeover bid
The company said in a statement that the bid envisaged an inter-conditional all-share merger of 888 Holdings and Rank Group, with 888 Holdings acting as the acquiring party, to create BidCo, that would purchase William Hill for cash and newly issued shares in BidCo. According to the company, the proposal represented a value of 364 pence per […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Czech Republic online gambling operators
Until now there has been no regulation about online betting and online gambling in one of largest European markets – Czech Republic. Just a few years ago, this country has been a home for hundreds of regular casinos. However, due to the regulation, the largest majority of such casinos had to close down. This has […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
How will brexit influence the online gaming industry
It is a common fact that the UK is one of the main markets for the online gaming industry. Apart from being of the most well-off countries in Europe, the UK is also a home for the most famous online gambling brands. Just consider the fact that William Hill, Ladbrokes and many more are actually […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
WMS and Bonnier sign a B2B agreement
Williams Interactive, a subsidiary of WMS Industries, has signed a deal to supply Bonnier Gaming with the full portfolio of WHM online slot games. “Bonnier has a long and distinguished tradition of launching and managing great media content and by providing consumers with access to exciting gaming content Bonnier Gaming has achieved significant growth in […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Nevada initially approves the return of daily fantasy sports betting
The Nevada Gaming Control Board has given its initial approval for Vic Salerno, the pioneer in the fields of racing and sports-book, to create a service, which would allow players to make fantasy sports wagers via platform similar to pari-mutuel betting. It is the first step towards re-introducing daily fantasy sports betting in the state. […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
ESSA and ARJEL sign integrity deal ahead of Euro 2016
According to the agreement, both ESSA and ARJEL will exchange information on suspicious betting with each other, in order prevent any illegal activities during Euro 2016. The protocol signed by the authorities, regards a variety of sports and competitions as well as presents both parties’ ongoing commitment to sports, customers and regulated betting markets protecting […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Gaming and e-sports sectors to get together in Las Vegas
The two-days event, that will be held on October 25-26 at the SLS Casino and Resort in Las Vegas with an aim to give all the shareholders form both sectors – commercial gaming and esports industries – to meet and exchange experiences. Another issue that will be taken into account during the event will be […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Sky Betting & Gaming to acquire CORE Gaming
After successful developing, Sky Betting & Gaming sets off to new arrangements. Last couple of months were immensely fruitful for Sky Betting & Gambling, as they managed to expand their staff, by hiring almost 600 employees, reaching its fastest rate ever, while at the same time stating that the last financial year brought a number […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Michigan online poker bill passed on to the Senate
After overcoming the obstacle, now the Michigan online poker bill needs to take another step and get into the Senate in order to get its approval. However, there is no currently any signal concerning any changes that could be introduced to the online casino bill issue. The bill is now only waiting for the approval […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
£800,000 compensation to be paid by Betfred due to the license review
The investigation was initiated once the court managed to conclude on the case concerning Betfred’s customer was put in prison for the period of three years and four months for admitting to steal from him employer. The case would not be much related to Betfred, if not for the fact that a significant part of […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
North America records a 57.4 million growth in Fantasy Sports
The amount is the highest in the recorded history. What is more, the study also found that after lats year’s boom in participation has been still increasing and now it has increased nearly 1% over last year’s numbers. All the results included in the study were revealed yesterday at he 2016 FSTA Summer Conference held […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
iSoftBet granted Romanian gaming licence
The licence allows iSoftBet to offer an array of its innovative games from the company’s impressive portfolio to Romanian’s online gambling market. Thanks to this development, operators in the jurisdiction will also have the chance to use iSoftBet’s top-notch third-party content through a single and seamless integration. The firm will initially roll out content via […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Betradar and European Sports Security Association commence tennis integrity partnership
Under the deal, both parties will utilise Betradar’s Fraud Detection Service, covering more than 450 operators, and European Sports Security Association members’ customer transactional data to deliver a market overview and alert system. The partnership between the parties will initially focus on tennis, which has been cited by European Sports Security Association on many occasions […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Romanian National Gambling Office grants licence to Play'n GO
The Swedish-based casino software provider will now be able to supply its premium content to all online channels for gaming operators in Romania’s recently regulated market. The move to receive a gaming licence in the country followed significant demand for Play’n GO’s award-winning premium content from clients based in the eastern European country. “This is […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025
Brexit’s impact for Gibraltar gaming companies
Gibraltar has been a member of the European Union since 1973 as part of the UK’s membership by virtue of Article 355 of Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union and it may cover only 8.6 kilometres, however, it became home to about 30 licensed B2B and B2C gambling companies. A vote to leave […]
Legislation & Market
21 Feb 2025