Posts From: May 2018

888 NJ launches tri-state poker network

WSOP.com and software provider 888 successfully linked player pools with sister sites in New Jersey, Nevada and Delaware, vastly increasing game selection overnight. The move is a long time coming, and while it won’t create...

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Portugal’s regulated iGaming market up by 8 per cent

Portugal’s regulated iGaming market grew by 8 per cent during the first quarter of 2018. Portugal’s regulated online gambling market generated overall revenue of €122.5 million in 2017, its first full...

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Sky Sports Racing deal done for Melbourne Cup

Sky Sports Racing will broadcast the Lexus Melbourne Cup exclusively live in the UK and Ireland this year after signing a long-term deal with the Victoria Racing Club (VRC), it...

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Online bookies face $30m gambling tax hit

Victoria ( Australia ) will impose an 8% point-of-consumption tax on online betting agencies, barely half the rate introduced or promised in other states. The tax would start from January and...

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Betfred MD urges employees to oppose cut to £100 FOBT stake

Betfred’s managing director has urged employees to lobby their MP to oppose the expected cut to the £100 stake punters can wager every 20 seconds on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs),...

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The MGA reacts to Media Articles

The Malta Gaming Authority would like to draw attention to media articles published by the Investigative Reporting Project Italy (IRPI), La Repubblica and the Times of Malta. The MGA objects...

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Betsoft Gaming Signs Content Agreement with New Casino Brand Spintropolis

Betsoft Gaming has supported the hotly-anticipated launch of casino brand Spintropolis with a suite of high quality slot games. Under the terms of the agreement, Spintropolis integrated a selection of...

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Perform and Matchroom Boxing announce landmark $1billion joint venture

Matchroom Boxing, a world leading boxing promoter, and Perform Group, the digital leader in global sports media, have today announced the creation of a landmark $1billion joint venture and the...

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We’re ‘pushing forward’ with loot boxes despite regulation

Electronic Arts has been one of the bigger players at the center of the loot box debate ever since the lead-up to the release of Star Wars: Battlefront II. That title...

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Geordie Shore stars investigated by ASA for gambling ‘ads’

An investigation by BBC Radio 5 live has discovered that Gary Beadle, Scott Timlin and Aaron Chalmers do not say their social media posts are adverts. The Advertising Standards Authority said...

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