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ASA Bans Ads from Five iGaming Firms for Targeting Children

April 4, 2019

United Kingdom’s Advertising Standard Authority (ASA) has recently employed the use of new avatar technology to crackdown on advertisements from five online gambling operators. These betting brands were found to have violated UK rules by targeting children. The pioneering technology used by the ASA created online profiles that tracked the adverts being served to children […]

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ESPN To Debut New Daily Sports Betting Show on March 11

March 4, 2019

ESPN is finally venturing into the rapidly growing world of sports betting by launching a gambling show dubbed “Daily Wager” that will go debut on a week’s time. The one-hour news and information show is aimed at the very large and growing number of sports fans who love to place bets on their favorite teams […]

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SG and Demirören Group Win Betting Rights in Turkey

March 3, 2019

Turkish is a vibrant sports betting market, but it’s not necessarily easy to survive in the country’s fraught legal context. Intralot’s Inteltek subsidiary has just lost a tender which would have allowed it to run the country’s monopoly Iddaa. Intralot lost to Scientific Games and Demirören Group, which had joined forces to provide the country […]

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KSA Threatens Stiffer Penalties for Illegal Operators

March 1, 2019

The Netherlands remain committed to strike wrongdoers with hefty penalties, discouraging offshore websites from pursuing operations without a license in the country. While the Netherlands has already been issuing significant financial reprimands, the government and the national regulator, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA),will seek tougher action against bad actors. Bad actors are operators that have been offering […]

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Dutch Senate Finally Passes Remote Gambling Bill

February 21, 2019

On Tuesday, February 19, the Dutch Senate voted to pass the Remote Gambling Act, a gaming bill that has been floated around in the Senate with no success twice before. Apparently, the bill did not get passed in the past two attempts because the lawmakers needed a bit more assurance on a number of measures […]

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Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis Eyeing Online Gambling

January 27, 2019

The Canadian province of Alberta is reportedly set to be the next Canadian province to launch online gambling operations under the Alberta Gaming, Liquor and Cannabis (AGLC), its local government monopoly. This came to light in a report that was issued by CBS News on Friday, January 25 saying that the AGLC had quietly issued […]

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Integrity Fees in the Esports Landscape

January 6, 2019

The concept of integrity fees is a topic that is deeply vexed in sports betting particularly in relation to United States-based pro sports leagues such as the NFL, and the MLB. Despite the fact that the notion or idea of integrity fees has been attracting a lot of attention alongside the proliferation of sports betting […]

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How NBA Sports Betting Could Pan Out In 2019

December 16, 2018

Betting has been a major topic of discussion since before the United States Supreme Court abolished the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA) and lifted the federal ban on sports betting in May. A number of states have followed through with their own legislation to regulate their respective sports betting markets but not many […]

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Evolution Gaming Acquires Ezugi and Begins Expansion

November 23, 2018

The best-known company in the Live Dealer iGaming segment, Evolution Gaming, has just announced a ground-breaking acquisition of rival studio Ezugi. By securing Ezugi, EG has effectively left itself without any competitors. Evolution Gaming Acquires the Competition Evolution Gaming is intent on not letting anyone else dominate the Live Dealer segment. To this end, the […]

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ACMA Continues to Hunt Down Illegal Operators

November 2, 2018

Illegal online iGaming companies in Australia have met their maker. The country’s telecom watchdog has been hot on the trail of wrongdoers for a while now, and ACMA finally seems to be winning. ACMA Pulls the Trigger on Online Gambling Sites Australia has a history with trying to uproot illegal online gambling companies, in an […]