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bet-at-home prioritises home market growth following dire 2022  

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bet-at-home AG has declared a full-year corporate loss of €585,000, due to the extensive streamlining of its day-to-day operations and reorganisation of its business strategy.  2022 marked a dire year for the Frankfurt Börse betting group, which recorded declines across all core trading metrics as its full-year gaming revenues (GGR) fell by 10% to €53.5m (FY2021: €59.3m). The drop in …

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PandaScore leads full upgrade of Betfred esports markets

IGT supports launch of Betfred’s ‘legendary brand’ in Nevada

Betfred is set to ‘supercharge its esports offering’ by partnering with dedicated esports odds compiler and end-to-end data solutions provider PandaScore.  The launch of Betfred’s new esports offering will provide customers with access to over 308 unique markets priced by PandaScore’s trading team across 32,000 esports events per year. The tier-1 bookmaker will further be supplied with PandaScore customised tools …

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Lula to bring sports betting forward but sidelines online casino

Brazil’s IBGR lambasts Lula administration’s betting tax ‘burden’

Fernando Haddad, Brazil’s Minister of Finance, has shared that the Presidency of Lula da Silva will focus on moving forward on “electronic gaming”, and sanction a  sports betting regime. Yet, new details of a federal bill show that online casinos will not be included in upcoming plans.  Sports news outlet Panorama Deportivo cited Ministry sources and explained what the regulation …

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DGOJ signals to March ascent for new Spanish Gambling Decree

SBC News DGOJ signals to March ascent for new Spanish Gambling Decree

March is set to be a transformative month for Spanish gambling, as the DGOJ holds final ‘plenary sessions’ on the directives of the ‘Royal Decree on Safer Gambling Environments’.  This week, DGOJ Director General Mikel Arana guided Spain’s ‘Responsible Gambling Advisory Council’ through the ‘main novelties and technicalities’ of the Decree. Arana cited confidence that the Royal Decree will secure …

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Lucy Frazer: The voices of Gambling Suicide must be heard

SBC News Lucy Frazer: The voices of Gambling Suicide must be heard

DCMS new Culture Secretary, Lucy Frazer, has stated that those impacted by gambling-related suicides must be accounted for in reforming the UK gambling industry. Three weeks into her new ministerial role as DCMS leader, Frazer spoke at a meeting with industry reformists Gambling with Lives, who were described as “tireless and devoted champions” – leading a transformative campaign that has …

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LeoVegas nets German federal licence for online slots  

SBC News LeoVegas nets German federal licence for online slots  

LeoVegas AB is gearing up to join Germany’s ‘GlüNeuRStv’ interstate gambling regime, having been granted licence authorisation by the Federal Gambling Authority, Gluecksspiel (GGL). The Stockholm-listed online gambling group informed investors this morning that it had been granted a GGL-authorised licence to “offer and market slots nationwide across Germany”. The statement read: “Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL), has granted LVSports …

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Videoslots to challenge €9.8m Dutch KSA fine

KSA, Netherlands/Dutch gambling authority

Videoslots has stated that it will challenge a €9.8m penalty summoned on its business by Dutch gambling authority Kansspelautoriteit (KSA).  The fine – yet to be disclosed by KSA – was branded as ‘absurd and unlawful’ by Videoslots, which  will unequivocally challenge how the Dutch authority issued the record penalty fee on its business. Malta-based Videoslots accused KSA of “calculating …

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SIS brings 24/7 live racing channel to Poland with Go+bet

SBC News SIS brings 24/7 live racing channel to Poland with Go+bet

SIS (Sports Information Services) marks its entry into Poland, having agreed to supply its end-to-end 24/7 live betting content for horse and greyhound racing content to Go+bet.  The partnership will see Polish sportsbook Go+bet, extensively revamping its racing offering with SIS premium Live Betting Channel, providing access to over 73,000 horseracing/greyhound events each year. Of significance, the Go+bet sportsbook will …

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GambleAware forms £2m long-term recovery programme

SBC News GambleAware forms £2m long-term recovery programme

GambleAware has awarded £2m in funding to ten organisations to help improve the long-term recovery for victims of gambling harms. The grants form part of the charity’s expanded ‘Aftercare Funding Programme’ (AFP), which is focused on developing longer-term recovery programmes to benefit the UK’s treatment support network for gambling harms. The ten organisations selected include; the Acta Community Theatre, Addiction …

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