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Maxima Compliance – ‘Mastering technical compliance to grow your global footprint’

SBC News Maxima Compliance - 'Mastering technical compliance to grow your global footprint'

Having launched it’s ‘Complitech’ technical compliance database, Maxima Compliance will host the next SBC Webinar on Thursday 18 June (16:00hrs BST). Against a rapidly changing regulatory backdrop, a mastery of technical compliance is essential for any supplier with ambitions across multiple regulated markets. Furthermore, how can product, regulatory and leadership teams optimise processes when meeting a diverse range of compliance …

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Liverpool FC in agency dispute over £15m BetVictor sponsorship

SBC News Liverpool FC in agency dispute over £15m BetVictor sponsorship

Liverpool FC has entered a legal dispute related to its £15 million training kit sponsorship with Gibraltar-based bookmaker BetVictor. Sports sponsorship agency Winlink has sued the Premier League leaders for a reported £1.1 million, stating that one of its senior executives had introduced club officials to the bookmaker. Winlink underlined that it was ‘heavily engaged over a number of years …

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IGT sanctions capped $300m senior debt note sale

SBC News IGT sanctions capped $300m senior debt note sale

IGT Group has sanctioned a ‘tender offer’ to ‘purchase for cash’ an aggregate sum of $300 million, representing 6.25% of its corporate senior secured debt notes, due for repayment in 2022. The New York-listed gambling technology and lottery systems supplier has undertaken its debt sale subject to terms and conditions set forth in its ‘offer to purchase’ summary published on …

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Greek leisure approval sees OPAP return to full capacity

OPAP Q3 bounce back hurt by continued lottery declines

Athens-listed gambling group OPAP SA has returned to full operational capacity after reopening its ‘PLAY’ gaming hall venues across Greece. OPAP has reopened its gaming venues following last week’s approval by the Greek government to allow all leisure enterprises (hotels, restaurants, entertainment venues, etc) to return to business after it eased COVID-19 lockdown restrictions. The decision has allowed OPAP to …

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Dafabet accelerates Spanish drive with R. Franco Digital 

SBC News Dafabet accelerates Spanish drive with R. Franco Digital 

Dafabet has confirmed that it will expand its Spanish market presence, supported by R. Franco Digital as its lead platform provider.    Updating the market, Dafabet announced that it has transferred its sportsbook and further technology provisions onto R. Franco’s ‘IRIS’ open architecture system, allowing for a better configuration with Spanish market requirements. An established brand within the UK and Asian …

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Mexico’s igaming market blurred by new digital VAT scheme

SBC News Mexico's igaming market blurred by new digital VAT scheme

The Mexican igaming market has been disrupted by the introduction of a new ‘16% digital services tax’ for all foreign-based companies. Last week, Mexico’s Finance Ministry launched its new ‘SAT Tax’ scheme enforcing the nation’s standard 16% value-added tax charge to be sanctioned on all digital transactions and services, effective from 1 July 2020. The VAT extension forms part of …

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Kindred launches new ‘Fair Sports 4 All’ educational programme with EFDN

SBC News Kindred launches new ‘Fair Sports 4 All’ educational programme with EFDN

Kindred Group has launched it’s new ‘Fair Sports 4 All’ project in collaboration with the European Football Network (EFDN) to educate all sports stakeholders about combating match-fixing and safeguarding integrity. Fair Sports 4 All is a 36-month directive providing educational tools, digital resources, training and further information on reporting match-fixing and suspicious activities to relevant authorities (local and international). Helping …

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Coral relaunches cinematic campaign for racing’s return

SBC News Coral relaunches cinematic campaign for racing’s return

Coral has welcomed the return of horseracing on terrestrial TV screens by launching it’s new ‘At the Races’ advert, which forms part of the bookmaker’s wider ‘Coral Racing’ campaign.  This February, Coral launched its ‘Coral Racing’ campaign, a ‘cinematic HD series’ of adverts produced by BBH London as the bookmaker’s new lead creative advertising agency. The campaign was launched as Coral’s …

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Ukraine Rada approves unclear Gambling Law for second readings

SBC News Ukraine Rada approves unclear Gambling Law for second readings

Ukraine’s Verkhovna Rada (parliament) Finance Committee has approved Bill-2285D to be forwarded for second readings. Yesterday, Committee member Andrei Motovilovets declared that the Committee ‘unanimously supports the formation of a new market’, and sanctioned second readings for the SoP Party’s ‘Gambling Law’ mandate. The approval sees Rada update its parliamentary schedule to host a dedicated readings session on final provisions …

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Intralot rocked by Bulgaria Eurobet suspension 

SBC News Intralot rocked by Bulgaria Eurobet suspension 

Intralot SPA has detailed a troubled start to 2020 trading, noting steep declines across all core operating metrics and divisions, as its corporate recovery programme has been impeded by multiple novel headwinds.  Publishing its Q1 2020 results, the Athens-listed gambling technology and lottery systems provider saw group turnover decline by 47% to €102m (Q12019: €193m).  The €90m turnover decline is …

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