Malta-licensed online betting group LV Bet has named former member of the “Virtus.pro” organisation, Jarosław “Pashabiceps” Jarząbkowski as its new brand ambassador, who will work with the operator in promoting esports. The cooperation between LV BET and its ambassador aims to strengthen brand recognition across the internet and among Polish market players interested in esports. “We are pleased to take this …
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Industry platform and systems provider EveryMatrix has reaffirmed its commitment to maintain and expand its Kids Academy corporate social responsibility programme as it celebrates five years of the initiative. The project aims to offer Romanian children the chance to access quality education that would be otherwise unavailable to them, across computer science, mathematics and English. Ebbe Groes, Group CEO of …
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Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has outlined new proposals which would identify and tackle illegal land-based games of chance. The plans, which will come into force in 2020, will highlight the need to collaborate more local authorities across the Netherlands, having set targets to support authorities at least 50 times during the next 12 months – a marked increase on …
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In the latest of a series of columns on international gambling legislation, GVC Holdings Director of Regulatory Affairs Martin Lycka pens a letter to the Santa of Gambling and hopes that, for a change. the industry is on the ‘good’ list. Dear Gambling Santa, My name is Martin and I am probably a little too old to write to you. …
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Gambling accounted for just 2.2% of the average 141.9 adverts seen by children each week in 2018 according to new figures published by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA), which confirmed that children’s exposure to gambling adverts, relative to adults, has fallen from 38.6% in 2008 right down to 20.4% last year. The new report by the UK’s independent advertising regulator …
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The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has confirmed that the updated Money Laundering Regulations, which will oversee the implementation of the EU 5th Money Laundering Directive, will come into force on 10 January 2020. The changes to the AML requirements will mean that all land-based and remote casino operators licensed by the UKGC must continue to carry out business reviews ‘and …
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The Royal Society for Public Health (RSPH) has called for the introduction of legislation which would prevent gambling operators from acting as title sponsors for sports clubs in a new report published today. The report, entitled Skins in the Game, surveyed 1,025 young people between 11 and 24 across the UK. In this report, RSPH has called upon the new …
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The UK greyhound racing industry has taken another blow after a Manchester Planning and Highways committee approved proposals that would close Belle Vue Greyhound Stadium. The track, was the first purpose-built greyhound track in the UK, and was the last remaining greyhound stadium in the North West. Having been built in 1926, the infrastructure is synonymous with the Belle Vue …
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BtoBet is preparing to launch Neuron 3, the company’s 3rd generation iGaming single-solution platform which provides operators with all the necessary business management tools, APIs, widgets and content readily integrated. By using the platform, operators can focus on optimising the UX aspect of their business. The platform, which will be officially unveiled at ICE London, will also feature a unified betting …
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BetVictor, Betway, BoyleSports and Unibet have joined Betfred in signing a turnover based streaming and data deal with At The Races (ATR), which will begin in January 2020. The agreement will cover the delivery of streaming and raceday data, which ATR sells as a licensee for its racecourse rights holders across the platform’s UK horseracing content. Under the terms of …
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