Writing in Commons news source Politicshome.com, Michael Dugher – Chief Executive of the Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) – has warned MPs that there is ‘too much fiction swirled around the debate of gambling’. As the review of the 2005 Gambling Act goes through its ‘call-for-evidence’ phase, Dugher and the BGC have welcomed the government’s ‘determination to drive big changes’ …
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GambleAware has unveiled the key steps in its BetRegret campaign in a recent report on behalf of the Safer Gambling Campaign Board. In the report, the gambling harm prevention charity discussed the launch of the first stage of the campaign in February 2019 as well as the second stage in September 2020, which focused primarily on the behavioural factors behind …
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Betfair has been provided bleak options by Italy’s ADM customs and monopolies agency as to how it should calculate Italy’s temporary turnover tax on its ‘Exchange’ betting product. Last summer, the Italian government imposed a 0.5% turnover tax across all sports wagering verticals (retail, digital and virtual sports) – a year-long measure approved as part of Italy’s ‘Covid Revival Decree’. The decision …
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Regulus Partners kicks off 2021 by analysing how the pent-up demand for sports betting from Covid restricted consumers enlarged betting’s Q4 margins, as well as the House of Lords’ deep interest in the Gambling Act’s review… In the depths of the first wave of lockdowns, online sports betting was among the beleaguered sectors of the gambling industry, lacking key …
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Cellxpert has been selected by CasinoFriday – the first casino brand of 1UP Entertainment – to oversee and manage its new affiliate program. Through the new partnership, Cellxpert will strengthen CasinoFriday’s global expansion strategy by leveraging its HTML5 ad serving capabilities. Moreover, the 1UP Entertainment brand will benefit from the enforcement and implementation of ‘an extensive set of regulatory compliance …
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Sports betting data provider LSports has announced the appointment of former COO and co-founder Dotan Lazar (pictured) as its new chief executive officer (CEO). His promotion follows the transition of former co-founder and CEO Shaul Lazar into the company’s first chairman and advisor position. Dotan Lazar said: “I’m extremely proud of the company’s achievements during the past years. LSports keeps proving …
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Entain CEO Shay Segev has resigned as Group CEO of the FTSE100 online gambling group to join DAZN as ‘joint-chief executive’ of the global sports OTT platform. “Shay has a notice period of six months and will remain in his current role for that period or until a successor is in place,” read Entain’s statement. “The Board, having considered succession issues …
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Pronet Gaming has opened a new ‘innovation hub’ in Sofia, Bulgaria, which will support the growth of its tech systems and client partnerships. The Sofia hub, which will be led by Pronet Gaming General Manager Tsvetanka Dimitrova, will house 40 tech professionals that will work primarily on optimising product development and innovation projects for the igaming systems and platform supplier. …
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Argentine political party Coalición Cívica ARI has requested further information concerning the granting of gambling licences in the capital of Buenos Aires. Within the party’s request, nine deputies and senators mentioned the names of two local businessmen, Cristóbal López, who is under investigation for corruption, and Daneil Angelici, the former president of top flight football club Boca Juniors. It was …
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The government of Australia has revealed the nine counsellors forming the ‘Sport Integrity Australia Advisory Council’ – a new body formed to provide oversight and guidance on integrity matters impacting all levels of Australian sports. The development of an ‘Advisory Council’ was approved as a measure of Australia’s revamped ‘Sports Integrity Act’ which was amended last year to strengthen Australian …
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