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David Clifton, director at licensing and gambling consultancy Clifton Davies, discusses an issue he recently debated at a seminar in Westminster – that the  government is not consistent when it regulates gambling and that it is also needlessly overbearing. Let me start with a statement of the obvious: the fundamental objective behind the regulation or prohibition of any human activity …

Synot Group, Czech Republic gambling and lottery operator has announced that it will become the title Sponsor for the Czech Liga, the top football division in the country. The deal sees the gambling and lottery operator take the title sponsorship off Gambrinus, as the Czech Liga, rebrands itself as the Synot Czech Liga for the start of the 2014/2015 football …

Spanish gambling operator CIRSA, posted a strong start to 2014 reporting an operating profit of €75.9 million (£62.2 million), the figures represented a 9% increase on year-on-year performance. During the opening quarter CIRSA witnessed a revenue increase of 16.3% posting €390 million in revenues (£319 million) Chief Executive Officer Manuel Lao, highlighted new land based expansions in Spain and Latin …

Kambi Sports Solutions will enter the Eastern European igaming market for the first time after agreeing a supplier partnership  deal with Casino Iveria, Georgia’s biggest land based casino operator. Kambi will serve sports betting provisions to Iveria, as the operator launches Georgian regulated online betting brand Iveriabet. Kambi further confirmed that Iveria, would use its services to provide a retail …

Scotland’s international friendly against Nigeria was subject to investigation by the National Crime Agency (NCA), having been red flagged for potential match-fixing. The national and international law enforcement agency tipped off the Scottish Football Association prior to Wednesday’s kick-off at Fulham’s Craven Cottage. The match itself finished in a 2-2 draw, Nigeria scoring a late equaliser through Nwofor, after an …

The Jamaican Betting Gaming & Lotteries Commission (BGLC) announced the publication of a framework for laying the groundwork to allow regulated online gaming, as well as restructuring current betting and lottery laws concerning the Caribbean nation. BGLC representative Andral ‘Jack’ Shirley proposed a review of all current gambling and sports betting laws, stating that the nation regulatory bodies needed to …

Stan James senior management have made public that the operator plans to downsize its sports betting trading team. Senior management confirmed that up to 10% of its current sports betting team faced redundancy as the company is set to undertake new savings measures, which it hopes will make it more competitive in the online sports betting industry. Stan James further …

The Asian Football Confederation (AFC) has urged member associations to appoint integrity officers to curb match fixing allegations and irregularities. According to the AFC.com website, the Integrity Action Plan will protect the integrity of competition, promote fairplay and maintain good football governance throughout the region, which includes teams from  East, South/Central and West. World Cup hopefuls Australia, Japan, Korea Republic …