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Google asserts that it already has active anti-offshore gambling policies in the Netherlands in response to a motion filed by two Dutch politicians. Mikal Tseggai, a member of the Dutch Labour Party, and Willem Koops, from the New Social Contract Party, requested a direct government intervention to restrict unlicensed operators from being shown to Dutch residents in Google searches.  “The …

Google has implemented new comprehensive restrictions on gambling advertising in Nigeria, following a recent court ruling. On Wednesday, 8 January, Google updated its ‘country-specific policies‘ related to the advertising of gambling and games for Nigerian audiences. Effective immediately, Google will prohibit the advertising of online gambling products and offers in Nigeria. The ban on “gambling-related products” extends to promotional items …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has set out its approach to combat unlicensed gambling threats, viewed as a source of crime impacting society. The mandate is led by Chief Executive Andrew Rhodes as the Commission upholds its “corporate strategy to increase investment, resources, and capacity to tackle illegal gambling”. Unlicensed gambling is viewed as a crime and an economic threat …

The Ukrainian Gambling Council (UGC) has reached out to Google in the hopes it will stop blocking all advertising of licensed gambling organisers in the country. In explaining its reasoning, the regulator emphasised that this does not comply with the current legislation, leads to losses for both business and the state budget of Ukraine and helps illegal operators to enrich …

Peter Jackson, CEO of Flutter Entertainment Plc has warned the UK government that increasing taxes on online gambling  will harm smaller operators and push consumers toward the black market. In an interview with the Financial Times, Jackson emphasised that higher taxes, which many states are considering, will inevitably lead to rising costs and a growing black market. Jackson participated in …

Last week, at the SBC Summit in Lisbon, Sportradar AG debuted the new paid search module of its ad:s marketing solution. The ad:s paid search module combines data from Sportradar’s live feeds, real-time odds, and sports data capture to improve the efficiency, targeting, and ROI of search campaigns for betting and gaming-related queries. Sportradar’s MarTech specialist, George Powell, provided SBC …

UK advertisers and media platforms have been drawn to a ‘provisional assessment’ by the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) scrutinising Google’s practices. Published on 6 September, the CMA disclosed a series of ‘provisional objections’ regarding how Google’s policies and practices favour its ad-tech solutions. Due for further investigation, the CMA suspects that “Google may have broken competition law by using …

Google has issued an update specifically for Germany, informing advertisers that it will restrict the promotion of gambling services to businesses licensed by the Glücksspielbehörde (GGL), the Federal Gambling Authority of Germany. As part of the update to its German market Gambling and Games policies, advertisers were informed that GGL licensing certification for gambling services will be required from 25 …

Raketech Plc seeks to stabilise its financial performance, following a ‘challenging period’ for its business impacted by Google changes and a downturn in the performance of its Casumba media assets. Publishing its Q2 accounts, the Nordic Nasdaq igaming media publisher reported a 3% decline in corporate revenues to €17m. The decline in income was attributed to Raketech registering a 25% …

Google’s decade of SEO dominance may be ending after the tech giant was found to have violated US antitrust laws with its search business. US District Judge, Amit Mehta, ruled that Google ‘is a monopolist, and it has acted as one to maintain its monopoly’ following the decision by the US District Court for the District of Columbia.  On the …