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Betting Awards to launch in Russia

SBC News Betting Awards to launch in Russia

June will see Moscow host the Betting Awards 2015 ceremony as part of Russian Gaming Week, an international gaming and entertainment exhibition. Betting networks, online bookmakers, providers of payment solutions and services, industry media and other members of the Russian market will compete for awards in more than 10 categories. Smile Expo, an organiser of the ceremony, has gained the …

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Warwick Bartlett on tax – The Only Way is Up

SBC News Warwick Bartlett on tax - The Only Way is Up

 Warwick Bartlett, CEO of Global Betting and Gaming Consultants, discusses how government’s approach taxation means that rates are more likely to go up than down. The most pleasing sight at ICE 2015 was to see some of the younger companies which two years ago took the smallest booths are now spending upward of £250,000 on impressive stands.  Such companies have …

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Russian regulator instructs Google to remove all gambling advertising

SBC News Russian regulator instructs Google to remove all gambling advertising

The Russian Federal Anti-Monopoly Service (FAS), has asked Google to remove all gambling advertising targeting Russian consumers, or face administrative penalties for breaching Russian advertising standards. The FAS found online gambling advertisements displayed on Google’s search engine. Currently Google does not allow for online gambling advertising to display on its Russian search engine. Google replied to FAS stating that the …

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Swedish tipster wins €10k as bettingexpert’s Tipster of the Year

SBC News Swedish tipster wins €10k as bettingexpert’s Tipster of the Year

One of Europe’s best tipsters has scooped another €10,000 after winning bettingexpert’s Tipster of the Year competition for 2013/14. Swedish tipster ‘Zami’ came top of the leaderboard for the year after achieving a profit of €3,258.90 across almost 8,000 bets with an average yield of 4.7 per cent. He outperformed more than 1,500 other tipsters who give their tips for …

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Connective opens London office

SBC News Connective opens London office

Connective Games, the leading software platform traditionally based in Russia, has opened a representative office in London.  Julia Salagaeva, Marketing Director of Connective Games, is heading up the office which will be based in the tech hub of London at Silicon Roundabout. Salagaeva said: “We have really ramped up our business in the last few months and we’re in preliminary …

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BetConstruct ready for Russian Gaming Week

SBC News BetConstruct ready for Russian Gaming Week

Sports betting and gaming solutions provider BetConstruct will showcase its latest products at Russian Gaming Week – one of the most important annual events in the iGaming calendar. BetConstruct will demonstrate its sports betting platform, odds feed API, in-house live dealer technology and studio solution, online casino and slot games, skill games and online poker network in Moscow this week. …

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Betclic Everest withdraws operations from Russia

SBC News Betclic Everest withdraws operations from Russia

Senior management at igaming operator Betclic Everest have announced that the operator will withdraw all of its igaming operations from targeting the Russian igaming market. The decision by the operator comes days after Betclic announced that it would no longer allow wagering and accept customer subscriptions from Belgium. Betclic Everest announced its decision following the Russian gaming authorities’ decision to …

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