11/25/21 Bookmakers claim illegal casinos “rife” in Northern Ireland Two bookmakers have told Stormont that legal bingo and gaming premises are hosting illegal operations at night.
11/25/21 William Hill to shut three online casino brands William Hill has announced that it will close EuroGrand, William Hill Casino Club, and 21 Nova permanently in January.
11/25/21 UK may double charity lottery sales limit The government has confirmed that it is considering plans to double the charity lottery sales limit to £100m per year.
11/25/21 Ireland’s BoyleSports to buy remaining Tully Bookmakers venues BoyleSports will cement its position as the biggest independent bookmaker in Ireland.
11/24/21 Operators blast call for ban on gambling ads in Germany The sports betting trade association DSWV has criticised Bremen interior minister Ulrich Mäurer’s proposal to ban all gambling ads.
11/24/21 UK government urged to regulate prize draws and competitions Research shows £117m was spent on credit cards for entry into big-ticket prize draws and competitions despite a ban on gambling using credit cards.
11/24/21 Germany’s Thüringia proposes monopoly on online table games A bill submitted to the European Commission would introduce operating conditions for the online table games.
11/24/21 Paddy Power ends Irish TV football sponsorship Paddy Power has ceased its sponsorship of live football on RTÉ ahead of the Irish Bookmakers Association’s new whistle-to-whistle ban on gambling ads.
11/24/21 Swedish gambling revenue up 4.7% in Q3 According to Sweden’s gambling regulator, revenue hit €622m for the quarter.
11/24/21 Online casino to be banned in Georgia Prime minister Irakli Gharibashvili has ordered his government to ban online casino in Georgia, adopting the toughest stance of any Eastern European state.
11/24/21 UK National Lottery sales reach record high Camelot UK Lotteries has reported ticket sales of £3.96bn for the first half of the 2021-22 financial year.
11/23/21 Spanish gambling rivals Orenes and R Franco to merge Grupo Orenes and R Franco have agreed on a merger that will create Spain’s biggest gambling machines manufacture and distributor.
11/22/21 Rank to receive £83m tax refund in machine VAT case HMRC will pay back £77.5m plus interest in wrongly applied VAT.
11/22/21 The Netherlands issues 11th online gambling licence The KSA has granted a licence to JOI Gaming, a division of the land-based casino operator JVH Gaming & Entertainment Group.
11/22/21 Regulator orders Nero Media to stop targeting Swedish players The Swedish gambling regulator has hit Nero Media with an injunction following an investigation into suspicions that it was taking bets from Swedish players.
