05/10/21 Football Index administrators to begin hearing on distribution of funds The administrators of BetIndex, the failed operator behind Football Index, will begin a hearing today.
05/10/21 Paddy Power sports betting stock market ASX passes funding target Paddy Power, the face of the Irish bookmaker of the same name, has reached 125 per cent of his crowdfunding target for sports betting virtual stock market ASX.
05/10/21 RCA discussing return of spectators for Royal Ascot Up to 10,000 spectators may be able to attend what is one of the UK’s biggest annual race meetings.
05/07/21 GC publishes evidence on British credit card gambling ban The Gambling Commission has published the full details of its consultation and evidence behind its decision to ban credit card transactions in gambling a year ago.
05/07/21 English football team supports ban on all gambling sponsorship The League Two team Forest Green Rovers is supporting the Big Step campaign, which wants an end to gambling sponsorship in football.
05/07/21 Dutch Lottery board appoints Alexander Pechtold as chairman The Dutch Lottery’s supervisory board has appointed the retired politician Alexander Pechtold as chairman.
05/07/21 UK regulator’s proposed affordability checks dropped, reports claim It’s been reported that the British Gambling Commission’s plans for enhanced affordability checks on gambling customers will be abandoned or at least watered down.
05/06/21 Bet-at-home optimistic about German market despite drop in revenue The German operator has said it remains positive about the outlook for Germany’s licensed igaming market despite lost revenue in Q1.
05/06/21 UK gambling tax revenue falls below expectations The impact of the Covid-19 lockdowns mean HMRC has reported less tax revenue from UK gambling than expected.
05/06/21 Malta’s FIAU warns over quality of AML data from igaming operators The Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) has warned that Malta’s igaming operators are not collecting enough AML data.
05/06/21 Swedish court upholds fine for underage gambling on claw machines A court has upheld a fine against the Liseberg amusement park for allowing underage gambling on claw machines.
05/05/21 Swedish association warns over extension of online casino limits The Swedish igaming operator association BOS has warned that the proposed extension of deposit limits will accelerate leakage to the unlicensed gambling market.
05/05/21 IBIA and Spanish igaming trade body Jdigital sign MoU The IBIA’s MoU with Jdigital focuses on promoting sporting integrity in the Spanish market.
05/05/21 EGBA says Germany’s online casino turnover tax illegal The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) claims Germany’s proposed 5.3 per cent online casino turnover tax violates EU law.
05/05/21 British online slots revenue hits new record Figures from the British regulator show that online gambling yield rose 4.1 per cent and online slots revenue 15.2 per cent in March.
