04/07/21 French regulator publishes first report on player dispute service The ANJ has provided a report on France’s dispute moderation service for the online gambling sector.
04/07/21 BoyleSports appoints UK Tote MD as CEO The Irish bookmaker BoyleSports has appointed Mark Kemp as chief executive.
04/07/21 Slovakian tennis player banned for match fixing The International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) has issued Barbora Palcatova with a three-year ban with 15 months suspended
04/07/21 Gamstop passes 200,000 users after record sign-ups The gambling self-exclusion scheme Gamstop has reported record sign-ups in the first two months of 2021.
04/06/21 Bookmakers fear one horse at this year’s Grand National Punters have been betting heavily on this year’s Grand National favourite Cloth Cap, which could become the shortest-priced National favourite ever.
04/06/21 Italian court rejects appeals by five illegal bookies The Palermo Court of Appeal has declared the appeals of the five bookmakers to be inadmissible.
04/06/21 Report blasts Irish problem gambling services as “not fit for purpose” The report commissioned by the Gambling Awareness Trust estimates that there are 55,000 problem gamblers in Ireland.
04/05/21 BGC report finds gaming contributed £7.7bn to British economy in 2019 The industry association commissioned Ernst & Young to research the size of the industry as the UK government reviews gambling legislation.
04/05/21 Rank completes sale of Casino Blankenberge to Kindred Group Rank agreed the sale of Casino Blankenberge with the Unibet operator paying £25m in cash.
04/04/21 UK study links loot boxes to problem gambling A new report claims to have “robustly verified” the link between video game loot boxes and problem gambling.
04/04/21 British Gambling Commission launches corporate strategy and business plan The British national gambling regulator has launched its three-year corporate strategy as the government plans a shakeup of gambling law.
04/04/21 Netherlands begins igaming licensing process After much delay, the Netherlands has begun taking licence applications for online gaming.
04/01/21 UK survey finds support for ban on gambling sports sponsorship A survey by GamCare adds to calls for a ban on gambling operators sponsoring football team shirts.
04/01/21 The Netherlands: survey suggests limited interest in igaming The Netherlands’ Remote Gambling Act comes into force today (April 1), but a new survey suggests little public awareness or interest in igaming.
