12/01/21 Football friendlies have bigger match-fixing risk, report finds A report funded by the European Commission has found that lack of regulation makes football friendlies more open to the risk of match fixing.
12/01/21 Raj Parker joins British Horseracing Authority board The senior partner of London law firm Freshfields has been confirmed as an independent non-executive director.
12/01/21 Gaming Realms partners with Superbet to enter Romanian market Superbet will exclusively publish Gaming Realms’ Slingo content, including Slingo Extreme, Red Hot Slingo, and Slingo Sweet Bonanza.
12/01/21 Georgian prime minister presents draft gaming legislation The new legislation would increase taxes on the gaming sector, restrict advertising and ban under 25s from gambling.
11/30/21 Swedish gaming regulator bans Disrupt Entertainment Spelinspektionen has issued an injunction against another Curaçao-licensed gaming operator.
11/30/21 British online gaming yield hits new high The Gambling Commission has reported that online gross gaming yield reached £6.85bn for the 2020-21 financial year.
11/30/21 888 gets regulatory clearance for William Hill acquisition 888 says it is on track to complete its acquisition of William Hill’s European assets in the first quarter of 2022.
11/30/21 Better Collective names Pernille Holbøll as branding and media director The sports betting affiliate media group has appointed the Ekstra Bladet journalist to lead its branding.
11/30/21 UK government to hold first National Lottery committee hearing The DCMS’s committee hearing on Camelot’s performance in raising funds for good causes will inform the National Lottery licence competition.
11/30/21 Bacta calls for regulatory sandbox to allow trials of new products The association wants the British amusement sector to have the flexibility to be able to try out new gaming machine innovations.
11/30/21 EGBA supports new EU AML framework in consultation response The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has said it believes the European Commission’s proposed new anti-money laundering (AML) framework will lead to more consistency across the bloc.
