12/05/21 German court upholds ruling over losses incurred through unlicensed gaming The Court has agreed that a player cannot recoup losses incurred before online gambling was legalised in Germany.
12/03/21 Finnish committee says gaming payment blocks could breach constitution Finland’s Constitutional Committee has opposed an amendment to Finland’s Lotteries Act that would block payments to all gaming operators other than state-controlled Veikkaus.
12/02/21 Onionsack rebrands as Voxbet and brings in former William Hill exec Former William Hill Online managing director Andrew Lee has been named chairman of Voxbet.
12/01/21 GambleAware concerned about low uptake of treatment service GambleAware CEO Zoë Osmond has said the uptake of the National Gaming Treatment Service was “worryingly low”.
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.
11/27/21 BGC appoints David Willetts as communications and digital director Willetts will join the Betting and Gaming Council from the Ministry of Defence.
11/25/21 Entain sells Betdaq back to former owner Dermot Desmond Entain Plc has confirmed that it has sold the online betting exchange back to Desmond for an undisclosed fee.
11/24/21 Swedish gambling revenue up 4.7% in Q3 According to Sweden’s gambling regulator, revenue hit €622m for the quarter.
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.
11/21/21 Irish TD calls for National Lottery probe after lack of winners Fine Gael TD Bernard Durkan wants an investigation into the lottery after 46 rollovers.
11/21/21 Codere hands control to creditors The Spanish gaming company has completed its restructuring, handing control of the new entity to creditors.
11/21/21 Entain reported to be pursuing Olympic Entertainment The British gambling company Entain is reported to have offered more than $1bn in cash for Estonian gambling operator Olympic Entertainment.
11/19/21 Entain supports responsible gambling campaign in US The not-for-profit Entain Foundation is sponsoring retired NBA legend Charles Oakley for an initiative in underprivileged communities.
11/18/21 BGC welcomes Facebook opt-out for betting ads Facebook is to introduce an opt-out option for the vast majority of betting adverts on the social media platform.
11/18/21 GambleAware recommissions Scottish Gambling Education Hub The charity GambleAware has recommissioned the Scottish Gambling Education Hub for another three years.
