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Slovakia set to liberalise online casino market

Slovakia's Ministry of Finance has announced plans to overhaul the country's gambling legislation, including the creation of a new national regulator and licensing for online [...]

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Online Gaming

1X2 Network’s Iron Dog Studio launches content with NetBet

1X2 Network’s Iron Dog Studio has struck a deal to launch its entire suite of slot games with iGaming operator NetBet.

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Pragmatic Play expands in Italy with Betsson’s StarCasino

Malta-based game development studio Pragmatic Play has gone live in the regulated Italian iGaming market with Betsson’s StarCasino brand.

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32Red secures shirt sponsorship deal with Derby County FC

Kindred Group-owned iGaming brand 32Red has been unveiled as the new shirt sponsor of English Championship football club Derby County.

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OPAP

Sports betting and VLTs drive first quarter growth for Opap

Greek gaming operator Opap has reported a 5 per cent increase in gross gaming revenue (GGR) to €377.2m for the first quarter of 2018, following [...]

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Novomatic Lottery Solutions to launch new eInstant games for Norsk Tipping

Lottery supplier Novomatic Lottery Solutions (NLS) and its partner Gamevy have been selected to launch six new interactive instant win games for Norway's state-owned gaming [...]

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Machine games duty hike is “painful loss” for UK bookmakers

The increase in Machine Games Duty on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) offering the highest stakes has been described as a “painful loss” for UK high street bookmakers, with shares in Ladbrokes and William Hill continuing to drop in London this morning.

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Realistic Games appoints Riaz to head up new Gibraltar office

Realistic Games, the newly Gibraltar-licensed slots and casino games developer, has bolstered its commercial team with the appointment of Abid Riaz.

As sales and account manager, Riaz has been tasked with expanding the supplier’s operation in Gibraltar, where the company was awarded a B2B Remote Gaming Licence earlier this month, becoming [...]

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Optimal renews deal with Loto-Québec’s Espacejeux.com

UK-listed online payment processor Optimal Payments has renewed its agreement with Loto-Québec to continue providing its services to the Canadian provincial lottery operator’s Espacejeux.com online gaming site.

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Optimal renews exclusive deal with Loto-Québec’s Espacejeux.com

UK-listed online payment processor Optimal Payments has renewed its agreement with Loto-Québec to continue providing its services to the Canadian provincial lottery operator’s Espacejeux.com online gaming site.

Optimal Payments was chosen as the exclusive online payments provider for Espacejeux.com when the new online gaming site launched in December 2010. The renewal [...]

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Full Tilt Poker introduces Flipout Tournament feature

Online poker operator Full Tilt Poker has introduced Flipout Tournaments, which cuts out hours of pre-bubble play and allows players to quickly progress to the prize-winning rounds.

Flipout Tournaments see each player going all-in during the first round of the tournament, meaning the initial round is played in a matter of [...]

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Bulgaria adds further five domains to online gaming blacklist

Bulgarian regulator the State Commission on Gambling (SCG) has again expanded its blacklist of unlicensed online gaming operators, while removing one domain owned by UK-based bookmaker Tempo Gaming.

With a further five domains added and one removed, a total of 193 sites have now been blacklisted.

Among the new additions is Luna [...]

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UK Budget: Bingo tax falls while FOBTs hit with new 25% rate

Shares in leading gambling firms Ladbrokes and William Hill fell in London today after the UK government announced a new tax on fixed-odds betting machines in its 2014 Budget. The bingo industry was celebrating however as bingo duty was finally reduced.

Bingo duty will be halved from 20 per cent to [...]

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MARCA partners Oddslife to launch new social betting game

Spanish sports media giant MARCA has launched a new social betting game through its partnership with London-based sports technology provider Oddslife.

MARCA EL GURU is a customised social sportsbook platform that allows users to engage and compete with each other using their knowledge of sports.

It has been developed on the Oddslife [...]

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Gambling Commission strengthens senior team with new hires

The UK Gambling Commission has bolstered its management team with two new appointments, ahead of the implementation of the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill in December this year.

The commission has hired former Ladbrokes customer services director Sue Harley and Betfair’s former director of group compliance Roger Parkes.

The pair will work [...]

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ARJEL approves Betclic request to expand range of markets

French online gaming regulator L’Autorité de regulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) has expanded the range of sports and bet types operators are allowed to offer following a request by Betclic Everest Group.

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ARJEL approves Betclic Everest request to expand range of markets

French online gaming regulator L’Autorité de regulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) has expanded the range of sports and bet types operators are allowed to offer following a request by Betclic Everest Group.

The regulator will now allow operators to significantly expand the leagues on which it can offer odds on [...]

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Parliament approves new UK Gambling Bill with Levy amendment

The UK Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Bill, which will require all online gaming operators to be licensed by the Gambling Commission, received final parliamentary approval Tuesday, including an amendment to extend the statutory Horserace Betting Levy to all licensed bookmakers.

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