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Arland and Tiplix debut solution for football clubs to launch sportsbooks

Sports betting software supplier Arland has partnered operator Tiplix to launch MyTeam.bet, a new concept allowing German football clubs to launch their own branded sportsbook [...]

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Canada’s OLG launches RFP for new lottery terminals

The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) has launched a Request for Proposals to replace and update its existing in-store lottery terminals and network.

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William Hill TV ad banned for omitting key terms and conditions

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a William Hill TV commercial for failing to disclose key terms and conditions related to an offer.The ad [...]

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NYX Gaming benefits from full quarter inclusion of OpenBet

Toronto-listed supplier NYX Gaming Group has reported a CAD$58.9m increase in first quarter revenue, with its May 2016 acquisition OpenBet making a full quarter contribution [...]

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Court kills Hesse’s “toleration process” for sports betting operators

The German state of Hesse's attempt to allow sportsbook operators a way into the country’s sports betting market has been brought to a halt by [...]

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South Africa steps up illegal gaming crackdown by confiscating winnings

A number of online gamblers in South Africa have had their winnings confiscated and forfeited to the state in an "unprecedented" move against illegal online gaming [...]

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Illinois acts to parry hostile federal iGaming legislation

Illinois Senate President John Cullerton introduced amended legislation this week which he says will help keep Illinois at the forefront of internet gaming in the United States and immunize the state from the ill effects of “hostile federal legislation”.

In a letter to legislative leaders and state governor Pat Quinn earlier [...]

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IPL cricketers suspended after spot-fixing allegations

Five professional cricketers from the Indian Premier League have been suspended by India’s national governing body for cricket following an undercover sting operation which alleged that spot fixing was occurring during the popular Twenty20 cricket championship.

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Media Corp widens H1 loss after Purple Lounge troubles

Shares in Media Corp plc slumped by more than 40 per cent in London this morning after the company reported a loss from continuing activities of £1.3m for the six month period ended March 31st, exacerbated by the company’s struggling Purple Lounge online gaming business.

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Media Corp announces Intabet acquisition; shares plummet

PurpleLounge.com owner Media Corp has terminated acquisition talks with Gaming Media Group in favour of a £1.53m bid for Intabet, with Intabet’s management taking over from Media Corp’s chairman and interim CEO who have both resigned with immediate effect.

Media Corp said Wednesday that the termination of talks with Gaming Media [...]

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Paddy Power’s transgender TV ad banned by the ASA

The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a TV advertisement by Irish bookmaker Paddy Power which featured transgender people in a promotion ahead of Ladies’ Day at the Cheltenham Festival earlier this year.

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Perform Group makes €101m bid for RunningBall

Digital sports content provider Perform Group has made a €101m bid to acquire real-time sports data provider RunningBall.

Perform said the addition of RunningBall’s complementary real-time sports data will help enhance the groups offering to sports book operators by enabling the company to provide a fully integrated new trading product featuring [...]

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Online casino & games only bright spot for bwin.party in Q1

bwin.party digital entertainment plc has reported a marginal 1 per cent increase in total revenues to €215.9m (US$276.6m) for the first quarter of 2012, following declines in the company’s online sports betting, poker and bingo offerings.

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Boylesports signs games deal with Net Entertainment

Irish independent bookmaker Boylesports is set to expand the portfolio of games available through its gaming site Boylegames.com following the signing of an agreement with Net Entertainment.

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Spain’s Acrismatic selects Kambi for online sports betting

Unibet’s business-to-business division, Kambi Sports Solutions, has been selected by Spanish casino group Acrismatic to deliver an online sports betting solution for the newly regulated Spanish market.

The two-year agreement will see Kambi provide a technical platform to Grupo Acrismatic together with odds compilation, risk management and customer profiling services for [...]

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IGT adds Texas Hold’em Poker to DoubleDown Casino

Facebook app developer Double Down Interactive, a wholly owned subsidiary of International Game Technology (IGT), has added a new poker game to its suite of casino games in the DoubleDown Casino.

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PokerStars launches Zoom Poker

Online poker giant PokerStars has officially launched its fast-paced poker game Zoom Poker, which is also available for mobile devices on the Android platform.

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Nova Scotia brings gaming operation closer to government

The Canadian province of Nova Scotia is changing the governance structure of the corporation responsible for managing gaming activities, which will be renamed the Nova Scotia Provincial Lotteries and Casino Corporation.

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