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Red Tiger to provide online slots to Lottoland

22 Oct 2018

Red Tiger Gaming has signed a deal that will see its full suite of slots go live with leading bet on lotto operator Lottoland. The new partnership will allow Lottoland’s players to enjoy eight of the supplier’s most popular games initially, including Dragon’s Luck and Rainbow Jackpots, with the full portfolio to follow. The agreement …

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Pragmatic Play agrees Microgame integration

22 Oct 2018

Games developer Pragmatic Play has agreed a deal with major Italian platform provider Microgame that will see the provider’s full portfolio of content made available to Microgame’s operator partners, including recent release Da Vinci’s Treasure and the award-winning Wolf Gold. The provider has gone live with over ten operators in Italy this year, underlining its …

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Pragmatic Play agrees Microgame integration

22 Oct 2018

Games developer Pragmatic Play has agreed a deal with major Italian platform provider Microgame that will see the provider’s full portfolio of content made available to Microgame’s operator partners, including recent release Da Vinci’s Treasure and the award-winning Wolf Gold. The provider has gone live with over ten operators in Italy this year, underlining its …

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Live casino games from Vivo for Inbet Games

22 Oct 2018

White label online casino platform provider Inbet Games has announced the inclusion of live stream casino games from Vivo Gaming, giving the platform access to a full range of real land-based casino games, including European Roulette, Live Roulette, Baccarat, Craps, Sic Bo, Blackjack, and Dragon Tiger, Poker. The addition of content from Vivo, combined with …

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Live casino games from Vivo for Inbet Games

22 Oct 2018

White label online casino platform provider Inbet Games has announced the inclusion of live stream casino games from Vivo Gaming, giving the platform access to a full range of real land-based casino games, including European Roulette, Live Roulette, Baccarat, Craps, Sic Bo, Blackjack, and Dragon Tiger, Poker. The addition of content from Vivo, combined with …

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Hike in UK online gambling tax imminent

22 Oct 2018

According to a Financial Times report over the weekend, Philip Hammond, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, is preparing to announce an increase in remote gaming duty on operators in his budget presentation later this month. The move has been expected by the industry since government slashed the maximum staking levels of Fixed Odds Betting …

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Hike in UK online gambling tax imminent

22 Oct 2018

According to a Financial Times report over the weekend, Philip Hammond, the UK Chancellor of the Exchequer, is preparing to announce an increase in remote gaming duty on operators in his budget presentation later this month. The move has been expected by the industry since government slashed the maximum staking levels of Fixed Odds Betting …

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Albanian Prime Minister says online included in ban on gambling

21 Oct 2018

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has clarified that his government’s proposed ban on all gambling from December 31st will include online activity. Following opposition claims that Rama’s brother would circumvent a retail betting ban by operating an online monopoly, Rama said this week: “The opposition says that my brother will keep the bets. The truth …

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Albanian Prime Minister says online included in ban on gambling

21 Oct 2018

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has clarified that his government’s proposed ban on all gambling from December 31st will include online activity. Following opposition claims that Rama’s brother would circumvent a retail betting ban by operating an online monopoly, Rama said this week: “The opposition says that my brother will keep the bets. The truth …

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Lottery officials confirm no Mega Millions winner yet

21 Oct 2018

It’s official – the US Mega Millions lottery jackpot was not won last Friday and rolls over to a Tuesday draw at a US record for a lottery of $1.6 billion. Mega Millions officials confirmed over the weekend that the winning numbers of 15, 23, 53, 65, 70 and the Mega Ball 7 were not …

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Lottery officials confirm no Mega Millions winner yet

21 Oct 2018

It’s official – the US Mega Millions lottery jackpot was not won last Friday and rolls over to a Tuesday draw at a US record for a lottery of $1.6 billion. Mega Millions officials confirmed over the weekend that the winning numbers of 15, 23, 53, 65, 70 and the Mega Ball 7 were not …

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Costa Rica sports betting exec’s body found

21 Oct 2018

Costa Rica authorities investigating the the disappearance of 5Dimes sports book owner William Sean Creighton (43) have found his body, according to a brief report in the local English-language newspaper Costa Rica Star. When we went to press on Sunday morning there was little additional information and no apparent official confirmation that the body has …

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Costa Rica sports betting exec’s body found

21 Oct 2018

Costa Rica authorities investigating the the disappearance of 5Dimes sports book owner William Sean Creighton (43) have found his body, according to a brief report in the local English-language newspaper Costa Rica Star. When we went to press on Sunday morning there was little additional information and no apparent official confirmation that the body has …

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Interesting study on Italian problem gambling

20 Oct 2018

Following a commission from Italian regulator AAMS, the Italian health agency Istituto Superiore della Sanità has conducted a study of Italian problem gambling, releasing their conclusions Thursday. The research interrogated over 12,000 respondents, making it one of the largest yet in Italy, and reported: * 18.4m Italians, or 36.4 percent of the population, gambled at …

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Interesting study on Italian problem gambling

20 Oct 2018

Following a commission from Italian regulator AAMS, the Italian health agency Istituto Superiore della Sanità has conducted a study of Italian problem gambling, releasing their conclusions Thursday. The research interrogated over 12,000 respondents, making it one of the largest yet in Italy, and reported: * 18.4m Italians, or 36.4 percent of the population, gambled at …

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Still no sign of kidnapped Costa Rica sports betting exec

20 Oct 2018

The whereabouts and well-being of Costa Rica sports betting chief Sean “Tony” Creighton remained unknown Saturday, weeks after his reported kidnapping by a gang of five men whilst on his way to work (see previous reports). On Friday a local newspaper reported that Creighton’s wife had asked the manager of Creighton’s company 5Dimes to send …

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Still no sign of kidnapped Costa Rica sports betting exec

20 Oct 2018

The whereabouts and well-being of Costa Rica sports betting chief Sean “Tony” Creighton remained unknown Saturday, weeks after his reported kidnapping by a gang of five men whilst on his way to work (see previous reports). On Friday a local newspaper reported that Creighton’s wife had asked the manager of Creighton’s company 5Dimes to send …

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Billion dollar Mega Millions draw held friday

20 Oct 2018

Reuters reports that the drawing for the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history, a cool $1 billion in the Mega Millions game, was held on Friday night as lotto fever continued to grip the U.S. The lucky numbers drawn were 15, 23, 53, 65, 70 and the Mega Ball 7. The winner can opt for …

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Billion dollar Mega Millions draw held friday

20 Oct 2018

Reuters reports that the drawing for the second-largest lottery prize in U.S. history, a cool $1 billion in the Mega Millions game, was held on Friday night as lotto fever continued to grip the U.S. The lucky numbers drawn were 15, 23, 53, 65, 70 and the Mega Ball 7. The winner can opt for …

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Indiana hearing on sports betting concludes

20 Oct 2018

On Friday Indiana lawmakers mulled expert opinion from a range of witnesses at a hearing called to explore the possibilities of legalised intrastate sports betting proposed in House Bill 1325. The witness list included a technology provider, the NBA, an anti-gambling group and small business owner Patrick Doerflein, who owns an app called “Burn and …

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Indiana hearing on sports betting concludes

20 Oct 2018

On Friday Indiana lawmakers mulled expert opinion from a range of witnesses at a hearing called to explore the possibilities of legalised intrastate sports betting proposed in House Bill 1325. The witness list included a technology provider, the NBA, an anti-gambling group and small business owner Patrick Doerflein, who owns an app called “Burn and …

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Portuguese government rows back from flat gambling tax rate

19 Oct 2018

Another week and another about turn on tax proposals by the Portuguese financial authorities; last week there was hope that a more reasonable flat tax rate across online gambling revenue would be introduced in the budget proposals (see previous report)…this week it has apparently been dropped from the documentation submitted to parliament by the Finance …

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Portuguese government rows back from flat gambling tax rate

19 Oct 2018

Another week and another about turn on tax proposals by the Portuguese financial authorities; last week there was hope that a more reasonable flat tax rate across online gambling revenue would be introduced in the budget proposals (see previous report)…this week it has apparently been dropped from the documentation submitted to parliament by the Finance …

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No monopoly for Playtech’s Montford, says PAGCOR

19 Oct 2018

Last week’s wide media coverage reporting that Playtech associate Montford has been granted an exclusive monopoly to provide games for Philippines Offshore Gaming Operators (see previous report) has apparently stung regulator Pagcor into a response. In a clarification statement the regulator points out that Montford was the only supplier-operator to respond to its invitation last …

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