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High 5 Games awarded Gibraltar gaming licence

18 Sep 2014

High 5 Games (Gibraltar) Limited, a new wholly owned subsidiary of High 5 Games has been awarded a Gibraltar Gaming Licence by the jurisdiction’s authority, the final step in the setup of the company’s new office in Gibraltar. High 5 Games said the company will expand its sales activities to target regulated European gaming operators …

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Arguments exchanged in UK gambling litigation

12 Sep 2014

The first shots have been exchanged in the legal battle shaping up between the UK Gambling Commission (representing the UK government) and the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association, which is challenging the imposition of point-of-consumption based legislation requiring operators accessing the British market to take out tough secondary licensing and pay UK tax. The Commission’s …

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Gibraltar challenge to UK online betting law changes

19 Aug 2014

Following through on its repeated threats over the past eighteen months, the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA), a trade body representing the interests of remote gambling operators, has filed a legal challenge against the British government’s point-of-consumption legislative changes in a bid to trigger a Judicial Review. The GBGA argues that the Gambling (Licensing …

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Gibraltar awards remote gambling licence to NYX Gaming

12 Aug 2014

NYX Gaming Group’s expansion into international regulated markets continued with the announcement Tuesday that the group has been granted a Gibraltar B2B licence to provide remote gambling services. Already claiming the e-gaming industry’s widest distribution network, NYX will now be able to offer its proprietary NextGen Gaming slots and third party partner content to fellow …

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Betclic to transfer elements away from Gibraltar?

22 Jul 2014

In an attempt to optimise its operational structure, Betclic Everest senior managers are reportedly about to review the company’s Gibraltar-based online gambling elements, which focus on the company’s sport trading and administrative functions. Media reports are suggesting that the review could see the transfer of some functions from Gibraltar to Malta, where the company has …

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New Yggdrasil director to be based in Gibraltar

14 Jul 2014

The Swedish online casino games developer Yggdrasil Gaming has expanded its senior team with the appointment of experienced online gaming expert Ulf Norder. Norder joins the company today as Business Development Director and will be based in Gibraltar, where the company has opened a new office following demand for casino and lottery games content from …

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Will Hill not supportive of judicial review on new gambling law

20 Jun 2014

The announcement by William Hill plc, one of the biggest online and land bookmaking firms in the business, that it will not support the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association’s challenge to Britain’s new point-of-consumption secondary licensing and taxation laws will take much of the wind out of the Association’s sails. In its report on the …

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GBGA intends challenging UK gambling law

19 Jun 2014

The Gibraltar Betting & Gaming Association (GBGA) has instructed the Olswang legal firm to write to the UK Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport, Sajid Javid MP, the Attorney General, Dominic Grieve QC MP and the Gambling Commission to spell out the risks posed by the Gambling (Licensing and Advertising) Act 2014 and …

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Gibraltar power station fire cuts online gambling services

21 Apr 2014

A fuel tank explosion and fire at a Gibraltar power station Sunday resulted in local power cuts and extensive disruption of international online gambling services provided by Gibraltar-based operators like William Hill, Betfred and Ladbrokes. Rival BetVictor escaped unscathed thanks to its independent emergency power generator. The disruption came on a busy day in which …

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Realistic Games appoint Gibraltar-based sales and account manager

19 Mar 2014

Realistic Games has moved to strengthen its commercial team with the appointment of Abid Riaz. The former Ladbrokes and Betsson Head of VIP will manage the expanding supplier’s operation in Gibraltar after they were granted a B2B Remote Gambling Licence. Riaz will work closely with existing customers and support the recruitment of new ones for …

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Gibraltar gambling chief speaks on UK point of consumption moves

16 Feb 2014

Britain’s proposed secondary licensing and taxation law, based on gambling point-of-consumption and due for implementation at the end of this year, has come in for further criticism, this time from the head of the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association, a trade body representing the interests of online gambling companies based in Gibraltar. In an op-ed …

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