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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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
With the introduction of the new point-of-consumption regulatory and taxation regime on internet gambling companies wishing to access the UK market just a year away, the British government has reportedly been consulting extensively with interested parties on Gibraltar, home to many online gambling companies that have become key contributors to the Gibraltar economy and employment …
William Hill plc executives told the Reuters news agency Wednesday that despite the coming implementation of the British government’s “point of consumption” tax and secondary licensing on companies wishing to access the UK punter, it would maintain its operations in Gibraltar, where it employs 400 or more people. The new tax regime could cost the …
Provocative and annoying Spanish government tactics impacting the major online gambling jurisdiction of Gibraltar and the thousands of Spanish and British people employed there by the industry have been a source of irritation for much of this year, with excessively delayed border entry repeated violations of Gibraltar’s territorial waters. More maritime trespassing on the 18 …
Former Chief Minister, Sir Peter Caruana, has spoken out in an interview with The Times on plans for the UK Government’s POC tax saying they will cause significant damage to the economy of Gibraltar. According to Caruana, who is acting as a consultant to the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association, the impact would be huge …
The telephone betting and customer services departments at William Hill plc in Gibraltar are about to be downsized as punters turn increasingly to internet and mobile channels in placing their bets, reports the Gibraltar Chronicle. In addition, the company expects to outsource its customer services, resulting in job cuts. Apparently 65 jobs are in danger, …
Despite numerous media reports on the Gibraltar Government’s supposed leaning towards taking legal action against the British Government regarding the imminent application of a point-of-consumption tax, Chief Minister Fabian Picardo ruled out that prospect at a gaming industry briefing held in London earlier this week. The Gibraltar Times reports Picardo, while addressing a top-level gathering …
The Gibraltar-based social, online and mobile gambling provider Nektan will reap the benefits of 17 years of experience in the industry when Matt Sunderland (38) joins the company as COO. Sunderland was formerly chief operations officer for mobile gaming activity at the UK mobile gambling technology specialist Probability plc, which he joined in 2009 as …
Perhaps preparing itself for the forthcoming fight against the British government’s proposed secondary licensing and point-of-consumption definition of online gambling, the internet gambling trade body Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association has joined the European Gaming and Betting Association. The trade body, which numbers many of Europe’s leading remote gambling firms based in Gibraltar among its …
The Gibraltar Chronicle reports that the European Commission (EC) does not intend putting Gibraltar’s gaming industry under the microscope as part of its clamp down on tax evasion and tax havens. The EC made the statement in response to Belgian MEP Marc Tarabella who claimed that Gibraltar-based gaming companies were party to unfair competition, he …
The South West England and Gibraltar member of the European Parliament, Ashley Fox (43), has vaulting ambitions for Gibraltar’s online gambling regulations, which he says could form the basis for a harmonised European regulatory regime – an increasingly urgent need as more nations introduce individual systems. Fox’s proposal could have merit; he points to the …
The UK government’s intention to impose taxation and secondary licensing on offshore internet gambling operators wishing to access the British market faces some tough opponents. On Tuesday the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association confirmed that it will if necessary launch litigation to prevent the British from implementing their ‘point-of-consumption-based’ plans in December 2014. The GBGA …
The Danish Gambling Authority has agreed terms for multiple bilateral cooperation agreements with the Alderney, Gibraltar, Isle of Man, Jersey and Maltese gambling authorities. The agreements establish a formal basis for bilateral cooperation on the control of gambling providers and the exchange of information between jurisdictions which will be signed and formally executed once the …
A delegation led by Gibraltar’s gambling overseer Minister Gilbert Licudi, attending the GIGse Totally Gaming conference held in San Francisco, used the opportunity to meet with Nevada Governor Brian Sandoval and the Chairman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board Mark Liparelli in a bid to solidify relationships with its U.S. counterparts. According to Investors Offshore, …