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Following the UKGC suspension of the EveryMatrix B2C license for sports and casino in the UK, EveryMatrix has today partnered up with compliance start-up beBettor. This newly inked agreement is part of the continued efforts to radically improve operational compliance of EveryMatrix in the UK and bring about a lifting of the suspension placed by …
Online casino Videoslots.com has received a boost after being awarded a licence by the Danish Gambling Authority. Already fully regulated to operate in markets including the United Kingdom, Sweden and Malta, Videoslots has now been given the green light to offer its casino to players in Denmark. Videoslots has more than 3,500 games at its …
BETDAQ has re-introduced its 0% commission offer on all tennis bets to cover the US Open 2019 for both new and existing customers. The announcement comes on the back of a highly successfully Wimbledon where the operator introduced the same offer. During the Wimbledon fortnight, BETDAQ recorded a hugely promising 307% year-on-year increase in matched …
GVC Holdings, one of the world’s largest sports betting and gaming groups, today announced that they will be removing many of their sponsorship assets for the upcoming football season, donating them instead to GambleAware’s ‘Bet Regret’ campaign. The Scottish Professional Football League kicks off this weekend, but where the Ladbrokes logo would have previously sat …
Digital experiences provider mkodo has released a significant app upgrade of the British Columbia Lottery Corporation’s (BCLC) official app which now offers customers the functionality to purchase and check lottery tickets. Following an extensive update, the native iOS app is now fully transactional so customers can register, login, deposit funds, withdraw funds and purchase lottery …
GambleAware has today announced a new partnership with data and analytics company, ViewItUK, to operate and manage the information system for the National Gambling Treatment Service. As part of the new partnership, ViewItUK will be responsible for collating, handling and analysing the data of those who seek and are referred to treatment via GambleAware funded …
The team at BetBlocker announced the launch of the latest new feature to help their users control damaging gambling impulses – the addition of the restriction of gambling related apps on Android devices. Manager of BetBlocker, Duncan Garvie, had this to say about the new feature: “With more and more people accessing gambling via their …
BETDAQ will offer 0% commission on all tennis bets during Wimbledon 2019 for both new and existing customers. The betting operator has seen impressive growth in tennis markets over the past 12 months thanks to an improved product offering and the introduction of its flat-rate 2% commission. This peaked during the 2019 French Open, where …
GambleAware, the charity tasked with reducing gambling harms in Great Britain, today launched the #BetRegret Cup, offering the chance for five-a-side football players from across the country to play against a star-studded line-up of ex-England internationals. With regional tournaments taking place across 26 five-a-side Powerleague centres, from Cardiff to Croydon and Glasgow to Gateshead, the …
GambleAware, the charity tasked with reducing gambling harms in Great Britain, has launched the latest strand of their ‘Bet Regret’ safer gambling campaign, a nationwide mobile barbershop tour. But this isn’t any regular barbershop. Inside are top of the range barbers, trained in discussing Bet Regret and raising awareness about the risks of placing impulsive …
Guided by the SMP eGaming licensing team, BetConstruct has become one of the first software developers to be granted a new Software Suppliers Licence from the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC). Upon securing the Software Suppliers licence, BetConstruct will further have its gaming and betting solutions added to the Isle of Man GSC …
Trailblazing slot game developer GameArt has announced it can now offer its games in the regulated Spanish market, after being awarded certification by the Spanish Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling (DGOJ). GameArt awarded Spanish GLI certificationTo qualify for the certification, GameArt was thoroughly evaluated by highly respected UK-based Gaming Laboratories International (GLI), confirming …
The Netherlands gambling authority Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has published updated interim penalty policy rules effective March 1, 2019 in which illegal gambling operators targeting Dutch consumers will be subject to a base penalty of Euro 200,000 across the board, previously Euro 150,000. The severity of the infraction will influence the ultimate penalty including the number of websites, the …
The Armenian Government progressed a bill amending existing gambling law this week, authored by vice speaker of Parliament Alen Simonyan. The amendments include enhanced regulatory restrictions focused on the prevention of problem gambling and age verification measures. The bill now moves to Parliament for consideration.
The States of Guernsey’s Committee for Health and Social Care, Committee for Home Affairs and the States Trading Supervisory Board have announced the launch of a health impact assessment focusing on gambling participation and behaviours. The research is expected to be completed by the end of 2019 and will be used as a base to develop strategies in treating problem gambling.
The UK gambling sector’s responsible gambling association Senet Group has published a qualitative independent research report examining gambling behaviours in the context of personal control. The research, conducted by independent agency Revealing Reality, sets out the elements required for a behaviour change approach to tackling problem gambling, where an understanding of why and how people behave as they …
The United Kingdom’s Labour Party will reportedly propose policy that will impose strict online gambling limits and affordability checks under a new online gambling category within the 2005 Gambling Act, The Guardian and BBC.com reports. Tom Watson, deputy leader of the Labour Party and the Shadow Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport is leading the call for …
The Irish Government has released the results of its first gambling participation survey saying the data will provide a baseline to assist in policy formation and future action. The Irish Government has been slow to update archaic regulation dating back to 1956, however, a renewed push seems to be in the making with Minister of State of …
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has released its annual report on gambling participation in 2018 covering awareness, behaviour and attitudes. The datasets were gathered by Populus via a combination of telephone and online surveys with people aged 16 and over. Key findings from respondents referring to the past four week period at the time of the survey include: Gambling participation …
The UK responsible gambling body Senet Group has published its response to the UK Gambling Commission’s (UKGC) consultation on the new National Responsible Gambling Strategy. The three-year strategy, in force from April 2019, will focus on reducing gambling harms and requires the collective effort of a wide range of stakeholders, in particular gambling operators and those at the forefront of …
A merger between the Remote Gambling Association (RGA) and the Association of British Bookmakers (ABB) for the creation of a new trade body, ahead of increased restrictions in trading in the UK market, seems imminent. Communications and recruitment agency Ellwood Atfield is currently running employment advertisements for a Chair and Chief Executive for NEWCO, the working title for a new industry body …
The UK Gambling Commission has opened consultations on two “key” issues in its prevention of gambling-related harms strategy, gambling online with credit cards and, separately, on improving player control measures on all Category B gaming machines. The UKGC backs the principle that consumers should not gamble with money they do not have, saying “gambling with borrowed money …
The Kentucky State legislature’s Licensing, Occupations and Administrative Regulations Committee overwhelmingly voted in favour of House Bill 175 allowing terrestrial and mobile sports betting, fantasy sports and online poker within State lines. Geolocation monitoring, in-person registering and app download at terrestrial venues, a 9.75 percent terrestrial tax rate, and a 14.25 percent online tax rate are proposed in the …
Senate Study Bill 1168 will be reviewed by an Iowa subcommittee this week, a new bill introduced by Senator Roby Smith who chairs the Committee on State Government. The bill, one of eight in play, authorises online, mobile and fantasy sports betting and requires customers to register at licensed land-based sports books. The details regarding taxes and fees, penalties and implementation …