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French operator Betclic Everest Group has been awarded the first online sports betting license under Portugal’s new regulated online gambling market. On Wednesday, Betclic launched its Betclic.pt site after finally receiving the go-ahead from local regulator Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ). The launch comes...

Ladbrokes Coral would be the third-biggest UK online sports-betting operator, in terms of traffic, should the merger be allowed to complete. Based on last year’s traffic numbers, released by digital research firm SimilarWeb, Ladbrokes is the fourth most popular i-gaming site in the UK with 15.1 million average visits...

Betfect has announced that William Hill has signed up to the sports-betting social network. Betfect went live last year with Ladbrokes as its first major partner. The new partnership is a considerable milestone for the social network that aims to revolutionise the betting industry with its platform. Betfect, a...

French gambling operator Betclic Everest Group has re-entered Belgium’s online gambling market after spending several years in the country’s blacklist. SBC News reported last week that Belgium’s Gambling Commission (BGC) finally gave Betclic Everest the approval to offer licensed online sports betting and slot services under its betclic.be domain....

The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has published its provisional findings into the merger of the Ladbrokes and Coral betting businesses. In a statement issued on 20 May 2016 the CMA said that the merger “may give rise to competition concerns” with regard to betting shops “in a large...

The process of regulating internet gambling in the Netherlands makes the saga in Germany look fast and efficient. It was back in 2009 that the Jansen Commission was set up to assess the regulation of internet gambling in the Netherlands. As with other EU member states the protection of...

Durante os 50 anos de duração da concessão, o Governo do Laos fica impedido de autorizar outras empresas a operarem casinos nas províncias de Savannakhet – onde se situa o Savan Vegas – e ainda nas províncias vizinhas de Borikhamxai e Khammouane. A operadora de jogo Macau Legend Development,...

O selecionador italiano de futebol foi absolvido das acusações de fraude desportiva, referentes a 2011, que colocavam em causa a sua presença no Euro 2016 pelo risco de pena de prisão de seis meses. Depois de uma audiência no tribunal de Cremona, no norte de Itália, Conte ficou ilibado...

The Gambling Commission has welcomed the Government’s announcement of a domestic charter for Sports Governance in the UK and will support ongoing work towards the preparation of a Code of Sports Governance in the UK. The Commission’s Sports Betting Intelligence Unit continues to receive a steady flow of reports...

Gaming Inspection and Co-ordination Bureau (DICJ) Paulo Martins Chan said on Wednesday that the government will continue its plan to tighten regulation of the junket sector, including raising the initial investment amount. Chan made the remarks during a press conference about the government’s mid-term evaluation report on the gaming sector’s performance....

The House subcommittee hearing was labeled “Daily Fantasy Sports: Issues and Perspectives.” The real purpose, however, for the nearly two-hour long hearing on Wednesday became clear minutes in: the decriminalization of sports gambling nationwide. “The biggest thing for me is that I would like us to legalize sports betting,” Rep....

France’s regulated online gambling market experienced its single largest year-on-year gain in sports betting and the highest quarterly wagering total yet recorded. According to figures released Monday by French regulator ARJEL, online sports betting handle in the three months ending March 31 reached €516m, up a whopping 47% from...

Two men have been ordered to pay over £32,000 in fines and legal costs to Kingston Council following a crackdown on illegal gambling at a London private members’ club. Nicholas Clark and Luke Flack pleaded guilty to gambling offences at Kingston Crown Court on Friday 29 April. The offence...

A utilização de telemóveis nas salas de grandes apostadores dos casinos de Macau passa a ser proibida a partir de segunda-feira (9), para evitar as apostas por via telefónica, que dificultam a identificação da origem do dinheiro. A medida quer evitar que a utilização de telemóveis nas mesas de...

France’s beleaguered online poker market got a long-desired shot in the arm after politicians authorized liquidity sharing with other European Union regulated markets. France’s ring-fenced poker market has been in terminal decline for years but politicians steadfastly refused to grant requests by French regulator ARJEL to allow its licensees to partner with operators...