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BetClic Everest has become the first operator to launch in Portugal’s regulated online sports-betting market. The operator says on its website that its Portuguese offering is primarily for the Portuguese market, but is available for all Portuguese-speaking players. Sports-betting appears to be the only vertical on offer at the...

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...

O regulador já atribuiu a primeira licença para a exploração do jogo online em Portugal. A garantia é de que outras se seguirão. A Santa Casa está interessada. A Betclic é o primeiro operador de jogo online em Portugal. O Serviço de Regulação e Inspecção de Jogos do Turismo...

Misericórdia de Lisboa tinha decidido manter-se fora da exploração de apostas através da internet. Agora mudou de ideias A Santa Casa da Misericórdia de Lisboa (SCML) vai avançar para o negócio do jogo online. O anúncio foi feito ontem pelo provedor da instituição, Pedro Santana Lopes, e vem contrariar...

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...

A Unidade de Ação Fiscal da GNR desmantelou uma rede que explorava jogos online, tendo 2200 máquinas espalhadas por todo o país. A fuga aos impostos atingirá cerca de 15 milhões de euros. A Unidade de Ação Fiscal (UAF) realizou ontem, terça-feira, em todo o país, cinco buscas domiciliárias...

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...

A Polícia Judiciária deteve, esta tarde de sábado, 15 pessoas, entre dirigentes e jogadores de futebol, em todo o país, suspeitos de participarem em “combinações de resultados”. A operação chamada “Jogo Duplo”, na Unidade Nacional de Combate à Corrupção fez várias detenções, logo após o apito final do jogo...

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....