The Danish Gambling Authority, Spillemyndigheden, has called upon operators to prepare for changes to the country’s national identification scheme ahead of the roll out of MitID. The current system, NemID, has been used since 2010 and offers an online verification system which is used to log in to online banking systems, communicate with public authorities and verify their identity for …
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As operators slowly return to normality with live sporting events beginning to resume and global regulations gradually relaxing, the betting landscape has shifted dramatically with new avenues, such as esports, booming whilst other markets have faced an up-hill battle. With new horizons starting to open, there is also the opportunity for firms to branch out and create a new platform …
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FeedConstruct has secured a new partnership with the Ukrainian Association of Football which will see the sports data feed provider gain exclusive rights to collect and distribute video streaming and Fast Betting Data from the matches. Under the terms of the partnership, FeedConstruct will cover more than 800 matches from competitions such as the Ukrainian Premier League, Cup, Women’s and …
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Kenya’s National Assembly has approved the nation’s new Finance Bill, which will terminate Kenyan betting’s controversial 20% excise tax on all gambling wagers. First introduced during the 2019/2020 fiscal year, the 20% excise tax saw all Kenya Betting Control Board (BCLB) licence holders protest its enforcement as a market killer. The events of a tumultuous 2019 saw several Kenyan licensees …
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888 Holdings will deepen its sportsbook in-play and pre-match trading capacity by fully integrating Betgenius content, data and wagering solutions. Marked as a key directive, 888 will deploy Betgenius data and pricing solutions which will optimise the pre-match and in-play betting markets of flagship sportsbook property 888Sport. The partnership will cover all 888Sport active territories, in which Betgenius will lead …
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The Cypriot Parliament has begun discussions on amending the nation’s ‘Sports Betting Law’ for the purpose of benefiting all-levels of Cypriot football development. At a meeting attended by the Pancyprian Footballers Association (PASP), MPs debated utilising a ‘percentage of all tax revenue generated from betting to support, educate and medically treat footballers across all levels in Cyprus’. The proposed amendment …
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The Dutch online gambling association Speel Verantwoord has become the first association to endorse the European Gaming and Betting Association’s new pan-European code of conduct on data protection for the online gambling sector. The Code of Conduct on Data Protection in Online Gambling will outline a number of data protection standards for the industry, reinforcing the sector’s compliance with GDPR. …
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Following back-to-back Premier League defeats against Manchester City and Brighton FC, Paddy Power has responded to Arsenal left-back Hector Bellerin’s environmental pledge. Prior to the Premier League recommencing on Wednesday 17 June, Bellerin promised his social media followers that he would personally fund the planting of 3,000 trees by reforestation charity One Tree Planted ‘for every Arsenal win’. Bellerin has …
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Sports betting is beginning to return ‘in-line with expectations’ as live sports resume across all markets, said Barry Gibson, Chairman of GVC. Making his first public statement as Chairman, Gibson praised the COVIbetting group’s ability to respond ‘swiftly’ to the closure of its UK retail estate following government-imposed lockdown measures. The GVC Chairman also lauded the operator’s ability to meet …
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Social betting platform Wager (playwager.co.uk)has been acquired by mobile sportsbook operator BetBull for an undisclosed fee. The London-based start-up has been acquired less than two years after its launch in 2018, seeking to become the ‘Betfair for friends’ of sports betting by delivering the industry’s first ‘truly social betting platform’. Co-founded by Oxford graduates Elliott Robinson and Leo Barnes, Wager secured early seed …
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