As anticipated the upcoming Buenos Aires online gambling tender will see a raft of international gambling operators’ partner with Argentine enterprises seeking to secure one of seven IPLyC licenses. Setting a 25 June deadline for final applications, this May, BA’s regulatory gambling body IPLyC published its ‘official criteria for competition’, outlining key venture requirements to compete for BA-7 licenses. Though …
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Egypt’s National Anti-Doping Organization (EGY-NADO) has upped its efforts to protect and maintain integrity in Egyptian sports by signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with Sportradar Integrity Services. The new MoU will facilitate the co-operation between the duo on matters of integrity, allowing for investigations to be carried out into potential infractions of the country’s Anti-Doping Code and other sports …
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Twenty years on from one of their biggest ever losses, Sporting Index has returned with the infamous ‘World Cup wides market’, which saw the spread betting firm lose over half a million pounds in the 1999 Cricket World Cup. The World Cup wides market, pioneered by Sporting Index, was introduced for the first time in 1999 and has been available to …
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The Czech Republic’s finance minister Alena Schillerová has confirmed that the country will be hiking taxes on gambling operators, set to come into effect from January 2020. Announced on Twitter, Schillerová confirmed: “The government has just approved a long-awaited Tariff package for tobacco, hard alcohol, and gambling taxation by the Ministry of Health and the National Drug Coordinator. It responds …
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New Jersey Governor Phil Murphy has predicted that New Jersey will overtake Nevada as the new place to “plant a flag” when it comes to sports betting in the United States. Speaking at the recent Betting on Sports America event, Murphy explained that the forty years of regulatory and customer experience in New Jersey has been the bedrock for bringing …
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Belgium’s government has approved a further directive of CDV Minister (Christian Democrat) Koen Geens ‘gambling protection mandate’, which sanctions the Belgium Gaming Commission (BGC) to implement a tougher advertising code on licensed gambling operators. From 1 June, advertising of online casino services and gambling products will no longer be broadcast across Belgian TV networks. The measure forms part of Koen …
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Gibraltar online gambling group Mansion continues its support of boxing, with its flagship sportsbook property MansionBet sponsoring the ‘Pound for Pound’ podcast. Considered boxing’s ‘number 1 podcast’, Pound for Pound is hosted by actor Jake Wood and ex European Super Bantamweight Champion Spencer Oliver. Published each Wednesday, Pound for Pound features in-depth analysis of boxing fights, news, events, plus exclusive …
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Kenyan gambling stakeholders have been granted a reprieve from sanctioned advertising restrictions ordered by Kenya’s Betting Control Board. National news sources report that Nairobi’s High Court has deemed the Betting Control Board’s advertising demands as incomplete legislation which cannot be mandated on national betting incumbents. On 30 April, Control Board Acting Director Liti Wambua sanctioned new gambling advertising laws, enforcing …
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Kommunal Landspensjonskasse (KLP) Norway’s €70 billion public pension fund has confirmed that it will no longer invest in gambling or alcohol-related enterprises. Business news sources have reported that KLP governance has sanctioned a complete sale of its holdings in gambling and alcohol businesses, impacting around 90 firms. Moving forward, KLP states that it will no longer invest in companies that …
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Industry platform and software services provider EveryMatrix has confirmed that it has agreed to sell its B2C brand Jetbull to Swedish igaming group AMGO AB for €2 million. Jetbull has served as EveryMatrix’s B2C brand since 2010, primarily servicing online sportsbook and casino provisions. Updating the market, EveryMatrix Founder & Chief Executive Ebbe Groes stated that the transaction was undertaken …
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