By 
Robert Johnson ·
A tech-savvy Finnish teenager who defrauded a Malta-based online casino out of €138,000 was given on Monday a suspended sentence of one year and eight months, local news outlet Yle…
By Robert Johnson ·
An observant Finnish teenager defrauded a Malta-licensed online casino out of more than €250,000 last year by spotting and exploiting a software glitch, local news outlet Yle reported on Monday.…
By Robert Johnson ·
As many as 1,393 people submitted requests to be barred from Malta’s casinos and other land-based gambling venues in 2017, local news outlet Malta Today reports citing official data by…
By 
Terry Davis ·
Malta is set to postpone the implementation of its new gambling law to August 1, 2018, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) said in a statement from earlier today. The gambling…
By Terry Davis ·
Malta’s new Gaming Act has survived a three-month standstill period in the European Commission and is now on schedule to take effect on July 1, 2018. Tabled in the Maltese…
By Terry Davis ·
UK gambling giant bet365 denied plans to relocate its Gibraltar operations to Malta following Britain’s exit from the European Union after Maltese news outlet The Sunday Times of Malta published…
By Terry Davis ·
PokerStars Europe, the newly launched shared online poker liquidity network, can now be accessed by Malta-based players, Italian poker news outlet AssoPoker pointed out in a Tuesday article. Aside from…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Maltese government has recently approved a measure that would allow for betting on events, including sports ones, to be exempt from Value Added Tax, local news outlet Times of…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Malta Gaming Authority reiterated its commitment to embrace new technologies such as blockchain in order to further establish Malta as a preferred destination for international gambling and fintech businesses.…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Government of Malta will strive to improve the island nation’s GDP growth from last year by reaching a 6.5% real-term economic growth by the end of 2017. In 2016,…
By Robert Johnson ·
Canadian online gambling company The Stars Group has moved its office in Malta to a new location, local media has reported. The new office was inaugurated by Joseph Muscat, who…
By Robert Johnson ·
Malta’s Prime Minister Joseph Muscat revealed that two major gambling operators have applied for licenses from the Malta Gaming Authority. However, the official did not name the companies due to…
By Terry Davis ·
Several news outlets, Casino News Daily included, covered recently a story involving a former Malta Gaming Authority employee accusing the regulator of violating its own licensure principles by issuing licenses…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Malta Gaming Authority responded on Thursday to recent media coverage in relation to allegations that it had failed to monitor online gambling operations by its licensees for suspicious activity…
By Robert Johnson ·
Can you please introduce yourself to our readers? A pleasure sitting for this interview, only a week away from my very first event outside of our comfort zone, Malta. I…
By Robert Johnson ·
OulalaGames has become the first B2B daily fantasy sports provider to be granted a Skill Games license by the Malta Gaming Authority. The Malta-headquartered company is known for the provision…
By Robert Johnson ·
Fantasy sports company DraftKings today announced that it has been granted a license by the Malta Gaming Authority under a Skill Games regulatory framework introduced by the Mediterranean island nation…
By Robert Johnson ·
Estonia-headquartered land-based and online gambling operator Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG) announced that it has established the Olybet Malta Ltd. subsidiary in a bid to expand its online operations into new…
By 
Anthony Huber ·
Swedish online gambling provider Cherry AB reported it has exercised its option to buy the remaining 51% of shares in the Maltese casino and sports betting operator ComeOn. The acquisition…
By Terry Davis ·
The EPT first set foot in Malta in the spring of 2015. The poker festival that took place in Portomaso Casino proved to be so popular with players that Europe’s…
By Terry Davis ·
There are only six players left to contend in the €5,300 Main Event that is set to bring the EPT Season 13 Malta poker festival to a close. Sweden’s Mats…
By Terry Davis ·
The €10,200 No-Limit Hold’em Single-Day event was the latest one to be marked as completed on the EPT Season 13 Malta calendar. Despite the turbo format, previous editions of that…
By Terry Davis ·
Poker is one of the games in which no matter how good you are, sometimes you can spiral down from a leading position to elimination within a matter of seconds.…
By Terry Davis ·
It is now all glitter and shine, and quality poker action at Portomaso Casino in St Julian’s, Malta, where the EPT is currently celebrating the game with another thrilling festival.…
By Terry Davis ·
The EPT Season 13 Malta has kicked off with big poker names chasing for big money. Portomaso Casino in St. Julian’s is playing host to the penultimate festival in EPT…
By Robert Johnson ·
Malta debuted as a stop on the EPT schedule last spring during the biggest European poker tour’s eleventh season. Held at Portomaso Casino in St. Julian’s, the EPT Malta poker…
By Robert Johnson ·
Leading provider of video bingo games for the international gambling industry Zitro today announced that Zitro Interactive, its digital arm, has been granted a Class 4 gaming license by the…
By Robert Johnson ·
Provider of online sports betting products and services SBTech announced today that it has been granted a Class 4 Remote Gaming License by the Malta Gaming Authority. The Maltese gambling…
By Robert Johnson ·
B2B provider of online casino games across multiple channels Pragmatic Play Ltd. announced that it has been granted a Class 4 License by the Malta Gaming Authority. The company pointed…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Malta Gaming Authority has published its annual financial report for the year ended December 31, 2015 earlier this week. The regulatory body has said that the local gambling industry…