Events & Reports

GVC Aspires to Australian Betting Market Dominance with Neds Acquisition

GVC Aspires to Australian Betting Market Dominance with Neds Acquisition

by November 22, 2018

GVC adds Neds International to Australian business amid consolidation wave in the local sports betting fieldGambling giant GVC Holdings has snapped up Australian online sports betting operator Neds International in a bid to further extend its footprint across the lucrative Au ...

Virginia Legislature to Open Sports Betting Legalization Debate Next Year

Virginia Legislature to Open Sports Betting Legalization Debate Next Year

by November 21, 2018

Two Virginia lawmakers to introduce sports betting bills during next year’s legislative sessionVirginia has made first solid indications that it is ready to get on the sports betting bandwagon as the practice is cementing itself as the hottest US gambling industry topic ...

Betting App Delays Launch of Sports Betting at West Virginia’s Wheeling Island Casino

Betting App Delays Launch of Sports Betting at West Virginia’s Wheeling Island Casino

by November 20, 2018

Development of betting app among the main reasons behind the delayed launch of sports betting at the propertySports betting kicked off in West Virginia with the start of the NFL season and more and more state casinos have been opening sportsbooks to claim their share of a ma ...

Second Gold Coast Casino Will Struggle to Deliver Return, Macquarie Analysts Say

Second Gold Coast Casino Will Struggle to Deliver Return, Macquarie Analysts Say

by November 19, 2018

Analysts believe the Gold Coast is not the most attractive casino market as Queensland Government is set to weigh in on second casino in the regionThe Gold Coast is “not the most attractive market” for the development of a new integrated resort with a gaming floor, local news ...

North Dakota Looks to Legalize Charitable Sports Betting

North Dakota Looks to Legalize Charitable Sports Betting

by November 17, 2018

North and South Dakota make first steps toward legal sports bettingNorth Dakota is looking to jump into the sports betting bandwagon as a local legislator is crafting a bill that would allow the practice, and proceeds from it would go to charities.Local news outlet KFYR- ...

New Jersey Gambling Revenue Spikes in October Thanks to Sports Betting and Internet Gaming

New Jersey Gambling Revenue Spikes in October Thanks to Sports Betting and Internet Gaming

by November 16, 2018

New Jersey’s sportsbooks handle nearly $600 million in wagers during first four and a half months of legal sports bettingSports betting and online gambling helped New Jersey to a double-digit increase of the state’s gambling revenue for October, the latest figures released by ...

Gambling Company Global Gaming Tops Deloitte’s Sweden Technology Fast 50 List

Gambling Company Global Gaming Tops Deloitte’s Sweden Technology Fast 50 List

by November 15, 2018

The Malmö-based online gambling company recorded a nearly 100,000% revenue growth over the past four yearsSwedish online gambling company Global Gaming has been crowned its homeland’s fastest growing technology company. Global Gaming landed the top spot in Deloitte’s Sweden T ...

Swedish Court Upholds Lotteriinspektionen’s Injunctions against Media Outlets Promoting Offshore Gambling

Swedish Court Upholds Lotteriinspektionen’s Injunctions against Media Outlets Promoting Offshore Gambling

by November 14, 2018

Court sides with Lotteriinspektionen, rejects appeals by media companies promoting gambling services by unauthorized operatorsThe Administrative Court in Linköping has rejected a large amount of appeals against an injunction by the Swedish gambling regulator, Lotteriinspektio ...

Tennessee Lawmaker Introduces Sports Betting Bill; State Elects Anti-Gambling Governor

Tennessee Lawmaker Introduces Sports Betting Bill; State Elects Anti-Gambling Governor

by November 14, 2018

Sports betting will be taxed at 10% on revenue, if House Bill 1 passes through the Tennessee LegislatureA Tennessee lawmaker has moved to propose the legalization of sports betting so that the state can take advantage of additional revenue and the growing interest in regulate ...

partypoker Secures Online Gambling License in Czech Republic

partypoker Secures Online Gambling License in Czech Republic

by November 13, 2018

partypoker obtains Czech gambling license more than a year after it withdrew its original license applicationPoker operator partypoker has obtained a license from the Czech Finance Ministry to operate in the country’s regulated online gambling market.According to the Min ...

Curaçao Bank Joins Dutch Gambling Authority in Illegal Gambling Fight

Curaçao Bank Joins Dutch Gambling Authority in Illegal Gambling Fight

by November 13, 2018

Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten to take actions against trust management firm representing illegal gambling operatorsThe Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten (CBCS) has revealed that it would be taking measures against local trust management firm Carmanco NV, whi ...

Armenian Lawmaker Calls for Blanket Ban on Gambling

Armenian Lawmaker Calls for Blanket Ban on Gambling

by November 12, 2018

Armenian lawmaker calls for full ban on gambling during National Assembly debate on pending re-regulation of the nations gaming and betting industriesArmenia should ban gambling altogether, an MP said today during the ongoing debate on proposed amendments to the nation’s gamb ...

Albanian President Signs Newly Introduced Gambling Restrictions into Law

Albanian President Signs Newly Introduced Gambling Restrictions into Law

by November 11, 2018

Albania’s new gambling law set to take effect on January 1, 2019Albanian President Ilir Meta has decreed the proposed amendments to the country’s gambling law that were recently approved by the Parliament and aim to crack down on all forms of gambling, the office ...

Ireland-Facing Gambling Websites Allow Children to Gamble, Study Finds

Ireland-Facing Gambling Websites Allow Children to Gamble, Study Finds

by November 10, 2018

Most gambling operators servicing Irish gamblers do not check gamblers’ age when a new account is being openedIreland-facing online gambling operators are allowing children to gamble on their websites without checking their age, The Times reports citing the findings of ...

Sweden’s Unregulated Gambling Market Spurs Growth, Latest Figures Show

Sweden’s Unregulated Gambling Market Spurs Growth, Latest Figures Show

by November 9, 2018

Grey market sees double-digit growth ahead of new gambling law’s implementationSweden’s gambling market was worth SEK16.8 billion (approximately $1.9 billion) during the first three quarters of the year, the country’s gambling regulator, Lotteriinspektionen, revealed on ...