Events & Reports

Dutch Senate to Finally Debate Online Gambling and Holland Casino Privatization Bills

Dutch Senate to Finally Debate Online Gambling and Holland Casino Privatization Bills

by June 25, 2018

The Dutch Senate might finally begin discussions on several bills that aim to introduce significant changes to both the online and land-based sectors of the nation’s gambling industry. The legislations were already approved by the House of Representatives, some of them years ago, ...

Betfred Founder Gets £10.2 Million Dividend as Company Faces Shop Closures and Lay-Offs

Betfred Founder Gets £10.2 Million Dividend as Company Faces Shop Closures and Lay-Offs

by June 24, 2018

Betfred founder Fred Done received a £10.2 million dividend, as the company is gearing up for massive lay-offs and betting shop closures following the UK government’s recent announcement that it intends to crack down on the nation’s gambling machines sector.Betfr ...

Bulgarian Oddity: Private Company Operates as the National Lottery, But No One Seems to Care

Bulgarian Oddity: Private Company Operates as the National Lottery, But No One Seems to Care

by June 22, 2018

Bulgaria is one of the poorest countries in the European Union, but recent figures show that its gambling industry has been thriving, particularly over the past several years. And while that industry has been hopping from strength to strength, it is also understood that it has be ...

Swedish Gambling Authority to Publish License Application Forms for Interested Operators on July 10

Swedish Gambling Authority to Publish License Application Forms for Interested Operators on July 10

by June 21, 2018

The Swedish Gambling Authority, Lotteriinspektionen, announced Wednesday that application forms for interested gambling companies will be available on its website from July 10. The regulator has previously confirmed that the application process for online gambling licenses would ...

Bill Restricting Gambling Advertising Stalls in Bulgarian National Assembly, Needs EC Green Light

Bill Restricting Gambling Advertising Stalls in Bulgarian National Assembly, Needs EC Green Light

by June 21, 2018

Proposed amendments to Bulgaria’s gambling law will have to be reviewed by the European Commission before coming into effect, members of the country legislature’s Committee on Budget and Finance announced Wednesday.They said that the move was obligatory as the country’s gamb ...

Dutch Gambling Regulator Calls for Innovation, Government Reveals Market Liberalization Progress

Dutch Gambling Regulator Calls for Innovation, Government Reveals Market Liberalization Progress

by June 20, 2018

Marja Appelman, CEO of the Netherlands Gaming Authority, Kansspelautoriteit, invited gambling companies to undertake innovative approaches in the country but within the boundaries of what is legal. The gambling official was invited to deliver a keynote speech during this year’s G ...

Latest Developments in Europe’s Online Gambling Industry, Comments from iGaming Legal Experts Tal Ron and Stephanie Attias

Latest Developments in Europe’s Online Gambling Industry, Comments from iGaming Legal Experts Tal Ron and Stephanie Attias

by June 19, 2018

Europe’s online gambling market has been jumping from strength to strength over the past several years and it is only poised to grow larger as technology servicing the sector becomes more sophisticated and the general demand for online services, including betting and gaming ones, ...

Stockholm’s Stock Exchange Home to the Largest Number of European Online Gambling Companies

Stockholm’s Stock Exchange Home to the Largest Number of European Online Gambling Companies

by June 18, 2018

Stockholm has become a favorite stock exchange among Europe’s online gambling companies, with 19 such companies now being listed on it, following a wave of IPOs since the beginning of 2017, Bloomberg reports.News about Sweden’s capital having the largest number of online gam ...

Malta’s New Gambling Law Takes Effect July 1 as EC Standstill Ends

Malta’s New Gambling Law Takes Effect July 1 as EC Standstill Ends

by June 18, 2018

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 Parliament this spring and introduced to the EC for an obligatory review, the new law aims to scrap the ...

National Assembly of Vietnam Approves New Sports Betting Legislation

National Assembly of Vietnam Approves New Sports Betting Legislation

by June 15, 2018

Yesterday, the National Assembly of Vietnam thumbed up a new piece of legislation which would allow local citizens to wager on football matches held overseas. The Assembly’s decision coincided with the official start of the World Cup 2018 held in Russia.The new law, however, ...

Italy’s Anti-Gambling Government Brews Trouble for Gambling Advertising

Italy’s Anti-Gambling Government Brews Trouble for Gambling Advertising

by June 15, 2018

Italy’s brand new and apparently very anti-gambling coalition government could soon move to ban all forms of gambling advertising, as Deputy Premier and leader of the populist Five Star Movement party Luigi Di Maio reiterated earlier this week their commitment to bar the prolifer ...

More Australian Teenagers Get Involved in Gambling without Parents’ Knowledge

More Australian Teenagers Get Involved in Gambling without Parents’ Knowledge

by June 14, 2018

Australian organizations reported some surprising new figures revealing that up to 80% of children aged from 13 to 17 are involved in gambling activities, often without their parents knowing of the problem.Local welfare agencies have reported a worrying trend of increased le ...

Latvia to Funnel Gambling, Other “Sin Tax” Funds Into Culture

Latvia to Funnel Gambling, Other “Sin Tax” Funds Into Culture

by June 13, 2018

The Latvian government decided to bring the so-called “sin taxes” system back from retirement to fund its State Culture Capital Foundation. Gambling, alcohol, and tobacco will thus be taxed at a certain rate and proceeds will be used to sponsor different culture projects in the c ...

Sports Betting and Online Gaming Legislation Passes Michigan House

Sports Betting and Online Gaming Legislation Passes Michigan House

by June 13, 2018

The Michigan House of Representatives voted Tuesday in favor of a bill that would allow for the legalization of online gambling services, including online casino and poker games, and would pave the way for the legalization of sports betting.H 4926 was introduced in the state ...

Cryptocurrency Craze and Messaging Apps Boost Illegal World Cup Betting across Asia

Cryptocurrency Craze and Messaging Apps Boost Illegal World Cup Betting across Asia

by June 11, 2018

New technology and the closer time zones will boost illegal World Cup betting activity across Asia, the Reuters reports citing statistics provided by police authorities and gambling regulators from around the region as this year’s biggest sporting event is just days away.Gam ...