DDoS Attack Staggers William Hill Online Services Go back to Blog Leading European bookmaker William Hill has acknowledged that extended downtime for its online service portals is the direct result of a sustained DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) attack. The…
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UK Gambling Commission, CMA to Launch Large-Scale Bonus Offer Investigation Go back to Blog Concerned that bonus offers and related promotions have become too complex and misleading for everyday, online punters, the United Kingdom Gambling Commission and Competition and Markets Authority…
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Gibraltar-Based Gambling Firms Await CJEU Ruling on ‘Single Party’ Assertion Go back to Blog Gibraltar’s dozens of online gambling firms remain in a holding pattern, waiting as the Court of Justice of the European Union [CJEU] continues its consideration of…
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Celebrity Sports Tout Adam Meyer Faces Possible 12-Year Prison Term Go back to Blog The official paperwork is in following an accepted plea deal in the bizarre extortion case involving celebrity sports tout Adam Meyer, who may face as much…
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UKGC Expands Affirmative Stance on In-Play Betting Go back to Blog This week, the United Kingdom Gambling Commission [UKGC] released a position paper clarifying and expanding its stance regarding “in-play” betting on sports events. In-play wagering, in which bets are…
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Paddy Power Betfair Posts Revenue Spike in 2016 First-Half Results Go back to Blog Newly-merged sports betting entity Paddy Power Betfair has posted strong financial results for the first half of 2016, according to recently released corporate financials. The sharp…
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Rank, 888 Consider Merger as Joint William Hill Takeover Bid Collapses Go back to Blog Rank Group PLC and 888 Holdings PLC, who together assembled a pair of joint bids for UK bookmaking giant bid William Hill that were quickly rebuffed…
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William Hill Spurns 888 Holdings / Rank Group Buyout Offer Go back to Blog The board of directors for William Hill Plc has confirmed that it has “unanimously rejected” a proposal to buy the company in a joint offer received…
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UKGC Plans Closer Look at eSports, Other Digital Offerings Go back to Blog The United Kingdom Gambling Commission, or UKGC, has cited new online and digital initiatives and esports gambling as areas of growing interest which the commission plans to monitor…
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Netherlands Prepares to Firewall Online Gambling Market Go back to Blog The Netherlands appears poised to join the growing ranks of Western European countries who are fire-walling the online-gambling services available to their citizens, after the lower house of the…
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