Billion-Dollar Illicit Sports-Betting Ring Busted by New York City Officials Go back to Blog More high comedy from the other side of the pond today, where officials in the New York City borough of Brooklyn have announced the arrests and…
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Betfred Slapped with £800,000 Fine by UKGC as Global Money-Laundering Crackdown Continues Go back to Blog Among the more interesting news-y tales to emerge in recent days is the £800,000 fine levied against Betfred for the company’s admitted failure to properly…
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Canada’s Single-Game Sports Betting Legislation Falters Go back to Blog The prospect that the latest legislative push to legalize single-game sports betting across Canada has dimmed considerably, following the refusal of Liberal Party officials to back the latest version of…
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Betclic Everest Snares Portugal Online-Gambling License Go back to Blog Portugal’s return to the community of countries where online sports betting is legal has become official in recent days, with the official launch of BetClic Everest’s Portuguese site. Though available…
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Quebec To Begin Ordering Blacklist Blocking of Online-Gambling Domains Go back to Blog Unsettling news from the west side of the Atlantic, where Canada’s second-most populous province, plans on forging ahead with a controversial plan to blacklist approximately 2,200 “illegal”…
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Ladbrokes-Coral Merger Receives Conditional CMA Approval Go back to Blog The massive merger planned between Ladbrokes and Gala Coral that promises to reshape the UK and Europe-wide betting scenes has received a provisional approval from the UK’s CMA (Competition &…
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New Canada Sports Betting Bill Gets Second Reading, But Also Opposition Go back to Blog The battle lines are firming up in the latest legislative tussle over the possible legalization of single-event sports betting in Canada. A new legalization measure…
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Germany’s Sports-Betting License Plans Pummeled Again in Tipico Case Go back to Blog Germany’s gambling regulators have suffered another legal setback in a case which may strike to the core of the country’s ongoing attempts to put a cap on…
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Panama Papers Leak Triggers UEFA Raid, Damiani Resignation Go back to Blog It didn’t take long for the fallout from the ‘Panama Papers’ leak to have a real impact on scandal-plagued FIFA, with Ethics Committee panel member Juan Pedro Damiani resigning…
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BetStars Parent Amaya, Lead Exec David Baazov Face Insider-Trading Charges Go back to Blog The plans for global online-poker leader PokerStars to continue to expand its new BetStars sports-betting brand throughout the European market after securities regulators in the Canadian…
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