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Unibet Buys Bookmaker Stan James Online Operations
In the United Kingdom, the online gambling market has seen a bit of a chokehold put on it after regulations and licensing changed over the past couple of years. One of the major effects on the industry was that there aren't very many large online sports betting operations going, and that means that when a company like Unibet is looking to expand their market reach in the UK, they don't have many options for acquisitions. -
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Operator Primedice Taken for Over a Million in Bitcoin
Bitcoin of what we think about when it comes to how currency works and the opportunities that come up when we have anonymous payment methods. A number of online gambling sites like Primedice have found themselves offering deposits and withdrawals in bitcoin as a sort of marketing ploy that's gained some sites a fair amount of attention. -
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NetEnt Granted Spanish Online Gambling License
The Directorate General for the Regulation of Gambling has awarded a license to operate in Spain for Net Entertainment, and this comes just as they have allowed online casinos to offer slots. The timing doesn't seem to be coincidental, and it's a big step forward for the market as a whole. -
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Italian Regulator Blocks 5,000+ Illegal Gambling Sites
The regulator for online gambling in Italy is the Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli, and they send out regular reports about their activities each year. This includes financial reports, but it also includes other information like the ways they have been enforcing rules about unlicensed sites operating in the country. -
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666Bet Announced They Have No Money to Repay Players
One of the most important things that online gambling sites are supposed to do with money in player accounts is keep them in segregated bank accounts so that the funds don't mix with each other and so they do not mix with operating funds for the site itself. The point is that the money still belongs to the player at that point, even though it's in an account with the casino. -
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The Fight for Online Gambling Continues in South Africa
In South Africa, there's a long and really interesting history when it comes to online gambling because it's been legalized and made illegal in various forms over and over again. Right now certain types of online gambling are legal like sports betting, but most forms are not. -
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Police Union Finance Officer Stole One Million for Gambling
It's not looking like a good time for the financial officer of the Queensland Police Union Kelly Harris. Harris is accused of stealing about a million dollars from union accounts over around six months. These allegations state that funds were moved to accounts that did not belong to the union where the funds were then used to bet online on horse races. -
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California Continues Looking at Online Poker
In hearings this week in the joint Senate-Assembly for the state of California, Governmental Organization committees heard expert testimony from several interesting parties that had a lot to say about the feasibility of vetting and licensing operators. -
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Online Gambling in the UK Has Grown at 8.3 Percent Annually
Anyone who is involved in the online gambling industry in any capacity can tell you that it's growing, but we don't always get straight-forward numbers on just how much it is. -
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Dutch Regulators Working With Isle of Man in New Agreement
One of the main problems facing the online gambling world is that there are no unified rules about what should and shouldn't be allowed. There are no standards of behavior or for licensing, and because different countries have different rules on taxation, it wouldn't necessarily be helpful if they did. It's been a long time coming for countries to start working together more on this issue because independent licensing and accrediting groups can only do so much. -
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Romania Creates Questionable Retroactive Tax Policy for Online Gambling
Romania has been a trouble area for online gambling legislation for a while, and for the past several years, they have been trying to get together some kind of comprehensive plan to create a better situation for licensing and regulation of the industry. All of that is finally over, and all that's left is the president's signature. -
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Genii's New Spin16 Slots Platform Promises an Innovative Experience
For a long time, the slots industry has been stuck in a certain mode of thinking, and this has prevented much in terms of high-level innovation. Instead, most innovation happens at the lower level with new features like wilds that move in different directions or new ways to trigger free spins bonus rounds. -
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Dutch Politicians Continue to Debate Internet Gambling Taxes
Lawmakers in most countries are really good at two things: raising taxes and talking a lot. Heavy doses of both are underway right now as Dutch lawmakers debate the specifics of tax rates for the upcoming licensed online gambling that will be underway for the Remote Gaming Act. The major point of contention is that the original rate of 20 percent that was suggested is lower than the 29 percent rate that's paid by land-based establishments. -
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More Growth Means Microgaming Gets New Office Expansion
The Isle of Man has been the home of Microgaming for well over a decade, and they have been growing for the nearly 20 years that they have been in operation. Along these lines, it's not all that surprising that they are needing to expand to even more office space soon.
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1x2Gaming Releases New Dark Thirst Video Slot
Tons of online casino software developers are out there, and a lot of them have trouble competing with the big dogs in the industry because of the sheer number of games that some of the top companies have in game development space. In the cases of companies that have been able to challenge the "old guard," it's almost always been because they produced higher quality titles.
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Nektan Accumulates £7.1 Million in Investments
In the online gambling world, mobile has been the fastest-growing sector for several years in a row, and this is where all of the newest innovations are being made. Mobile software provider Nektan is one of the companies leading the charge in this particular arena, and they've built up a tremendous amount of momentum.
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Bryan Micon Offered to Purchase Problem Site Lock Poker
In a very interesting piece of information that's come out of his federal investigation, it was found that Micon offered to buy Lock Poker. There has been an investigation going on into Bryan Micon. The Nevada Attorney General has been looking into his involvement with the site Seals With Clubs as he is allegedly the founder of the site.
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Malta's LGA Rebranded as Malta Gaming Authority
Malta’s Lotteries & Gaming Authority, otherwise known by the abbreviated name LGA, recently announced that they have changed their name to Malta Gaming Authority and will now be known as MGA for short. -
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Online Casino Player Wins €5,623,777 on Mega Fortune Slot
As the old saying goes, history often has a way of repeating itself.
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Mr Green and Genesis Gaming Announce New Ski Jump Slot Machine
Mr Green, an online casino that has been in business since 1998, recently released a new slot machine titled Ski Jump that was created exclusively for them by the online casino software provider Genesis Gaming.
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South Africa to Consider Online Gambling Proposal
Geordin Hill-Lewis, South Africa’s Shadow Minister of Trade and Industry, is gearing up for what will be another of his already multiple attempts to convince South African Parliament that legalizing and regulating online gambling in the country is the right thing to do.
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Poland to re-target unlicensed activity
Poland’s Ministry of Finance recently signalled its intent to step up the fight against unlicensed gambling over the Internet. Anna Wietrzynska-Cio?kowska and Rafa? Burda from DLA Piper’s Warsaw office analyse the context and the various options available to the Ministry. The last couple of weeks have seen an increasing number of messages emanating from the Ministry of Finance concerning the intensification of its struggle against unlicensed gambling on the Internet.
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Isle of Man to Grant Relief to Gaming Operators
The Isle of Man has announced that it will be granting a bit of tax relief to operators serving the UK gaming market by allowing them to claim Double Duty Relief in order to avoid being double taxed on gaming operations.The move is meant to ease the transition of gaming operators, who are now subject to taxation in the UK should they service punters there.
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Isle of Man Responds to UK Online Gambling Tax Changes
The head of the Isle of Man’s online gambling regulatory body has voiced his opinion on the UK’s point of consumption tax for online gambling, saying it will have little impact on businesses based on the Isle. Peter Greenhill said that most of the players using companies based in the Isle of Man are from outside of the UK, meaning that there will be little impact on the operators present.
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Microgaming to Supply Rabcat Slots
Isle of Man based online gambling software Microgaming has announced that it has signed a deal with Rabcat and will be the sole supplier of the company’s games.As a result of the deal Microgaming will have Rabcat’s games made available on its gaming platforms, which includes the instant play Quickfire and downloadable versions of the Microgaming software.
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Cozy Games Adds GoCoin to Its Betting Platform
Online gambling platform Cozy Games has announced that it has signed a deal with financial group GoCoin, which allows for various crypto currencies to be used at gaming sites.As a result of the deal Cozy Games will see the crypto currency financial group offering punters the choice of using cryptocurrencies rather than standard currencies which may face financial restrictions in certain jurisdictions.
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LCB Acquires GamesandCasino.com
The recent purchase of gamesandcasino.com adds another spoke to latestcasinobonuses.com network wheel of gambling affiliate sites. The original founder Dominque of GamesandCasino sold the site in the beginning of this year but due to the magnitude of the site the new owners felt strategically it was best to sell. LCB accustomed to running a massive operation was more than qualified to take on the new venture. -
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Newcomers on the ever interesting Swedish casino market
Sweden has been known to cater for some of the best value when it comes to online casino players and mostly it’s down to being very loyal to a once trusted casino site. However, the Swedish gambling market has become extremely competitive in recent years, with new high quality operators releasing one good brand after another.
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Soft launch is over: New Jersey Now Live With Online Gambling
While New Jersey is the third state in the country to make the leap into implementing legalized online gambling, it’s the most populous by far; that fact alone makes it one of the reasons Google is nearly drowning in articles about what legalized online gambling means for the Garden State, the country, and our general future. From articles addressing online gambling’s addictive power to minute-by-minute updates of the launch.
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Mississippi Considers Legalizing Online Gambling
There will be a lot of focus on New Jersey today as it launches a full suite of online casino products, including online table games, online slot machines, and online poker. Gambling fans are not alone in the audience; so are the lawmakers of would-be Internet gambling states. Mississippi is one of several states considering legalizing real-money online gambling.
