Year: 2018

You have to hand it to Microgaming, they have been around since 1994 and as regular as clockwork they launch a range of brand new slot machines. Over their 20 years plus of operation they have churned out several brand new slot machines each month, and December 2018 will be no different. Their marketing team has been busy the last…

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Major League Baseball (MLB) has become the third major US professional league to form a relationship with the sports betting market. On Tuesday, the MLB revealed that it had signed a deal with MGM Resorts International, following the NBA and the NHL in embracing the new sports betting industry that was legalized by the Supreme Court in May this year.…

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The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has introduced gaming reforms that are set to have a major impact on the Territory’s clubs and gaming venues. The ACT Legislative Assembly has approved the Gaming Legislation Amendment Bill 2018, that will force clubs to give up some of their poker machine licenses from next April. The Bill is designed to achieve the aim…

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BetVictor have announced that they will become the main sponsor of Newcastle’s Fighting Fifth Hurdle, which is the first Grade 1 hurdle event of the National Hunt season. The race takes place on Saturday, and will mark an expansion of the betting company’s racing sponsorship portfolio, following on from their three-year deal to sponsor the Gold Cup at the Cheltenham November…

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Limerick Racecourse has signed up to a three-year agreement with the Matchbook Betting Exchange to sponsor the venue’s Grade 1 Novice Chase. An important part of the Irish racing calendar, the Matchbook Betting Exchange Grade 1 Novice Chase is considered the feature race on Boxing Day, which marks the opening of Limerick’s popular Christmas Racing Festival. The race, which is broadcast live on…

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Four of Europe’s leading lottery organisations have come together to set up a joint-venture company that they hope will improve their collective lottery product. The new company has been named the Lotteries Entertainment Innovation Alliance (LEIA) and is made up of four separate bodies: Danske Lotteri Spil, from Denmark, Française des Jeux of France, Norway’s Norsk Tipping and Finnish operator Veikkaus. All four companies have sought…

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Police in the Philippines have arrested fifteen Chinese nationals as part of the latest operation in the country to target illegal gambling. The individuals were arrested by the National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) in separate operations that were carried out in the cities of Manila and Pampanga last week. Reporting on the raids, the NBI Director Dante Gierran stated that…

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Legal sports betting appears to be getting closer in Virginia as lawmakers bring forward legislation that would set up a regulated framework for the industry. Last week, Delegate Mark Sickles announced the pre-filing of a bill that would put sports betting under the oversight of the state lottery, and Democratic State Sen. Chap Petersen has also stated that he would…

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Gambling technology company GAN has signed a deal to provide internet gaming content for Goldbet, one of Italy’s leading sports betting and casino operators. The original deal, which strengthens GAN’s position as Italy’s main gambling services and software provider, was signed back in April, and made Goldbet the ninth client to rely on GAN gambling infrastructure. The company has now…

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Lawmakers in the Philippines are concerned about the number of work permits issued to Chinese workers, and the influx of Chinese workers employed in gambling operations in the country. According to figures released by the Department Of Labor a majority of the 119,814 Special Work Permits given out by the Bureau Of Immigration during the last three years went to…

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