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Superbet has expanded a partnership with Pragmatic Play to offer the igaming provider’s live casino content in Romania. The enhanced deal sees Superbet gain access to Pragmatic Play’s portfolio of live casino content. This includes gameshow products such as Sweet Bonanza CandyLand and Snakes & Ladders Live. Pragmatic Play will also provide roulette with customisable
A draft amendment to the Czech Republic’s Gambling Act looks to fine-tune the country’s current legislative measures. The proposed amendments follow a review of Czech Republic’s Gambling Act, in force since 1 January 2017. The Impact Assessment of the Regulation of the Act on Gambling and Related Legislation (RIA) aims to increase player safety and
Norwegian regulator Lotteritilsynet has flagged concerns about the amount of children and young people being exposed to gambling adverts on social media. The call came in response to the Norwegian Media Authority’s (Medietilsynet) 2022 report on children and the media. The study found that 63% of children and young people aged 13-18 had seen adverts
The Juroszek family, former owners of Polish betting operator STS Holdings, are to become the largest shareholders in igaming supplier Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) with an 11.08% stake. The Juroszek family opted to buy shares in the “undervalued” GiG following last month’s announcement that they would be selling a 70% stake in STS to the
A consortium of Belgium sports teams and gaming operators have been defeated in a legal bid challenging the Royal Decree that will ban gambling advertising on 1 July. On 29 June, the Court of First Instance of Tournai rejected the arguments of the operators and sports teams on the grounds that the decree was lawful
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA), All-In Diversity Project (AIDP), Entain, Flutter, and Stats Perform are set to unveil the results of a new study on women’s sports at iGB Live this year. The 2023 edition of iGB Live will take place from 12-14 July in the RAI, Amsterdam. The study is titled Breaking Barriers:
Jorg Sibbel, the chair of German gambling regulator Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) will exit the organisation on 1 July, to be replaced by Udo Götze, state secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs. Six months on from the GGL taking over all tasks as gambling regulator, the body will be
Following last week’s announcement that Playtech had priced €300m 5.8% senior secured notes due 2028, the gaming technology provider officially closed the deal today (28 June). On 21 June, Playtech announced that it had priced the bond offering. It detailed that the net proceeds from the issuance of the new notes would go towards redeeming
The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has revealed OlyBet, the sports betting brand of Olympic Entertainment Group (OEG), as its latest member. OlyBet will feed into IBIA’s betting integrity monitoring and alert network, working alongside licensed operators from around the world. Active across the Baltic region, OlyBet joins almost 50 businesses and more than 120
The Higher Administrative Court of the State of Saxony-Anhalt has ruled that the German gaming regulator the Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) does indeed have the power to impose advertising restrictions. When the GGL granted gambling operators the right to offer online games of chance it did so through permits that included provisions. These provisions imposed
