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France’s gambling regulator L’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) has signed a new cooperation agreement with advertising watchdog L’Autorité de Régulation Professionnelle de la Publicité (ARPP). The agreement formally establishes an information sharing and exchange framework between the authorities. This means collaboration and coordination across five key areas. ANJ and ARPP aim to ensure they work
Lottery.com chief executive Mark Gustavson is stepping down with immediate effect as chairman Matthew McGahan takes temporary charge. The troubled lottery technology broker announced a raft of further appointments. A new chief financial officer started last week, and two independent board members – including a Hollywood actor – have been appointed. Gustavson only joined Lottery.com
Online casino dominates Ontario’s regulated igaming market, accounting for over 80% of wagers and more than 70% of revenue in the first quarter of the Canadian province’s financial year. Over the three months ended 30 June Ontario igaming customers wagered CA$14.0bn. This shows a vast jump from the $4.1bn staked in Q2 2022, when the
Chile’s gambling regulator, the Superintendency of Gaming Casinos (SCJ) and the country’s National Consumer Service (SERNAC) have warned of an increased number of internet gaming scams. SCJ said that these scams are only possible due to the gaming sites being illegal in the first place. The regulator used the opportunity to warn the public about
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
Increased and more widespread monitoring of women’s sport should be considered to help combat match-fixing, according to a new report. ‘Breaking Barriers: Assessing Women’s Sports, Betting, and Integrity Challenges’ looked at the current state of female sports around the world. Presented this week at iGB L!VE, the study had the support of leading industry organisations, operators
All Penn Entertainment’s brands are powered by proprietary technology after Barstool Sportsbook and Casino was migrated to its in-house platform. The migration took place simultaneously across 16 states where Barstool operates during Major League Baseball’s (MLB) All-Star Break, the largest-scale technology migration in North American gaming to date. Penn describes the migration as a major
Videoslots has appointed experienced gambling executive Marco Trucco as its new chief marketing officer. Trucco will oversee all marketing activities and support Videoslots’ wider growth strategy, including expansion in Spain, Italy and Latin America. An industry veteran with 16 years’ experience, Trucco was most recently managing director Europe of GGpoker at NSUS Group. Prior to
Entain-owned Ladbrokes has been rapped again by the Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) for releasing adverts with appeal to under-18s. The ads, which took the form of two promoted tweets, featured a number of Premier League managers. The ASA said they were likely to appeal to people under 18 due to the popularity of the league.
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
