Hungary court upholds gaming machine ban
- Oct 7, 2013
Hungary's Constitutional Court has rejected complaints over a ban on gambling machines in the country.
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Portugal to open online gambling market, but will it learn from Spain’s mistakes?
- Oct 7, 2013
Legal online gambling is coming to Portugal, the country's government announced on Thursday, Oct. 3. The news came following a visit to the country by members of the International Monetary Fund, the European Union and the European Central Bank, the troika of creditors responsible for doling out Portugal's badly needed €78b bailout.
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Russian ISP Beeline Blocks PokerStars.com
- Oct 3, 2013
Major ISP blocks PokerStars following a 2012 court ruling.
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U.S. Investigators Eye Cantor Fitzgerald Gambling Executive Lee Amaitis
- Oct 3, 2013
Alleged Involvement Comes to Light After Former Staffer Pleads Guilty to Taking Illegal Sports Bets.
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Manchester City extends Paddy Power partnership
- Oct 2, 2013
English Premier League football club Manchester City has renewed a partnership with Irish bookmaker Paddy Power.
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Dutch regulator renews Sportech betting licence
- Oct 2, 2013
Kansspelautoriteit, the Dutch gambling regulator, has renewed the horse race and harness betting licence of pool and sportsbetting operator Sportech until the end of 2014.
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New Zealand sportsbetting reaches record total
- Oct 1, 2013
The New Zealand Racing Board has revealed that citizens in the country spent a record NZ$1.96 billion (€967.6 million/$1.31 billion) on sportsbetting and the racing industry’s poker machines in the 12 months through to the end of July.
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Gambling Commission and National Lottery complete merger
- Oct 1, 2013
UK state lottery the National Lottery Commission and the Gambling Commission regulatory body for Great Britain have completed a merger following confirmation of Parliamentary approval.
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British Bookmakers And Casinos Targeted To Wash £1m Drug Money
- Oct 1, 2013
UK bookmaker Coral and casino firm Aspers were yesterday named as two gambling operators used by a convicted criminal who tried to launder more than £1m in money linked to the drug trade.
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Guam Senator Wants to Ban Online Gambling
- Sep 24, 2013
It may be a long way from Nevada and New Jersey but the tiny island of Guam in the West Pacific ocean has decided it must crack down and eliminate cyber cafes that offer online gambling.
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Italy cannot block online gambling, says EU court
- Sep 23, 2013
A preliminary ruling in the case of Biasci et al against Italy in the Court of Justice of the European Union has once again confirmed that the EU's principles of freedom of establishment and freedom to provide services also apply to cross-border gambling.
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Bulgaria issues first online sportsbetting licence
- Sep 20, 2013
he Bulgarian State Gambling Commission has opted to issue the country's first online sportsbetting licence to local operator vBulletin.
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