The United Kingdom's whitelist for online gambling advertising is a point of pride for those who have managed to get on it. Antigua and the online casinos in that jurisdiction considered themselves lucky, in that regard.
Read More . . .Playtech has added sports betting to its list of services and said it was weighing up a move to the main market. The online gambling software provider also increased its dividend by nearly 50 per cent as it reported a 55 per cent rise in net profit.
Read More . . .In France, Budget Minister Eric Woerth has announced that the nation is on a path to opening up its gambling market to foreign competition and will begin granting online betting licenses in 2010.
Read More . . .The Spanish Secretary of State for Sport, Jaime Lissavetzky, proposed yesterday the creation of "a new law on professional sports" and creating "a regulatory body" of the sports associations, to ensure solvency, the transparency and accountability.
Read More . . .The report says EU countries should consider joint safety measures such as age limits, curbs on advertising and the introduction of pre-paid credit cards to be bought in kiosks to stop people from sinking themselves with excessive debt while, for example, drunk and alone by their laptop...
Read More . . .Europe's online gambling companies should buck the economic downturn with around 10 percent growth in revenues this year, the chief executive of the European Remote Gambling Association said on Monday.
Read More . . .The French government will end its monopoly on online gambling and open the industry up to private competition starting in 2010, the state announced on Thursday...
Read More . . .Online gaming company Sportingbet is confident of reaching a settlement with the United States Department of Justice over its U.S.-facing activities by the end of 2009...
Read More . . .A former top European judge has accused the commission of "lacking the courage" to become involved in efforts to clarify gambling's legal status...
Read More . . .The Irish government is to begin regulating and licensing casino clubs in a first step towards a liberalisation of gambling laws in the country...
Read More . . .Antigua and Barbuda should take full advantage of the opportunities made available from last year’s UK white listing, according to Chief Executive Officer of Technical Systems Testing, Salim Adatia.
Read More . . .A flurry of suspicious Paul Weller-related bets were placed over the weekend forcing William Hill, Ladbrokes and Paddy Power to suspend wagering on the BRIT Awards.
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