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On Monday, the Philippines Government suspended applications for offshore gaming licenses. The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation began reviewing the Philippine Offshore Gaming Operations (POGO). Allegedly, around 12,000 Chinese citizens have been illegally recruited by POGO to work in Filipino casinos. China has called upon the Philippines Government to punish any firms found to have […]

The product incorporates GVC’s sportsbook platform into a rebranding of PlayMGM, first introduced by MGM in 2017. BetMGM allows customers to play traditional casino and poker games as well as placing pre-match and in-play wagers on professional and collegiate sports. Scott Butera, MGM’s President of Interactive Gaming, said: “We expect this significant upgrade to our

Paddy Power, a Flutter brand, “unsponsored” a number of UK football teams as part of its “Save our Shirt” series, while GVC donated multiple football sponsorships to charity. However, Paddy Power’s campaign inevitably generated plenty of PR and brand awareness, while GVC-owned Bwin was quick to extend its sponsorship of Valencia in Spain despite the

The operator has halted its own operations in Kenya, stating the new tax “creates an over-taxed and unfair operating environment.” According to SportPesa, the Kenyan gambling industry saw Sh200bn ($1.93bn) in stakes placed last year, while gross gambling revenue (GGR) was 10% of this, at Sh20bn. The excise tax demands 20% of the total Sh200bn

With a large number of English Premier League football shirts now sponsored by gambling companies – and more with partnerships in place in general – the sector has drawn considerable public scrutiny. Inevitably, this has led to calls for sponsorship to be curtailed. But, if the practice is to be restricted in some shape or

Tony Parente, a Ladbrokes customer, stole around £1m ($1.3m) from five individuals to feed his gambling addiction. The operator received complaints from all five victims and, as a result, Ladbrokes agreed to pay them a total of £975,000 for their losses. The Guardian reported Ladbrokes had demanded Parente’s victims drop all complaints as part of

Watson has often been critical of the gambling industry. In June, he discussed plans to set up a new gambling ombudsman to protect consumers and described problem gambling as one of Britain’s hidden health epidemics. He has also been outspoken on plans to review the industry, including a revision of the white label model and

The acquisition firm, reportedly founded by Hollywood producers and actors, was rumoured to be in “exclusive negotiations” with the operator and, when contacted by Gambling Insider, DraftKings didn’t refute the story. A DraftKings spokesperson said at the time: “DraftKings speaks to a variety of companies regarding various matters in the normal course of business and

The online operator’s Deputy CEO & Chief Responsibility Officer was speaking to Gambling Insider exclusively for a feature in the January/February magazine. The feature examines Paf’s approach to safer gambling, with the state-owned company having imposed an annual “loss limit” of €30,000 ($33,000) per customer. Paf recently announced this loss limit will be reduced to

Spillemyndigheden, the Danish Gambling Authority, said 888 Denmark did not satisfy section 25 of the Act, which states operators must investigate unusually large transaction patterns and activities that do not have a clearly economic or demonstrable legal purpose.   The regulator also noted failures to comply with section 26 of the Act, reporting suspicions that