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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

The fine of €470,000 ($524,590) was issued to Trannel International, a subsidiary of Kindred, after the KSA found blackjack, roulette, poker and sports betting was being made available on the website unibet.eu. KSA research showed the verticals were offered to consumers in the period between 11 August 2018 and 27 December 2018. The operator, which

Total handle from sports betting reached $1.49bn, with more than 50% of revenue – $43m – generated online, following the launch of the first online sportsbook in the state last May. Taxes collected from sports wagering were $30.3m in 2019. Valley Forge Casino Resort posted the highest sports betting revenue, totalling $24.6m. While the sports

This is welcome news for both tennis, but also of course, the gambling industry. Had the number of alerts risen, then you can imagine how sections of the press would have swarmed over the report to pick it apart and somehow blame regulated gambling for potential match-fixing. The ps are staggering: the number of alerts

For the gaming industry, it’s similar. A time of inexorable momentum in the US means there are some things we can say with confidence. The impact of regulation however, making a different kind of mark across Europe, means we can’t always see what’s coming. But predicting is what our sector is all about at the