MIXED COMMISSION APPROVES PM 846 AND BRAZIL TAKES KEY STEP TO LEGALIZE SPORTS BETTING
A Mixed Committee approved Provisional Measure (PM) 846/2018 that regulates the transfer of funds from lotteries to areas such as public safety, culture and sport, and includes the permission for the Union to legalize and create the sports betting modality…
WINNING POST: CROUCH BOWS OUT WITH “ALTERNATIVE FACTS”
Regulus Partners, the strategic consultancy focused on international gambling and related industries, takes a look at some key developments for the gambling industry in its ‘Winning Post’ column. UK: Politics – Crouch bows out with “alternative facts” Last week’s resignation…
TURKISH DELIGHT! GALATASARAY NETS BILYONER AS PREMIUM SPORTS PARTNER
Galatasaray SK, Turkey’s biggest sports club has confirmed that it has secured a 2-to-3 year sponsorship with Intralot subsidiary Bilyoner Interaktif (Bilyoner.com) becoming its new ‘official betting partner’. Updating the media, Galatasaray Chairman Mustafa Cengiz disclosed that Bilyoner had committed to a 2-year sponsorship agreement set at…
IRELAND’S BETTING TAX INCREASE COULD COST €35 MILLION
A new study shows that doubling the betting tax could cost the Exchequer €35 million. Ireland.- Ireland’s gambling industry is set to suffer major changes next year, as the Ministry of Finance announced its decision to increase the betting tax…
ALBANIA BANS SPORTS BETTING & ONLINE GAMBLING
The Albanian parliament late last week passed a law banning several forms of gambling in a major move aimed at preventing and minimising illegal activities surrounding match fixing as well as curbing gambling addiction. The measure is also intended to…
UK GOVERNMENT INCREASES CASINO TAX TO 21%
The UK isn’t as popular for their gambling operations, but it is still considered as a substantially large industry. Taxing these operators has been going quite roughly for the last couple of years as it had gone through numerous changes…
THE TIMING’S JUST RIGHT FOR KYLIAN
Just a week after being dropped to the bench for PSG’s Ligue 1 tie with Marseille after turning up late to a squad meeting, French starlet Kylian Mbappé was made a brand ambassador for renowned watchmaker Hublot. The 19 year old, did…
THE RISKS OF OVEREXPOSURE
Sports betting is immensely popular in England where television advertising has driven up betting revenues dramatically. The best time and place to advertise has been found to be during a game; the increased interest generated by in-game television advertising…
SPAIN – SPORTS BETTING HAS MORE THAN DOUBLED IN SPAIN SINCE 2012
The University of Carlos III Madrid and the CODERE Foundation have presented their Annual Report on Gambling in Spain. The latest edition of the report was presented at the University campus this year and was compiled via the University’s Institute…
MUNICH AND ST PETERSBURG IN THE RUNNING TO HOST THE 2021 CHAMPIONS LEAGUE FINAL
Uefa has revealed that Munich and St Petersburg are the only applicants to host the 2021 Champions League final. It means the final will be played at either the Krestovsky Stadium in Russia, which has a 64,287 capacity and played host to…