HONG KONG’S IEC ACQUIRES WIGAN ATHLETIC
Hong Kong-based gaming investment company International Entertainment Corporation (IEC) has acquired English football club Wigan Athletic. The club, which has played in the English Premier League, is currently playing in English League One. As per the deal, IEC acquire the…
IGB DIARY: UNHAPPY PUNTERS, LAW SUITS AND CROUCH
Happy Friday igamers, this week we query the Australian bookies attempts at taking bets on the Melbourne Cup, get up to speed on the continuing Steve Wynn saga and more Tracey Crouch news. How not to impress punters Down Under……
SUPER EARLY BIRD OFFER FOR NEXT YEAR’S BETTING ON FOOTBALL
Super Early Bird tickets are now available for next year’s Betting on Football conference, which returns to the home of Chelsea FC atStamford Bridge from 19-22 March 2019. All the ‘Early Birds’ who purchase tickets before Friday 14 Decemberwill get a £200 discount off the full…
NSOFT LAUNCHED ITS MOBILE APP FOR SIMA COMMUNICATION IN AFRICA
Software solutions provider for the gaming and betting industry, NSoft, has released its mobile app to its long term customer Sima Communication from Lesotho. It is NSoft’s commitment to improve and continuously upgrade the existent products, deliver new solutions and consequently…
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…