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Month: January 2019

Asia Casino Sports

THE LEGEND OF FERRARI FINDS SPACE AT CITY OF DREAMS

by Oscar Guijarro  It’s a must see for everyone who loves cars, design, history and everything that relates to the most legendary supercar manufacturer of all time: Ferrari. From 25 January to 16 June, Macau integrated resort City of Dreams is…

Europe Sports

BETWAY FACING BELGIAN SANCTIONS

Betway is facing sanctions over issues related its ownership structure and the source of its funds, following an investigation into the business conducted by the Belgian Gaming Commission (BGC). The BGC’s six-person board has ruled that there is enough evidence…

Europe Sports

BETTING COMPANIES AGREE TO REDUCE MAXIMUM STAKE ON FOBTS IN NORTHERN IRELAND

By Niji Ng An agreement has been reached in Northern Ireland between authorities and betting companies by which the betting firms, including Paddy Power, William Hill and Coral, will reduce the maximum stake on Fixed Odds Betting Terminals (FOBTs) in…

Asia Lotto Sports

CHINA’S 2018 LOTTERY SALES UP ONE-FIFTH ON SPORTS LOTTERY STRENGTH

China’s lottery sales shot up by one-fifth in 2018 as the FIFA World Cup drove sports lottery sales to their newly dominant position. On Friday, China’s Ministry of Finance issued its official lottery sales tally for December 2018, which saw…

Europe Sports

SBC JOINS SPORTING WORLD WITH INSIDERSPORT.COM

Joe Streeter InsiderSport, the latest addition to SBC’s growing news network, offers deep insight and cutting-edge analysis from the evolving business of sport. Placing a key focus on sponsorships, integrity, media rights and hospitality, the new online information platform is for sports…

Asia Casino I-Gaming Lotto Poker Sports

PHILIPPINE GGR SEEN AT $4.1B IN 2019.

The Philippine Gaming and Amusement Corp. (PAGCOR) expects gross gambling revenue in the country to gain 8.5 percent to PHP217 billion ($4.1 billion) in 2019, Reuters reports. The country saw a 13 percent gain in GGR in 2018 to about…

America Event Sports

BOSA READY TO DEBATE FEDERAL OVERSIGHT OF US SPORTS BETTING

(United States).- PASPA may have fallen, but its long-awaited demise hasn’t quite signalled the end of federal intervention into sports betting. Not yet at least. As the US continues, state-by-state, to embrace legalized sports betting there is one subject that…

Europe Poker

SPAIN PORTUGAL AND FRANCE PLEASED WITH POKER LIQUIDITY AGREEMENT RESULTS

On July 6, 2017, online poker authorities from France, Italy, Portugal and Spain entered into an online poker liquidity agreement allowing the four countries to link their respective online gambling markets, with the purpose of achieving an attractive volume of…

I-Gaming Poker

LOBBY GROUP URGES AUSTRALIAN VOTERS TO BACK ONLINE POKER

The Australian Online Poker Alliance (AOPA) has called on poker players in the country to lobby their local politicians to support legalizing online poker ahead of this year’s federal election. Australians will head to the polls on May 18 and…

Europe Sports

SWEDISH FOOTBALL ASSOCIATION FALTERS TO CONTROL BETTING MARKETS

By Niji Ng The efforts of Sweden’s football governing body Svenska Fotbollförbundets (Svff) control the betting markets could falter at the legal intervention. The Administrative Court of Appeal has rejected the leave for appeal a recent ruling and upheld the…