Eastern Europe

  In a surprising development, Boris Filatov, the mayor of Dnipro city, has claimed that the gambling ban in Ukraine has failed. He made this statement at a forum titled “From Kruty to Brussels. We are going our way” which was conducted in Kyiv. The mayor supported legalising gambling industry in the country as well.…

  Olympic Entertainment filed a lawsuit against Ukraine in international arbitration against the ban and the closure of its casinos. The Ministry of Justice received a message from Olympic Entertainment Group about opening arbitration proceedings against Ukraine in accordance with the arbitration rules of the UN Commission on International Trade. In 2009, the Ukrainian government…

  EGT Romania has received Type Approvals for 2 for two of its latest gaming collections: King Collection 1 and Purple Collection. The former is, a fascinating mix of roulette games, while the latter is a collection of slot games. Both these games boast of brightest dynamics and excellent designs. State-of-the-art technologies power these games…

  The State Commission on Gambling (SCG) of Bulgaria has added four more websites to its blacklist of iGaming companies that are operating without a license. The four websites added to the blacklist as per order no. 1913 of October 28 and no. 1991 of November 9 are nissicasino.com, 1xbet72.com, pokernox.com, 1xdcxc.host. The SCG periodically…

  Romania’s competition regulator has slapped a fine of €50,000 (£44,000/$58,000) on Westgate Romania on irregularities in completing a deal to acquire Stanleybet’s brands in the country. Westgate accepted that company completed the acquisition before deal was fully approved by the competition regulator. The admission of charges lowered the fine. Here is what happened. Westgate…