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Scout Gaming Appoints Irakli Budia as its New COO

The HALLO ECHO

  Scout Gaming has announced the appointment of Irakli Budia as its new COO. Irakli holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration and Management from the Aschaffenburg University of Applied Science and has previously successfully been running operations on Fanteam. Irakli has been contracted by Scout for almost 2 years. Irakli Budia will replace Terje…

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Maxima Compliance appoints Filippo Ferri as CCO

The HALLO ECHO

  Full-service compliance provider Maxima Compliance has bolstered its commercial operations with the appointment of its first chief commercial officer, Filippo Ferri. Ferri previously spent more than three years as Director of iGaming Strategy and New Products at BMM Testlabs. He has more than 15 years of experience within the gaming industry, including roles at Inspired…

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NSW Regulator: Crown Likely to Regain Sydney Licence This Year

The HALLO ECHO

  New South Wales chief gaming regulator Philip Crawford has said that the reinstatement of Crown Resorts’ license in New South Wales is a “realistic prospect.” Since the ILGA officially declared Crown Resorts unsuitable to hold a state licence for its Crown Sydney casino, the casino operator has begun an attempt to put its ship…

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Japan’s Draft Casino Regulations List Nine Games to be Permitted

The HALLO ECHO

  Japan’s Casino Regulatory Commission has listed nine casino games that will be permitted to operate inside the nation’s casinos, with traditional Japanese games such as pachinko, pachislot and mahjong all notable exclusions. The nine games, contained within the Casino Regulatory Commission’s draft regulations, include 21 variants of games currently banned in Japan but set…

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IDnow welcomes Bundesnetzagentur decision and predicts turning point for digital identity verification

The HALLO ECHO

  Bundesnetzagentur (Federal Network Agency) paves the way for artificial intelligence to be used for identity verification in Germany and sets milestone for the application of German technology. he decision of Bundesnetzagentur to allow AI (artificial intelligence) based identification methods for new use cases in Germany is a confirmation of IDnow’s platform strategy and at…

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Regulator-Issued Sanctions to Gambling companies in Q1 2021 Exceed First Half Total of 2020

The HALLO ECHO

  A New report from gambling compliance tracker website GamblingIndustryfines.com has tracked over £24m / $33m in gaming operator fines for the first quarter of the year. The report shows that European and UK gambling regulators Issued more fines to gambling companies in the first quarter of 2021 than they levied in the first half of 2020 Between…

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