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GameCo Receives NJ Casino Service Licence

The HALLO ECHO

  Las Vegas-based GameCo LLC has received a Casino Service Industry Enterprise License from the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. The company is now able to bring its diverse portfolio of esports betting, skill-based iGaming, and Video Game Gambling products to casinos and sportsbooks in New Jersey. New Jersey has been a pioneering jurisdiction…

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Gaming Innovation Group receives CSIE license in New Jersey, USA

The HALLO ECHO

  Gaming Innovation Group (GiG) is pleased to announce its subsidiary, iGaming Cloud Inc., has today been granted a permanent casino service industry enterprise license (CSIE) from the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) in New Jersey, USA. The application was filed back in June 2018, and GiG has supported Hard Rock International’s casino operations in…

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Smarkets introduces betting exchange to Swedish market

The HALLO ECHO

  Betting exchange Smarkets has launched in Sweden after receiving approval from the national regulator. The London-headquartered company operates one of the world’s leading peer-to-peer platforms for trading on sport, politics and current affairs, and it is now available to users in Sweden at smarkets.com. Smarkets will become the second licensed betting exchange in Sweden,…

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Bulgarian Legislature Approves the Bill to Abolish Gambling Commission

The HALLO ECHO

  The Bulgarian legislature has approved the second reading of a bill that aims to abolish Bulgaria’s existing gambling regulator and hand its duties to the National Revenue Agency, as well as to introduce new capital requirements for licensees. Bill 054-01-51 to Amend and Supplement the Gambling Act was introduced in June and approved by…

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Russia’s State Duma Approves Overhaul of Sports Betting Laws

The HALLO ECHO

  The Russian State Duma has approved the legislation that will significantly overhaul the Russian sports betting industry, imposing tax on bets placed on overseas events and extending financial obligations to all market participants. The State Duma passed the bill in the second and third reading. The new rules pose limits on the types of…

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Kansspelautoriteit Issues 14 Warnings for COVID-19-related Ads

The HALLO ECHO

  The Netherlands’s gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has revealed that it has issued 14 warnings to igaming operators over the use of the novel coronavirus (Covid-19) pandemic in adverts to promote their gambling products. Online gambling remains illegal in the Netherlands, but the regulator in March said it had seen an increase in the number…

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