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FA Imposes Fine of £50,000 on Huddersfield Town

The HALLO ECHO

  The Football Association has imposed a fine of £50,000 on Huddersfield Town Association Football Club for an oversized sponsorship logo on their kit for pre-season match. In July, Huddersfield Town announced a deal with Paddy Power, apparently the operator’s first shirt sponsorship agreement in the UK. A kit purporting to be Huddersfield’s first team…

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Norway’s Lottstift Warns Newspapers

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  The Norwegian gambling regulator Lotteri-og stiftelsestilsynet (Lottstift), has issued a warning which targets the local newspapers. The regulator said that many Norwegian newspapers included in their articles odds offered by unlicensed operators, which is illegal. According to local laws, in order to protect Norwegian gamblers, those companies are not allowed to market or offer…

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Macolin Convention Enters into Force

The HALLO ECHO

  The Council of Europe (CoE) has announced that the Macolin Convention entered into force. Macolin Convention sets out a legal framework to tackle match fixing in sport, as well as creating legal definitions for issues such as conflicts of interest and illegal betting. The Treaty will first establish a new Convention Follow-up Committee. This…

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Chinese Court Seizes Bank Accounts of Boyaa Interactive

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  A Chinese court has seized the bank accounts of Boyaa Interactive in the wake of its Chairman and CEO being sentenced to prison last September. Zhang Wei was handed a 12-month jail term last year and resigned from Boyaa after the Municipal of Intermediate People’s Court found one of the company’s indirect subsidiaries, Boyaa…

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Tottenham Ends Partnership with 1xBet

The HALLO ECHO

  Tottenham Hotspur Football Club has ended its partnership with 1xBet after the organisation lost its license to operate in Britain. 1xBet was forced to block the access to their website in the UK amid numerous accusations of regulation breaches, including taking bets on children’s sports and advertising on illegal websites. Liverpool and Chelsea have…

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Cambodian PM Orders to End Online Gambling Businesses by the End of 2019

The HALLO ECHO

  Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Sen has ordered the authorities to end all kinds of online gambling in the country by the end of this year in a bid to safeguard the security and public order. According to the statement released by Council of Minister, “All kinds of online and arcade gambling in the Kingdom…

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