Press Releases

Red Rake Gaming continues its regulated market focus with Belarus

The HALLO ECHO

  Player-focused casino games developer Red Rake Gaming, based in Spain and Malta, is delighted to announce its newest regulated market, Belarus. Red Rake Gaming made the move due to the demand from its clients and the response of their game content in the region. Belarus introduced regulations in 2019 with operators required to obtain…

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Gambling Compliance tracker reports record breaking quarter for regulators

The HALLO ECHO

  Online gambling regulators were busy in the first quarter of 2020, issuing a total of in excess of £25m in fines to just five online gambling operators between January and March. This is a huge increase over penalties issued in previous years. Online gambling compliance tracker GamblingIndustryFines.com tracked a total of over £16m in fines doled…

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Maxima Compliance appoints Dafydd Williams to head up business development

The HALLO ECHO

  Full-service compliance provider Maxima Compliance has appointed Dafydd Williams to the role of head of business development, with a particular focus on its recently-launched Complitech product. Williams will oversee the growth of Complitech, a first-of-its-kind technical compliance database that provides the latest requirements from more than 20 online gaming jurisdictions. He has more than five years’ experience in…

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IDnow is certified for operation of identification solutions via remote working

The HALLO ECHO

  IDnow, a leading provider of Identity Verification-as-a-Service solutions with over 250 customers in Europe, has received official certification from TÜV IT for the operation of identification solutions via teleworking. This marks an important milestone for the industry to be able to operate and expand the necessary customer identification for banking and business processes even…

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PokerStars Founder Isai Scheinberg Pleads Guilty

The HALLO ECHO

  Geoffrey S. Berman, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that ISAI SCHEINBERG, the founder and former executive of PokerStars, an online poker company, pled guilty  to running a multimillion-dollar unlawful internet gambling business.  SCHEINBERG pled guilty before U.S. Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave. Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S.…

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GiG offering free Coronavirus compliance check to all online operators

The HALLO ECHO

  Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG) has added Coronavirus keywords to its proprietary affiliate monitoring and compliance software, GiG Comply. In direct response to the criticism of a few unethical affiliates exploiting the current Coronavirus crisis by supervisory authorities, GiG is offering free searches to operators that are concerned that their brand might be promoted…

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