A Q&A session with Endorphina’s Head of Legal!
The HALLO ECHO

  Recently,  Jakub (Head of Legal at Endorphina) had an interview and dropped some professional insights and thoughts about Germany, their new regulations, the treaty, and more.   So, big things are happening in Germany, right? Yes, Germany was always a rather complicated market. The need for new gambling legislation to fully legalize online gambling…

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Germany: First esports tournaments and leagues qualify for simplified visa application process
The HALLO ECHO

  The German Esports Federation (eSport-Bund Deutschland, ESBD) and game – the German Games Industry Association have jointly announced the first esports tournaments and leagues for which professional esports players from third countries will be able to take advantage of a new, simplified visa application process. Competitions that have qualified under the German Ordinance on…

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Las Vegas Sands Faces $12B Lawsuit in Macau Court
The HALLO ECHO

  Las Vegas Sands is facing a $12 billion lawsuit in a Macau court. Sand’s former partner Asian American Entertainment Corporation, which is controlled by Taiwanese businessman Marshall Hao, alleges that Sands breached their contract in order to obtain a casino license in Macau. Hao is seeking damages of around 70% of Sands’ Macau profits…

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Calling all iGaming professionals to join the anonymous opinion pool
The HALLO ECHO

In recent years, the iGaming industry attracted more attention than before. The sector is evolving, growing and broadens its service offering and customer base. While more people of different socio-economic groups are starting to participate in gaming, governments saw the need to upgrade the legislative regulations regarding iGaming companies. Such processes, of course, should take…

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Pariplay awarded Greek supplier licence
The HALLO ECHO

  Aspire Global’s Pariplay Ltd has been granted a Greek suitability licence which will enable it to supply its premium Fusion™ platform content to local operators. The licence will allow Pariplay to enter the Greek market for the first time and offer its proprietary as well as third-party games to local operator partners. Pariplay’s Fusion™…

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Ukrainian Gambling Tax Bill Progresses to Second Reading
The HALLO ECHO

  Verkhovna Rada, the parliament of Ukraine, has sent a bill that would set gambling taxes in the country to a second reading, though an attempt to wave through the proposal with a single vote failed. The proposal – bill 2713-D – was first put forward by a legislative committee in February this year and…

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Major new study reveals the optimum approach to betting regulation
The HALLO ECHO

  The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has published a first of its kind study assessing the regulation of betting in 20 jurisdictions across six continents and covering a range of licensing models. The study has been conducted by leading global gambling data and intelligence company H2 Gambling Capital, which was commissioned to evaluate the…

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Slotmill granted MGA B2B License
The HALLO ECHO

  Slotmill is delighted to announce that it has been granted a Critical Gaming Supply License from the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA), License reference number MGA/B2B/851/2020. This is a major milestone allowing Slotmill to extend the operational reach offering its suite of games to all MGA-licensed operators. The Malta Gaming Authority is one of the…

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