Betway Secures Portuguese Licence
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  Betway has secured a licence from the Comissao de Jogos do Turismo (SRJI) to operate B2C online casino and betting services in Portugal. The government agency which leads licencing initiatives for Portugal’s gambling marketplace, sanctioned by the nation’s Tourism Board has granted online gambling rights to Betway’s Malta operating subsidiary GM Gaming Ltd. Portugal…

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UKGC Temporarily Suspends Operating License of Matchbook
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  The UK Gambling Commission has temporarily suspended the operating license of Sports betting exchange operator Matchbook. Matchbook’s UK customers reported receiving emails informing them that the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) had “taken the decision to temporarily suspend the operating license of Triplebet Ltd (Matchbook). As a result from 23:59 on 17 February 2020 we…

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Flutter–Stars Group Deal Gets Approval from Australian Competition and Consumer Commission
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  Flutter Entertainment has received informal approval from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) for its proposed combination with The Stars Group (TSG). The approval from ACCC is seen as a milestone in the group’s attempts to merge with Flutter to create what is expected to be one of the world’s biggest betting businesses.…

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Iforium awarded ISO/IEC 27001 certification
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  Industry’s leading aggregator awarded gold standard for data protection and system security Iforium, the global casino aggregation platform provider, has further established its tier one credentials following ISO IEC 27001 certification for the operations behind its award-winning Gameflex platform. To receive its certification, Iforium’s internal processes were rigorously tested against the Standard’s strict assessment…

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Adriana Maldonado Unveils Initiative to Regulate Online Gambling
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  PSN MP Adriana Maldonado, a member of the Committee on the Internal Markets and Consumer Protection, has unveiled an initiative in the European Parliament to regulate online gambling and advertising. The Socialist Europarliamentary has sent a letter to all members of the European Parliament to collect the maximum number of signatures and send it…

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Spelinspektionen Blocks Relaunch of Ninja Casino in Sweden
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  Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has blocked the relaunch of Ninja Casino in Sweden. An application was submitted to Spelinspektionen following a license transfer by the owners of Ninja Casino to another company, who already had a license granted. However, following “serious violations” of gambling laws in Sweden, the regulator deemed it “highly inappropriate” that…

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Stakelogic Receives ISO 27001 Certification
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  Stakelogic has received ISO 27001 certification for its best-practice information security management systems. To receive the accreditation, Stakelogic was subjected to an independent, expert assessment of its data protection practices and procedures which were found to meet the gold standards set by the International Organisation for Standardisation and the International Electrotechnical Commission. The accreditation…

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Two Members of Bulgaria’s Gambling Commission Face Organised Crime Charges
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  A current and former member of Bulgaria’s Gambling Commission have been charged with involvement in an organised crime group allegedly headed by Vassil Bozhkov. Plamen Georgiev was a member of the commission at the time that it was headed by Ognemir Mitev, who is reported to be among those taken into custody in a…

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