UKGC: £1.8m fine for Silverbond Enterprises
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  A land-based casino has received a £1.8m fine, an operator licence warning and had additional conditions added to its licence for social responsibility and money laundering failings. Silverbond Enterprises Limited received the penalties following a Gambling Commission investigation into its Park Lane Club in Mayfair. Social responsibility failings included not recognising the indicators of…

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Norsk Tipping Issues Warning on Local Polls Betting
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  Norsk Tipping, the state-owned gambling operator in Norway, has warned against betting on the results of the country’s local elections. The company argues that it encourages manipulation of the polls. Following a warning from the country’s gambling regulator Lotteri-og stiftelsestilsynet (Lottstift) regarding press coverage of odds offered by offshore operators, Norsk Tipping stated it…

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VGT Settles Intellectual Property Lawsuit Against Castle Hill
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  US-based Video Gaming Technologies has the settlement of its lawsuit against Castle Hill Gaming, Inc (CHG), for intellectual property infringement. The company filed the case in 2017 over alleged infringements of certain VGT trademarks, trade dress and trade secrets. As per the settlement terms, CHG will not use the game titles New Money, Arctic…

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GiG adds Betfred to GiG Comply’s partner portfolio
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  Gaming Innovation Group Inc. (GiG), has signed an agreement with UK operator Betfred for its marketing compliance screening tool, GiG Comply. Betfred has become the latest tier one operator, to sign up to GiG Comply, a web service technology which empowers operators to improve their compliance measures by monitoring third party marketing activities. With…

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FA Imposes Fine of £50,000 on Huddersfield Town
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  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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EveryMatrix comments on UKGC B2C review
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  Following a Compliance Assessment of the EveryMatrix B2C activity in the UK, the UK Gambling Commission raised concerns related to how the company manages the customer interactions. This led to a suspension of the EveryMatrix’s B2C licenses until the company can demonstrate to UKGC that it has taken steps to be fully compliant with…

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MGA launches Phase 2 of its Sandbox Regulatory Framework
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  Following the implementation of the first phase of the Sandbox Regulatory Framework as of 1 January 2019, which established the possibility for authorised persons to be allowed to accept Virtual Financial Assets (VFAs) as a means of payment, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) is announcing the launch of the second phase of the Framework. During this…

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