Pragmatic Play Awarded Gibraltar Licence
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  Pragmatic Play is proud to serve the iGaming Community in Gibraltar   Pragmatic Play, a leading multi-product content provider to the iGaming industry, offering innovative, regulated and mobile-focused gaming products, has been granted a B2B supplier licence by the Government of Gibraltar. The Casino (B2B) licence will allow Gibraltar-licenced operators to integrate Pragmatic Play’s thriving portfolio…

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Square Enix withdraws three mobile games in Belgium after ban of loot boxes
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  Square Enix has removed three of its mobile games in Belgium after the loot box ban in the country. Mobius Final Fantasy, Kingdom Hearts Union X and Dissidia Final Fantasy Opera Omnia are the removed games. The company said the withdrawal is because of “the present uncertain legal status of ‘loot boxes’ under Belgian…

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South Africa accepts new gambling bill
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  South African Parliament’s Portfolio Committee on Trade and Industry has adopted the redrafted National Gambling Amendment Bill. Joanmariae Fubbs, the chairperson of the Committee, said although the Department of Trade and Industry had introduced a comprehensive Bill, the committee had resolved to deal with three technical issues only to address existing governance challenges speedily.…

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Belgium heads new project to standardise European gaming law
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  Peter Naessens, the director of the Belgian Gaming Commission, is going to lead a new project aimed to standardise online gambling legislation across Europe. The project is under the ageis of the European Committee for Standardisation. A number of industry bodies and regulators join hands in the project to create rules for compliance and…

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Jackpocket Receives Responsible Gaming Certification by the National Council on Problem Gambling
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  Jackpocket, a mobile-first startup helping to modernize state lotteries, received for the first time a responsible gaming certification from the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG) as part of its Internet Responsible Gambling Compliance Assessment Program (iCAP), the highest standard in the U.S. for online responsible gaming. The assessment was conducted by Gambling Integrity, one of the world’s…

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Red Tiger Gaming awarded ISO certification
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  Slots and software provider earn information security gold standard   Leading slots and software supplier Red Tiger Gaming has been accredited with the leading information security certification, ISO 27001. The achievement demonstrates the provider’s commitment to compliance and the handling of customer data. It also recognises a commitment to improving and securing contracts with…

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UK may implement cut of FOBT maximum stakes earlier than announced
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  The British culture minister Jeremy Wright said the government is planning to prepone the implementation of the planned reduction of the maximum stake on fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). Earlier, the date of implementation was October 2019. It could be proposed by six months to April 2019. It is a real twist in the tale,…

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New gambling law in Switzerland will come into effect from 2019
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  The newly passed gambling legislation in Switzerland, the Swiss Gaming Act, will come into force in the country on 1 January 2019. The law will regulate the licensed online gambling space and ban foreign operators altogether. The new law legalises licensed iGaming companies. The gaming act’s enforcement was confirmed by Switzerland’s Federal Council, which…

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