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Finland: Eurosport Fined €800,000 for Gambling Ads

The HALLO ECHO

  The National Police Board (NPB) has imposed a conditional fine of EUR 800,000 on an international broadcaster Eurosport 1 television channel recently for marketing of gambling services in Finland. Earlier, on 16 September, the NPB prohibited Eurosport SAS (Eurosport) from marketing gambling services in Mainland Finland. The prohibition remains valid for a period of…

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Norwegian Gaming Regulator Lottstift Orders BML Group to Leave Market

The HALLO ECHO

  The Norwegian Gaming Authority Lottstift has ordered BML Group to stop offering gambling services to Norwegian players. The regulator has notified the Malta-based group that it found its brands, which include Betsson, Betsafe, Nordicbet, Norgesautomaten and CasinoEuro, were offering gambling and lottery without a licence. It said the group had been using sites with…

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Lithuanian Gambling Supervision Service Clarifies Warning Requirements for Sponsors

The HALLO ECHO

  The Lithuanian Gambling Supervision Service has clarified the rules around its requirement for a warning in gambling ads and how these rules apply to sponsorships. In February 2020, the country’s legislature, the Seimas, passed a law that introduced mandatory warnings about gambling-related harm on all gambling advertisements from July 1 that year. The bill…

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Germany Submits New Gambling Regulations to European Union

The HALLO ECHO

  Germany has submitted the revised framework of its fourth edition of the “State Treaty on Gambling” to the European Union. Despite numerous revisions, the framework has yet to be ratified by the nation’s 16 federal Länder (states). The make-up of the treaty continues to be debated by regional MPs at the Bundestag federal council,…

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UKGC Suspends Operating Licence of Addison Global

The HALLO ECHO

  The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has suspended the operating licence of Addison Global. “We have decided to commence a review because we suspect that Addison Global has breached a condition of the licence and is unsuitable to carry on the licensed activities. We consider it appropriate to suspend the licence with immediate effect pending…

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