All Posts By Andrew O’Malley

ATG Questions Sweden’s Gambling Regulator After $554k Fine Overturned

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Sweden’s monopoly horse racing betting operator AB Trav och Galopp (ATG) has successfully had its SEK6m ($554,191) fine overturned. The country’s gambling regulator, Spelinspektionen, gave ATG a warning and issued a fine in August 2022 over anti-money laundering failings. The investigation discovered various shortcomings, including an emphasis on interactions with eight accountholders. ATG contested the ...

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Chinese Police Shut Down $125m Online Gambling Ring

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Police in China have taken down a major online gambling ring. Authorities in Yunnan Province arrested 93 people on Sunday as part of their sweeping crackdown on illegal gambling. More than 900m yuan (US$124.6m) was involved in the operation, with the ringleaders running seven platforms. police located the internet technology company that made the gambling ...

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New NHS Clinics to Open Amid Record Number of Gambling Addiction Referrals

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The National Health Service (NHS) in England is opening more specialist clinics to help deal with a record number of gambling addiction referrals. Seven new facilities will soon open to gambling addicts, complementing the eight clinics that are already up and running. A record 1,389 people were referred for treatment last year The NHS has concerns ...

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Fulham Cashing in Before EPL Front-of-Shirt Ban, Announces Record Sponsorship Deal With SBOTOP

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Fulham Football Club has announced a new sponsorship deal with sports betting operator SBOTOP which will see the company become the English Premier League (EPL) team’s front-of-shirt jersey sponsor for the upcoming 2023-2024 season. SBOTOP’s logo will also appear on training kit sleeves. The club remarked that this is a record sponsorship deal (though ...

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Destiny Calls Out Fellow Streamers Who Criticize Kick’s Gambling Connections

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Destiny, long a controversial streamer, has now called out his fellow streamers who criticize the Kick platform’s gambling connections. The content creator recently revealed that he signed a 12-month agreement to stream on the up-and-coming site through a non-exclusive deal. condemn the promotion of slot machine streams on the site’s homepage Many streamers criticize Kick for ...

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Australia Inquiry Calls for Online Gambling Ad Ban

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A parliamentary inquiry in Australia has recommended the ban of all forms of online gambling advertisements within three years to help protect an audience that is “impressionable and vulnerable.” The report gives 31 recommendations in total; the most consequential one is the ad ban. Four phases would be necessary to implement such a change, with ...

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