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Paddy Power has announced that it will continue to sponsor the PDC World Darts Championship through until 2031. The bookmaker began sponsoring the biggest event in professional darts ahead of the 2023 edition, following on from names such as Cazoo, William Hill and Ladbrokes throughout the years.
An increase in UK gambling taxes could directly and indirectly affect Gibraltar’s public revenues, a government minister from the British Overseas Territory has warned. In a ministerial statement, by the Minister for Justice, Trade and Industry, Hon. Nigel Feetham KC described the issue as being “of vital importance to Gibraltar” as the country is described as being an “international centre of...
The gambling authority in the Netherlands, known as Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has fined Optdeck Service Limited (which offers games of chance under the Unibet brand name) a major €4,000,000 ($4.6 million) fine. This mega fine is due to the company not complying with duty of care in the period of July 14, 2022, to July 1, 2024, according to the KSA. In the Netherlands, gambling companies must...
Unless you are new to IT or cybersecurity, you must have heard how the notion of a Secure Access Service Edge perimeter has evolved over time. It was once so easy: you had a corporate network, a giant firewall on the edge, and everything in between was assumed to be secure. These were the times when the office network was the world, and the firewall was the gatekeeper. But jump ahead to the...
Penn Entertainment have officially announced the opening of the second Hotel Tower at the M Resort Spa Casino in Las Vegas. This new hotel doubles the capacity of the M Resort, with a total of 756 rooms, while a 15,000-square-foot Montese Ballroom was opened in October of this year. Located south of the Las Vegas Strip, PENN now estimates that over 120 new jobs will be available. Exciting News!...
A full rebrand is happening on the Las Vegas strip, as the NoMad hotel is to transition into The Reserve at Park MGM over the coming weeks. The change was announced via MGM Resorts, on December 1, with the company to take over the 293 rooms and suites. As part of the transition, several NoMad venues will unveil refreshed identities, including the NoMad Pool which will be renamed The Terrace Pool...
The Coalition to End Gambling Ads (CEGA) has added new members to its battle against gambling advertising in Britain. The group, which has been steadfast in its support for improved advertising restrictions, added 10 new members, including councils from Barnet, Blackpool, Brent, Bristol, Devon, East Suffolk, Enfield, Hackney, Lewisham, and Southampton. CEGA grows from UK council support The group...
Kalshi has made the move to introduce tokenized predictions on the public blockchain platform Solana, meaning people can buy and sell these versions. The company, which is a prediction market, announced that these tokenized versions are now live through an X post which was published on 1 December. Tokenization is when a digital version of a financial asset is created, with this really growing in...
Europol (European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation) has announced a coordinated strike force action that targeted illegal gambling across Spain and Sweden. The strategic move from multiple jurisdictions and their police forces was aimed across the last weekend of November at a violent criminal entity operating out of the Stockholm area. Stockholm gang network targeted by Europol The...
Professional poker player Maurice Hawkins has denied provoking a Thanksgiving poker altercation that was seen across social media. The video appears to show a man confronting a seated Hawkins and then violently swinging his fists at the pro card player. Maurice Hawkins denies being involved in poker altercation According to reports from PokerNews, Hawkins was playing in a private game in Palm...