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Grupo Codere Introduces New Campaign to Combat Gender Violence
Grupo Codere is embracing change, and one of its first goals is to improve its corporate image. The global gaming company hopes to accomplish this, in part, through a new corporate social responsibility campaign targeting gender violence. Codere, which is now controlled...
New Zealand Casinos Face Trouble as Inbound Travel Restrictions Extended
New Zealand's tourism industry received some bad news today. New regulations preventing inbound travel by foreigners will keep the country's borders closed longer than expected. This also means that casinos won't be able to rely on foreign gamblers until well into 2022....
UK Legislators Seek Online Limits Despite Threat of Black Market Growth
A group of prominent officials in the UK is calling for strict limits on online gaming in the UK. The group is calling for capping online bets at £2 ($2.67). The proposal was put forth by a group of prominent government officials...
German Sports Betting Group Decries Call For Advertising Ban
If Germany doesn't want to keep falling back down the rabbit hole of unprotected consumer gambling, it's not going about it the right way. At least that's the assertions of one sports betting organization in the country. The German Sports Betting Association...
Philippines’ Illegal Gaming Site Targeting South Korea Busted
An illegal website with ties to the Philippines that was targeting South Korean gamblers has been busted by authorities. The sports betting activity was reportedly using a hotel-casino as its base of operations, according to the Yonhap News Agency. Some 130 people...
BGO Leaving the UK, Selling Customer List, Website
The British BGO online casino is selling its UK casino database. The move comes after the operator gave up its UK license last month. Not even Paris Hilton or Verne Troyer, both one-time BGO ambassadors, could save BGO. The company is exiting...
BoyleSports to Purchase Final 10 Tully Bookmakers Shops
Tully Bookmakers' time in Ireland has run its course. The sports betting company has sold the last 10 sports betting shops in the country to BoyleSports, according to Racing Post. Tully Bookmakers was one of the original sportsbook names in Ireland. But...
Crown Resorts Fallout Leads to New Casino Regulator in Victoria, Australia
The Victorian government has appointed Fran Thorn as the first chairperson of its new gambling regulator. She will take office for three years starting in January 2022. Thorn will create and lead the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC). Thorn is...
German State of Thuringia Seeks iGaming Monopoly
A small state in Germany has big ambitions for its iGaming market. Thuringia, home to around 2.1 million inhabitants, is putting forward legislation that would give it autonomous control over iGaming within its borders. If approved, Lotto Thüringen, would become the sole...
Paddy Power Ends Relationship with Ireland’s RTE
Paddy Power has ended its partnership with RTE, Ireland's national television and radio broadcaster. Its sponsorship of the live broadcasts on RTE will end in 2022. The announcement comes just before the new guidelines of the Irish Bookmakers Association (IBA) take effect....
