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Ibero-American Gaming Summit Highlights and Recommendations
Gaming representatives from Portugal and 10 countries in Latin America met at the Ibero-American Gaming Summit (IAGS) in Panama City, Panama, recently to discuss, among other things, how to create a unified gaming market. Here's a recap of the summits actions: With...
Grosvenor Casinos Adding Hundreds of Employees Workforce
Grosvenor Casinos, owned by Rank Group, has added more than 500 employees to its workforce, including almost a dozen from its own gaming academy. The new additions are spread out across the company's various properties. The hirings as part of a pledge...
Former Brazilian MMA Fighter Wanderlei Silva Asks Fans to Cover Sports Bet Loss
Brazilian middleweight champion Wanderlei Silva recently took to social media to ask his fans to cover his losses after a soccer bet went sideways. Silva recently placed a “series of wagers” on a game between his favorite Brazilian team, Coritiba, and rival...
Entain Reportedly Eying Sports Data Company Acquisition
Entain is closing in on a deal to purchase Angstrom Sports, according to Business Insider, citing unidentified but qualified sources. The deal is coming off its recently announced purchase of Israel-based sports data company 365scores for $160 million. Entain will reportedly pay around...
Imperial Pacific Int’l Tries to Dismiss Legal Headache as Another Emerges
Imperial Pacific International (IPI) hopes to get a court to take its side as it fights a legal claim brought against it. The challenge is by a former casino junket partner that would have delivered gamblers to the Imperial Palace casino in...
Barcelona, Spain, Bar Sees Three Arrested for Playing Poker
Playing poker is a pastime hundreds of millions of people around the world enjoy on a regular basis. It's usually a rather innocuous form of gambling entertainment. But Barcelona, Spain, doesn't see it that way. A pick-up game at a local bar...
Sony Loses Loot Box Fight in Austria as FIFA FUT Lawsuit Wraps Up
A couple of months ago, a court judge in Austria settled a lawsuit by determining that FIFA Ultimate Team (FUT) packs available for PlayStation are a form of gambling. As a result, PlayStation parent Sony, the defendant in the case, was on...
Kindred CEO Henrik Tjärnström Resigns, ‘Effective Immediately’
Kindred Group is losing its second executive this week in a move that might raise certain flags at the gaming company. Just days after it was announced that CFO Johan Wilsby would leave the company, CEO Henrik Tjärnström has resigned, effective immediately....
New Spread Betting Debt Claim Emerges Against British Tycoon Robert Tchenguiz
Robert Tchenguiz took a chance that he could turn the money he earned as a real estate investor and securities dealer into a mega-fortune through spread betting, but his gamble didn't pay off. As the stock markets began to falter, so did...
Betsson Subsidiary BML Group Becomes Enemy of Finland’s National Police
The Finnish Police Board (FPB) isn't happy with global gaming operator Betsson. In a first for the law enforcement agency, it has gone after BML Group Ltd, a Betsson subsidiary, for violating Finland's gaming laws. The FPB, per an announcement on its...
