Bet-at-Home is laying off 65 Austrian employees as part of a restructuring plan brought on by the ravages of the pandemic and its associated shutdown orders. The layoffs come on the heels of the company's October announcement that it would be departing the Austrian market entirely. Life for Bet-at-Home in the Austrian online gambling market…
The GB Gambling Commission handed down a £685,000 ($912,00 USD) fine to Greentube Alderney for a variety of compliance and anti-money laundering (AML)violations. It's a case that shows how complicated compliance and AML can be, even for operators who are making serious efforts to work within the regulations. Investigators focused their efforts on Greentube's Greentube’s…
The Dutch Government is claiming victory over unlicensed online gambling operators that have been illegally serving Dutch players. According to a report presented to the Dutch Parliament by Minister for Legal Protection Sander Dekker,traffic to unlicensed operators from Dutch citizens has plummeted since the government began blocking them in October. Authorities in Holland were keen…
Will Ontario emerge as North America's largest online gambling market when it opens in 2022? That's the prediction affiliate Bonusfinder.com is making via its proprietary Bonus Index for determining the potential size of gaming markets. The report considered a number of factors including population, how many operators are looking to get a license in the…
Is ESPN the future of sports betting in America? That's the vibe that Walt Disney Company CEO Bob Chapek was giving off at a recent earnings call with investors. At the meeting Chapek said that Disney, ESPN's corporate owner, will be expanding its sports betting content considerably in the near future. That thought is both…
Commissioners at the GB Gambling Commission are giving themselves a pat on the back for successfully implementing a ban on the use of credit cards to fund gambling accounts. The ban, which has been in effect since April, 2020 was put into place as part of larger effort to curb problem gambling. Commissioners declared their…
Q1 2021-2022 was a big winner for Australian operators PointsBet and much of that success was due to its US sports betting operations. PointsBet clocked in a very solid $52.3 million in its net win figure for quarter. That number represents an astonishing 82 percent leap over the previous year, and bodes well for the…
Regulated sports betting is proving to be an unmitigated success in Colorado after 15 months of operation. Fueled by a flurry of new player promos and an unusual uptick in baseball wagering, Colorado’s regulated sports betting operators saw their revenue leap 102 percent and their handle jump 64 percent in August 2021 over the previous…
