Day: 12 September 2017

Haroldo Silva Emerges Victorious from 888Live São Paulo Main Event for R$200,000

Tue 12 Sep 2017 13.55 Harry Evans
Haroldo Silva Emerges Victorious from 888Live São Paulo Main Event for R$200,000

Haroldo Silva emerged victorious from the 888Live São Paulo Main Event, after keeping a low profile for most of the third, and final, day of the event. He outlasted the entire players field to be finally crowned as the winner of the tournament’s Main Event and take home a monetary prize pool portion of R$200,000. This year’s 888Live Festival in São Paulo offered six days of qualitative poker experience thanks to a number of tournaments. The 888Live São Paulo Main Event took place between September 6th and 11th at the…

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Australian Gambling Operators Face New Restrictions for iGaming Offers

Tue 12 Sep 2017 10.30 Olivia Cole
Australian Gambling Operators Face New Restrictions for iGaming Offers

Australia’s gambling ministers have signed a new agreement that is aimed at suspending sign-up offers pushing local customers to opening online getting accounts or referring a friend to do so. Under the terms of the newly-signed agreement, gambling operators including bet365, William Hill, Ladbrokes, CrownBet, Sportsbet, etc. will be banned from offering their potential customers various sign-up offers such as credits and free bets. New Australian Gambling Ministers Agreement The agreement was reached at a recent meeting of the country’s gambling ministers only a few weeks preceding the beginning of…

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UKGC Releases Student Gamblers Data to Raise Potential Risks Awareness

Tue 12 Sep 2017 8.38 Daniel Williams
UKGC Releases Student Gamblers Data to Raise Potential Risks Awareness

With this year’s first-year students’ season approaching, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has been focused on raising the awareness of students about the gambling-related risks they may face. The campaign of the UK gambling regulatory authority comes after new data indicating that 1.2 million students gamble was revealed. The UK Gambling Commission is trying to help students make informed choices when it comes to gambling activities and protect them from being affected by the possible negative effects associated with gambling. In addition, the British gambling regulator has been aimed at…

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