Day: 15 September 2017

North Lanarkshire Players Spend Millions on FOBTs Every Year

Fri 15 Sep 2017 15.39 Daniel Williams
North Lanarkshire Players Spend Millions on FOBTs Every Year

The Scottish National Party Member of the Parliament for Aidrie and Shotts Alexander Neil called for some measures to be taken in order for the Government to deal with the negative effects of fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs). As reported by Casino Guardian on multiple occasions, FOBTs have brought massive contradiction across the UK gambling industry, with the machines being blamed for massive amounts of money lost as well as for the increasing number of gambling addicts in the country. Campaign for Fairer Gambling Statistics Mr. Neil urged the authorities to…

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GVC Holdings to Seek Further Deals to Expand UK Gambling Market Presence

Fri 15 Sep 2017 13.54 Olivia Cole
GVC Holdings to Seek Further Deals to Expand UK Gambling Market Presence

The Chief Executive Officer of GVC Holdings, Kenneth Alexander, revealed that the company is still looking for deals to enlarge its market presence, but it will put them on hold until more clarity is brought in the gambling regulatory environment of the UK. The operator, which has rapidly grown to one of the leading online gambling companies on the territory of the UK, remains interested in consolidating its presence on the market via merger and acquisition deals. However, local gambling operators have been careful with making such plans due to…

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Nick Schulman Takes Down Inaugural Poker Masters Series Event #1 for $918,000

Fri 15 Sep 2017 10.26 Harry Evans
Nick Schulman Takes Down Inaugural Poker Masters Series Event #1 for $918,000

The first event of the inaugural high-stakes poker tournament series Poker Masters came to an end only a few hours ago, seeing the American poker pro Nick Schulman as the crowned winner. The Poker Masters series, which is held for the first time ever, kicked off at the ARIA Resort and Casino on September 13th and is to be held until until September 20th. The poker series is to feature four $50,000 buy-in two-day events, as well as a $100,000 buy-in three-day event. All tournaments of the high-stakes poker series…

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Major UK Gambling Operators Associated with Industry Hacker Attacks

Fri 15 Sep 2017 8.49 Daniel Williams
Major UK Gambling Operators Associated with Industry Hacker Attacks

For a few years now, rumours that some UK gambling operators have been involved with illegal activities have been roaming across the industry. Considering the fact that online gambling is related to huge money transactions and enormous Internet traffic generated on a daily basis, makes such concerns even more disturbing, not to mention the fact that competent authorities seem to have not been aware of the problem, or even worse, to be keeping their eyes shut on certain acts of cybercrime. For quite some time, hackers have been hitting various…

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