As I improved my skill as a bettor, I came across an unexpected obstacle. You see, I naively believed that as long as you didn’t cheat and obeyed the rules, a bookmaker would be unable to prevent you from winning.
The government of Alberta is interested in shelving its rather dubious trophy as one of the only two provinces in Canada without some form of online gambling. In an effort to change that, Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC), is looking for technology partners to run an Alberta online gambling platform.
Barclays has become the first major bank in the UK to offer its own version of a self-exclusion program for gamblers who need to take a break from betting. According to early reports, the feature works similarly to the self-exclusion programs offered by UK gambling sites that allow customers to voluntarily ban themselves from betting…
After looking at legendary horses last month, let’s have a little fun this week and take a look at some of the worst horses of all time. Of course, it is extremely unfair on these horses because their owners and trainers should have known, at least deep down, that their entry simply wasn’t up to…
Debates about the greatest in any given sport have raged on for decades. However, the Internet age has caused this practice to skyrocket in popularity as fans of a sport argue the merits of competitors from a different era. In soccer, we had the great Pele vs. Maradona debate followed by the Messi versus Ronaldo…
Betting exchanges are all too often touted as better than online bookmakers in every way. While it is true that betting exchanges do offer some advantages in certain situations, it is a gross oversimplification to just call one or the other “better” without stipulating better at what. Betting exchanges and bookmakers both have their strong…
The legal status of online gambling has sweeping effects that are reflected in all aspects of the experience for players, operators and everyone in between. Comparing a regulated market to an unregulated gambling market is almost like comparing two completely different industries altogether, they are so different. Our guide will help bettors compare gambling sites…
The Kenyan government has finally moved to give local betting operators some breathing room when it comes to tax rates. Last week, President Uhuru Kenyatta singed into a law new finance bill that will, among other things, reduce the Kenyan betting tax from 35% to 15%.
Colombian gaming regulators are continuing to crack down on unlicensed betting sites as the country’s legal online gambling industry takes shape. Local internet service providers and the national police’s cyber unit have teamed up to block access to the websites of 1,805 unauthorized gambling sites.
A coalition of 16 gambling regulators from Europe and the United States have joined forces to address issues related to skins gambling and loot boxes in video games.