Dutch Regulator: 28 Netherlands Online Gambling Applications Filed

Dutch Regulator: 28 Netherlands Online Gambling Applications Filed

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the gambling regulator in the Netherlands, has announced that potential operators have submitted a total of 28 license applications. The Netherlands will launch a newly regulated market later this year, and several companies hope to be approved to offer iGaming products.

Canada Single-Event Sports Betting Approved

Canada Single-Event Sports Betting Approved

Proponents of single-event sports betting want to see legal single games sports betting available in Canada. After a recent approval by a House of Commons committee, the possibility is slowly becoming a reality. This week, the Standing Committee on Justice and Human Rights voted unanimously to approve C-218. The measure now moves forward to a…

Swedish Gambling Revenue Up in First Months of Regulated Industry

Swedish Gambling Revenue Up in First Months of Regulated Industry

Recent numbers coming out of Sweden’s newly regulated gambling industry show revenue in Q1 of 2019 was higher than the same period last year. This indicates the country is succeeding in channeling players to legal gambling platforms. That is not to say that the regulated market, which went live on 1 January 2019, is not…

Online Bookmakers vs. Betting Exchanges: Pros and Cons

Online Bookmakers vs. Betting Exchanges: Pros and Cons

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…

Western Australia Plans to Fine Lottery Betting Customers

Western Australia Plans to Fine Lottery Betting Customers

Western Australia is preparing to go scorched earth in the war against lottery betting sites. The state government has introduced legislation that calls for not only jailing the operators of lottery betting sites, but also fining their customers A$2,500 for betting on “unapproved domestic and international events and contingencies.”

Unnamed Premier League Footballer Banned from Betting After Staggering Expenditures

A Premier League star has been banned by a bookmaker after depositing and betting more than £5.5 million in just a matter of just months. According to recent reports, the unnamed footballer earns more than £100,000 per month but was flagged for review after employees of the betting site saw depositing staggering amounts of money…

Liverpool Man Wins Nearly £38,000 Off a £1 4-Fold Accumulator

A punter named only as “Joe from Liverpool” made a killing off Sky Bet last night with a unique accumulator bet that paid nearly £38,000 off a single £1 bet. What’s particularly noteworthy is this was just a 4-fold accumulator. If you know accumulators, that’s quite an accomplishment considering the punter only had to get…

September EuroMillions Superdraw Jackpot Tops €130 million

The next EuroMillions Superdraw quickly approaches and as usual, we’re all wondering whose name they’ll be announcing next as the newest millionaire to join the ranks of other lottery winners around the world. As nice as it is to dream of sipping champagne and jetting off to exotic beaches at will, the first step is…