Since a few days, online sports betting is now officially legal in the Federal State of New York. The responsible gambling authority has issued the relevant licence to the first four sports betting providers. This licence enables them to operate sports betting on the internet with immediate effect. But which betting providers were able to get hold of one of the most desired sports betting licences?
Sponsoring by the gambling industry has been part of the international sports industry for a long time and it would be hard to imagine the latter without the former. In der Football Bundesliga for example there are several clubs which are sponsored by gambling providers. However, a recent study from Great Britain shows that the majority of the sports fans who were interviewed and who hailed from 17 countries are against the sponsoring by the gambling industry in sports.
An especially bold robber was arrested a few days ago by the police in Mallorca. Within a week the robber is said to have attacked the same casino in Mallorca three times. Now the unlucky casino robber is in a Spanish prison. But how did the police manage to catch him and which punishment awaits the bold robber?
Around two weeks ago, an occasional 30-year old gambler cracked a jackpot worth millions in France. With a stake of only two Euro the Frenchman won more than 2,6 million Euro. But how can such a high win come about in a land-based casino?
The professional Poker player Xuan Liu has published an article on Business Insider, in which she cannot recommend her life as a successful player. And this comes even though in her seven years as a professional poker player she has won around three million US-Dollar. But what does the 36-year old criticise in being a poker millionaire?
Credit checks in Great Britain will lead to better protection of the players from the dangers of gambling. Everyone should only be able to gamble away the money that he or she can verify that he or she has left. As it resulted from a recent survey of a TV-station, many British gamblers are however criticising the planned procedure.
Many gambling providers are currently following the market. The reason for this is that there are several changes to the majority of the legal requirements and also internal restructuring measures. As it was announced recently, 888 is selling its complete Bingo-business. Was the bingo division of the company not lucrative anymore or was the bid too lucrative?
In no other city in the world are there as many slot machines as in the desert metropole Las Vegas. Since some time there is here also an additional “slot machine“ of a special kind. The participants can win real cars in this huge slot machine. But how does this slot machine function and how popular is it?
An unemployed Swiss woman failed to inform the relevant authorities about her extra income after winning 9,000 CHF in a casino. Since the woman receives social benefits from the government, she was obliged to register the win. A few weeks ago she had to appear in court to respond to this. But what penalty is she facing?
A few days ago the district court of Dresden condemned a young man from Dresden to two years imprisonment. The convict had defrauded several persons from his circle of friends and acquaintances of nearly half a million Euro. He lost the money he attained whilst gambling.
A sports betting fraudster of millions was caught by the police in Australia a few days ago. Among other things, the 59-year-old is accused of defrauding a gambler from Hong Kong of Bitcoins amounting to the value of more than 1.2 million US-Dollar But how did the man do this and which punishment is he now facing?
A young man from the Irish city of Dublin has in several cases defrauded his employer as well as his customers of large sums of money. Besides this he also transferred unauthorised deposit payments to his bank accounts. But why did it take nearly two years for the deception to be discovered?
The Crypto trend in the iGaming industry persists. As the software developing company SoftSwiss announced some days ago, there was recently a clear increase in payments with crypto currency in the online casinos. But why is it that even more players are making use of crypto currency in their payment transactions?
A woman from Australia allegedly stole more than 600,000 Euro from her employer. However she did not gamble the money in a “normal“ online casino, but in a so-called social casino. Therefore at no time did she have any chance of winning real money.
As the popular Software provider Pragmatic Play announced on the 24th. November 2021 that the live casino offer will expand by a further exciting game. To be more exact, the sensational Slot-Hit Sweet Bonanza is now available in the live casino. But how does the newly published Casino-Hit Sweet Bonanza Candyland function and in which online casinos can one find the game?
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