Illegal gambling continues to come to light, especially in Hamburg. For the authorities, such operations have become a habit, as the Hamburger Abendblatt recently reported. Recently, however, there was even a major raid in connection with such operations.
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VfB Stuttgart had been looking for a new main sponsor for a long time. They finally found one in French sports betting and poker operator Winamax. There was a lot of criticism because of the gambling issue. However, the Premier League club were unimpressed and shortly after announcing Winamax as their new partner, they announced a partnership with another company in the sector: Jokerstar.
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Hand signals, Bluetooth headphones, infrared cameras and marked cards - these are the tools used by a professional gang to defraud more than half a million euros. Among the victims is poker player and former professional footballer Max Kruse. Now the perpetrators have been brought before the Dresden Regional Court to answer for their crimes.
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US media group The Walt Disney Company is expanding its presence in the gambling industry by entering the sports betting market in partnership with gaming company Penn Entertainment. With ESPN Bet, the two companies aim to establish a new betting provider on the market. But what are the reasons for the long-established entertainment company Walt Disney to enter the betting business?
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SV 07 Elversberg will be playing in the 2. Bundesliga for the first time in the 2023/24 season. With their debut, they have already secured a real giant in the gambling industry as a partner: AdmiralBet will be the main sponsor. What does this mean for both parties?
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Gambling sponsorship in German football continues: 1. FC Kaiserslautern has a new sponsor from this segment for the 2023 / 24 season. A press release from the club reveals that NOVOLINE will be present at the Red Devils in the future.
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Cryptocurrencies will be classified as gambling in the future, if the UK Treasury committee has its way. Now the economic secretary to the Treasury, Andrew Griffith, has vetoed the bill. He is convinced that such a law would do nothing to prevent risks and would create massive problems with other jurisdictions.
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Second division football club Hannover 96 has recently signed a new partnership with StarGames. The online gaming provider, which is part of the Novomatic family, will be present in many areas of the club. For the first time, the so-called "Team Presenter Status" has been awarded. StarGames customers can also benefit from this. What does this mean?
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The use of sports betting advertising during football and other sporting events appears to be increasing. This in turn is coming under increasing criticism. Authorities and politicians, as well as fans, generally do not like such advertising. According to a press release and a more detailed report in Stern, FC St. Pauli has now reacted to the general development. In future, there will be no more sponsoring or advertising by betting companies.
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The Addiction Yearbook is published by the German Centre for Addiction (DHS). It summarises statistics on the use of gambling in Germany and other circumstances or activities with similar risk potential. It has now come to light that key information on sports betting in the yearbook appears to have been partly taken from an illegal information site on the internet. How could this happen?
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AdmiralBet is well known to many sports betting fans. Now they are entering another gaming segment: The operators of the platform Novo Interactive and LÖWEN ENTERTAINMENT have recently added virtual slot games to their programme. Slots from well-known providers in the German-speaking region are the first to be offered.
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The number of players in Germany who ask to be self-excluded has increased significantly. In May there were around 192,000 persons registered as blocked in OASIS (“Online register player status”). This figure includes both those who ask to be self-excluded and those who are excluded by third parties. The number of blocked players is more than four times as much as it was one and a half years ago. Why were there so many applications in recent months from persons who want to be banned?
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Meanwhile there are hundreds of quotes about games of chance which are more or less accurate. The topic of gambling in quotes is often criticised and the existing dangers are always mentioned. Despite all this we looked up the most common games of chance quotes which every player has heard at one time or another.
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There is massive criticism of games of chance: too much, too public, too dangerous. The “Jahrbuchsucht 2023” (addiction yearbook 2023) has also warned of risks when making using of casino games and sports betting. The yearbook also concludes that there has been a decline in the use of relevant services.
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We are being constantly bombarded with gambling advertising on TV or on the internet. Besides these, several providers sponsor typical activities during sports events. It is not something unusual that the relevant companies advertise and support their services with these offers and means. LÖWEN ENTERTAINMENT has taken an unusual route here: For years the company has supported environment protection – and on several occasions it was honoured for its engagement in this field.
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