The Austrian gambling group Novomatic has published its yearly financial report for 2022. According to the report, Novomatic AG has generated a turnover of 2.86 billion Euro – a surplus of more than 55% when compared to the previous year. All in all, there was a positive yearly annual profit of more than 214 million Euro. The gambling concern, which is steeped in tradition, has reason to be happy.
The British professional darts player, Michael Smith, is continuing to enjoy his success. He had won the PDC championships at the beginning of the year and thus he is the reigning darts champion 2023. Now he is enjoying some free time in the gambling metropole Las Vegas. He has now posted a photo of his impressive casino win on Twitter.
Central Germany has currently a massive shortage of counselling centres, addiction counsellors and therapy units for problematic gamblers. Despite the increase in legalisation and liberalisation of online gambling, in the past years there has been decreased spending for these types of services. This was reported by the MDR. There is stagnation in several places – there are hardly any real solution approaches.
Ralf K. was not only a successful building contractor. In his free time, he was also a passionate football trainer. In mid-March however he had to appear in a Berlin court as he was accused of fraud and falsification of documents. His gambling addiction had led to the criminal acts.
In our daily life nowadays, we encounter online casinos and sports betting in many places. Online we are overwhelmed with advertisements for related services. Besides this the latest bonuses of the large web casinos flicker on the TV screens all evening. All kinds of stars are promoting betting providers on the internet. Games of chance are omnipresent and are always only a few clicks away. Now researchers have come to the conclusion that an increasing normalisation is taking place. This brings some dangers with it.
An RTL reporter took the test and over a period of two weeks tried out all forms of gambling which are available. She bought lottery scratch tickets, took part in a lottery draw, visited a gambling hall, and of course gambled in an online casino. How did the test go and how much money did she have left from the initial budget of 300 Euro?
In 2023 the Formula 1 will be holding the Grand Prix in Las Vegas for the first time. When the events were announced in 2022, one could already notice that the city and the racing team are looking at a long-time cooperation. Actually, the contract runs till 2025. The authorities in Las Vegas are aspiring to have a minimum of ten years‘ partnership and closing the strip for the races and the billion-dollar-business every year.
Recently, in America a lawyer had to reply for the fact that she had defrauded her investors the sum of 10 million. According to the charges, she had squandered the money in the gambling metropole of Las Vegas. Now she must pay the money back within two weeks.
A few days ago, the 74th. Formula 1 World Championships Grand Prix started in Bahrain. During the preparations, the racing team of Alfa Romeo has attracted unwanted attention. The reason for this being the new title sponsor- the crypto casino Stake.com. Is a gambling provider as a main sponsor of a Formula 1 race morally acceptable and reliable?
In May 2022 a woman had already won the house jackpot amounting to 18,000 Euro in a casino in Mainz. After leaving the casino she was followed by a man, and she was then attacked. The police proceeded with investigations against the 30-year-old man and he was then sentenced to several years imprisonment.
Around two weeks ago the gambling group Betsson AB which is registered on the Stock Exchange published its yearly report for the past year. The management proudly announced an impressive 10 % increase in sales turnover for the past year. In which business areas did the Scandinavian gambling group do best and what is the situation on the German market?
The international operating gambling company Entain plc has recently announced that it will accelerate its plans to pull out from non-regulated markets. The company aims to generate all its income from nationally regulated markets by the end of 2023. Thus, Entain plc wants to pull out from all non-regulated markets in a timely manner. But what is the reason for this big decision?
At the beginning of the month the Maltese Gambling Authority published its report for the first six months of 2022. These figures show that the online casinos licensed by the MGA, the Malta Gaming Authority had a significant increase in members. How many players are there now in the online casinos with an MGA licence?
A few days ago the new project “online streetwork” was launched. The aim of the project is to reach people with gambling related problems in the place where they are most often to be found: on the internet. Does this new player protection project make sense and who are the people who can make use of this programme?
Week after week lotto players in Germany dream of clearing the jackpot and becoming millionaires. In the past year, 187 players from Germany managed to win at least a million Euro each. During the previous year the number of winners winning millions was a bit less. But which winning number was the most drawn in the classic “6 from 49” in 2022?
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