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news_analysis
12 November 2019
RG Week special: The outsider perspective
A cultural shift in the industry has seen operators look to ramp up their responsible gaming controls, with many bringing in external help to do so, writes Daniel O’Boyle. But can external consultants really play a role in changing company culture?
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11 November 2019
RG Week special: An insider’s perspective
Joanne Christie talks to a former compulsive gambler and now addiction therapist about proactive steps the gambling industry could take to reduce gambling-related harm.
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8 November 2019
RG Week special: Mapping the problem gambling maze, part 1
University of Nevada’s International Gaming Institute's Bo Bernhard has been on the front line of efforts to understand problem gambling for 25 years. He tells Robin Harrison how a small, underfunded area of research has evolved into an issue debated across the industry
news_analysis
8 November 2019
RG Week special: Mapping the problem gambling maze, part 2
In the second part of his interview with Robin Harrison, Bo Bernhard explains how the perception of gambling, both as an illness and and an issue within the industry, has changed in recent times.
daily_news
4 November 2019
Georgian national broadcaster bans gambling ads
Georgia’s national public television broadcaster, Georgian Public Broadcasting, has issued a ban on gambling advertising on its flagship channel, the First Channel.
daily_news
7 October 2019
UK govt issues gambling industry advice on no-deal Brexit
The UK Government has published an eight-point checklist to help those working in the gambling industry prepare for a potential no-deal Brexit. The UK is due to leave the European Union on October 31, but an exit deal is yet to be agreed with the EU.
daily_news
2 October 2019
European regulators opt against loot box recommendations
Members of the Gaming Regulators’ European Forum (GREF) have completed their year-long study into gambling-like microtransactions in video games, but have opted against specific recommendations to introduce measures against the features.
daily_news
6 September 2019
EGBA reiterates calls for standardised regulatory framework
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has repeated calls for the European Commission to adopt a standardised regulatory framework for online gambling across the continent.
news_analysis
21 August 2019
Interview: Filippos Antonopoulos, Vermantia - Part 2
In the second part of iGamingBusiness.com's interview with Vermantia chief executive Filippos Antonopoulos, he discusses the importance of a diversified geographic footprint, and explains why he sees the supplier's majority shareholder Arena Racing Company as one of the most exciting businesses in the industry.

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news_analysis
19 August 2019
Interview: Filippos Antonopoulos, Vermantia - Part 1
Filippos Antonopoulos built Vermantia from a startup challenging the leading land-based and online gaming suppliers to part of the industry establishment, after Arena Racing Company (ARC) bought into the business. With a new venture in the payment sector now underway, he discusses how being a latecomer to a mature market is no barrier to growth.

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news_analysis
31 July 2019
Wiggin EU regulation roundup – August 2019
In conjunction with Chris Elliott and Beth French of Wiggin LLP, iGB provides a regulatory snapshot of igaming across the EU. Denmark, Germany, Norway and the Netherlands are among those updated for this edition
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daily_news
22 July 2019
EGBA urges EU action to enhance gambling consumer protection
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has called on the European Commission to work towards a standardised regulatory framework for gambling across the continent.
news_analysis
20 June 2019
2019 so far - Part Two
In the second part of iGaming Business' rundown of the year to date's most popular news stories, we see that viewers were particularly interested in US developments, while regulatory progress in Germany also attracted a lot of hits.

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news_analysis
19 June 2019
2019 so far - Part One
Half the year has now passed, with the year dominated by advertising crackdowns, new regulatory restrictions and signs that long-awaited market openings may finally be moving into view. iGaming Business looks at the biggest stories from the first six months of 2019, and examines their impact on the igaming industry.

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news_analysis
12 June 2019
Monopolising affiliate compliance
Phil Blackwell asks whether high membership fees and a structure that appears to benefit only the biggest in the sector will effectively undermine new trade body Responsible Affiliates in iGaming's (RAIG) efforts to become the voice of the industry.

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news_analysis
7 June 2019
Wiggin EU regulation roundup – June 2019
In conjunction with Chris Elliott and Beth French of Wiggin LLP, iGB provides a regulatory snapshot of igaming across the EU. Belgium, France, Italy and Sweden are among those markets updated this month

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news_analysis
6 June 2019
Hawkswood back in the hot seat
Just months after ending his 14-year tenure with the Remote Gambling Association (RGA), Clive Hawkswood is back, now chairing Responsible Affiliates in Gambling, a new body established to promote social responsibility in the affiliate sector.

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daily_news
6 June 2019
GLMS flags suspicious activity on 33 sporting events in Q1
The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS), the platform through which state lottery operators track suspicious betting activity, revealed that 198 alerts were generated in the first quarter of 2019, of which 33 were flagged to its partners.
daily_news
4 June 2019
ESSA rebrands as International Betting Integrity Association
Sports betting integrity monitoring body ESSA has rebranded as the International Betting Integrity Association. It has also revealed a sharp decline in suspicious betting alerts generated by tennis over the first quarter of 2019, with the total number of alerts across all sports down 26% year-on-year.
daily_news
24 May 2019
EGBA urges enhanced protection from European Parliament
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has issued a call for the incoming European Parliament and Commission to focus more on the online gambling market to help ensure consumers across the continent are better protected.

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