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Dutch Gambling Regulator Offers Partial Tax Refunds For Affected Operators During COVID

Dutch Gambling Regulator Offers Partial Tax Refunds For Affected Operators During COVID

The Netherlands’ gambling regulator is offering partial tax refunds to operators who were impacted by COVID-19. Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) will consider giving back to land-based firms that had to shut their doors during 2020 and 2021 in line with national pandemic lockdowns to help stop the spread of the virus. One operator who took a hit […]

Betfred Threatens To Shut ALL Betting Shops If Gambling Taxes Increase

Betfred has threatened to shut all betting shops across the United Kingdom if plans for tax harmonisation are made official. The firm’s co-founder and chairman Fred Done, who set up Betfred back in 1967 with his brother, admitted 7,500 jobs are at risk. Done told the BBC that 300 of his shops were “currently losing […]

Illinois Governor JB Pritzker Won More Than $1.4 Million Gambling In Las Vegas

Illinois governor JB Pritzker won more than $1.4 million gambling in Las Vegas last year. According to federal tax filings released by his campaign, the 43rd governor of the Prairie State won the money playing blackjack at a casino while on vacation with his wife and friends. Pritzker plans to donate the winnings to charity, […]

English Footballer Fined £50,000 Winnings Over 10-Year Gambling Career

An English footballer was fined £50,000 – all of his winnings over a ten-year gambling career. James Byrne was slapped with the biggest FA fine in non-league history after admitting to placing a total of 992 bets on football matches from the start of 2015 to the end of 2024. Byrne amassed winnings of almost […]

Guardians’ Ortiz, Clase Banned From Dominican Winter League As MLB Gambling Probe Continues

Guardians’ Ortiz, Clase Banned From Dominican Winter League As MLB Gambling Probe Continues

Luis Ortiz and Emmanuel Clase of the Cleveland Guardians have been banned from the Dominican Winter League as the MLB continues its gambling probe. ESPN’s Enrique Rojas reported earlier this week that the DR Baseball League has prohibited the Estrellas Orientales from adding the pair to their active roster for the season. In July the […]

Paddy Power To Close 57 Betting Shops Across UK And Ireland

Paddy Power To Close 57 Betting Shops Across UK And Ireland

Paddy Power has announced it will close 57 shops across the UK and Ireland, putting nearly 250 jobs at risk. The closures make up nearly 10% of the firm’s 608 licensed betting offices and a decision was made following a review of their estate. Paddy Power’s parent company, Flutter Entertainment which also owns the likes […]

Investigation Begins Into Suspicious Betting Patterns On Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Investigation Begins Into Suspicious Betting Patterns On Nobel Peace Prize Winner

Investigations have began into suspicious betting patterns surrounding the Nobel peace prize. Wagers for Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado spiked on the Polymarket betting platform just hours before she was awarded the prize. Norwegian officials who oversee the Nobel peace prize are looking into the possibility of a rare leak from the secretive committee […]

William Hill Could Close 200 Betting Shops In Event Of Gambling Tax Hike

William Hill Could Close 200 Betting Shops In Event Of Gambling Tax Hike

William Hill is preparing to close up to 200 shops in the event of a widely expected gambling tax hike later this year. The operator behind William Hill, Evoke – formerly known as 888, which acquired the bookmaker in a £2 billion takeover in 2022 – is planning for disaster ahead of Rachel Reeves’ autumn […]

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‘World Class’ Casino Plans Inside London’s Trocadero Building Given Green Light

Plans to build a ‘world class’ casino and restaurant inside London’s iconic Trocadero building have been given the green light. Westminister City councillors voted unanimously to approve Genting Casinos UK’s proposal which will turn the site on 13 Coventry Street into a two-storey gambling hub that can house up to 1,250 people. Genting applied to […]

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New UK Deposit Limit Rules To Begin Rollout From End Of October

The first set of new deposit limit rules in the United Kingdom are being rolled out from the end of October. Earlier this week, the Gambling Commission announced guidance for bookmakers on the online deposit rules that were announced back in February. The rules will be implemented in different stages with the initial phase to […]

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Plans For 24-Hour Gambling Centre In Gloucester Rejected: “This Isn’t Las Vegas”

Plans for a 24-hour gambling centre in the city of Gloucester have been rejected. iLudo Limited wanted permission to change the opening hours of the BeLucky adult gaming centre on Westgate Street. The opening hours are from 9am to midnight on Monday to Thursday, 9am to 1am on Fridays and Saturdays and it closes at […]

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NCAA Considering Proposal To Let Division I Athletes Bet On Pro Sports

The NCAA Division 1 Administrative Committee is considering allowing student-athletes to bet on pro sports. On Wednesday the committee adopted a proposal to allow both student-athletes and athletic department staff to bet on professional sports, a shift in the longtime policy that has since become increasingly difficult to enforce following the regulation of sports betting […]

Sportsbetting News

Gambler Who Lost £1.5 Million Betting On Football Sues Betfair For His Money Back

A gambler who lost £1.5 million betting on football is suing Betfair for his money back. Lee Gibson, 47, of Leeds – a multimillionaire ‘problem gambler’ and buy-to-let property tycoon – told a court he placed more than 30,000 bets through betting exchange Betfair between 2009 and 2019. Gibson admitted he initially found gambling ‘enthralling […]

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Over 5,000 Visible Gambling Ads Spotted During Recent Premier League Match

Over 5,000 visible gambling advertisements were spotted during a recent Premier League match despite a ban introduced to reduce exposure. Research from the University of Bristol found 5,262 instances of gambling ads during coverage of Manchester City’s 4-0 win over Wolves on August 16. 91% of the ads were visible during live play with the […]

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UK Government Urged To Sanction Gambling Ad Ban On Transport For London Network

The UK government has been urged to sanction the ability to ban gambling advertisements on the Transport for London (TfL) network. During Mayor of London Sadiq Khan’s 2021 election manifesto, he pledged to instruct TfL to ban adverts from betting websites and casinos “given the devastating way gambling addiction can destroy lives and families.” Four […]

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