Gaming News

XL Media, the online gaming market service provider, has bought an unnamed UK sports betting website. XL Media paid £5 million for the acquisition of the UK site. Whilst the firm have not yet announced the name of the company purchased, in a statement XL Media described it as a “leading” site that specialises in… Read more »

Large global banks are facing pressure from the American government to clamp down on money-laundering in casinos, reports the news agency Reuters. The clampdown is reported to have led to much scrutiny, and required a great deal of collaboration between the gambling industry, and the banking industry. Banks have been vetting clients of casinos, and… Read more »

The English Premier League football club, Tottenham Hotspur, has this week announced a partnership deal with Marathonbet, the online gaming company. Marathonbet will be the club’s official betting partner for the next two seasons. The betting firm have taken over exclusively, following the team’s shift away from a regional partnership model in the gambling industry…. Read more »

The leading opposition party in New Zealand has announced that they will crackdown on internet gambling if they get elected at the next general election. Earlier this week, the Labour MP, Ross Robertson, said that legislative steps would be taken to stem the flow of an estimated NZ$300 to NZ$400 million which is reportedly spent… Read more »

The leading gambling regulator has called for betting shops to adjust their layouts to stop underage gambling, according to the legal journal, Out Law. Bookmakers and casinos must change their layouts in order to stop underage gambling, according to new licensing conditions proposed by the industry’s regulator. The Gambling Commission have said this week that,… Read more »

The online bookmaker, Bet365, has been accused of misleading punters in Australia, reports the Sunday Morning Herald. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) has launched legal action, claiming that the firm are misleading customers with a promotion which requires them to gamble $1200 before they could recover $200 in what they claimed to be… Read more »

The British National Lottery has been slammed after winners with three lines won more money than those that had four lines on their tickets, reports the Daily Mirror. In last night’s Lotto draw, a total of 236,389 people claimed a share of a £7,557,069 prize. Those that won four numbers won £15, but bizarrely those… Read more »

The English Premier League football teams, Southampton and Leicester City have both this week signed up with betting companies as new commercial partners. Southampton is to be sponsored by William Hill. The team finished eighth in last season’s premier league. It has not been announced how long the deal is scheduled to last for. Leicester… Read more »

An unemployed lottery winner is giving away the majority of her winnings. Margaret Loughrey, from Northern Ireland, won £27 million, but she is planning on keeping only £1 million for herself. Ms Loughrey, 48, who was unemployed when she won the EuroMillions jackpot in December, claims that she has already given away £13.5 million. In… Read more »

Betting shops have one of the lowest crime rates among high street retailers, according to statistics from the bookmaker, William Hill. The firm also found that, betting-related crimes in the UK have dropped. Earlier this year, the gambling industry came under heavy criticism for its approach to security. However, the figures released by the British… Read more »