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| Crisis averted |
The Polish government has abandoned its plan to make a registry of domains of banned online gambling operators, but this is not a cause for celebration for international online gambling sites.
The proposal was met with vehement opposition when it was first announced.
Poland’s Ministry of Digitization announced that they shelved their plan to have a central registry of prohibited domains after discovering that “proposals for possible blocking of some parties were not accepted.” While the plan for the central registry did not push through, the blacklist against international online gambling operators like Bet365 and Bet-at-home was not lifted. In fact, since the government imposed its protectionist measures, Bet365’s Polish traffic took a 97.4% hit while Bet-at-home suffered an 87.8% decline.
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Latest BTC blackmail scam targets porn viewers
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| GLOBAL ROUND UP |
| ASIA |
China’s Ministry of Finance announced that sports lottery drove mainland lottery sales to grow to CNY245.2b (US$36b) during the first half of 2018.
Landing International Development Limited’s Philippine subsidiary secured a provisional license to establish and operate a casino in its planned integrated resort in Manila’s Entertainment City.
| AUSTRALIA |
Crown Resorts drags Aussie taxman to court over $270M tax bill
The Australia-listed casino operator argued that the multi-million tax bill that the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) issued was 5% more than its normalized 2017 net profit.
| EUROPE |
Kindred Group stock falls 13% despite Q2 profit rising one-fifth
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Kambi credits World Cup extra-time matches for extra wagering
The sports betting technology provider said that the extra time in some World Cup matches contributed to the record clients’ betting turnover of €307m in Q2.
| FACT YOU NEED TO KNOW |
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