The German TV station Sport1 seems to be following in the footsteps of the Sport-Streaming-Service DAZN and entering the lucrative betting business. The TV-Station which is based in Ismaning, Germany announced a short while ago that together with Magic Sports Media and Better Collective it will be setting up a separate betting department and it will provide the audience with a betting service. But when will the online betting service of Sport1 start operating and what can the users expect?
At the beginning of the past week the so-called Bayern-Jackpot was cracked in the Spielbank Bad Füssing. The happy winner could well rejoice over a record-breaking win of more than 870,000 Euro. But in which slot machine was the Jackpot cracked and what does the winner plan to do with so much money?
Gradually even more operators of online gambling are receiving the much-desired German licence. Meanwhile the official whitelist in Table 8 already lists nine entries under “providers for virtual slot machines”. But which providers hold a German licence and thus may offer a complete and legal slot machine service?
This year’s Gamescom took place between the 24th. and the 28th. August in Cologne, Germany. However, on the side-lines of this year’s world’s largest computer and video games fair there was a physical altercation between several Twitch-Stars. The Casino-Streamers orangemorange, Scurrows and self-proclaimed “Casino-Opponent“ Tanzverbot were involved. But how did the situation escalate to a point that at the end those involved come to blows?
Several British gambling providers are currently being accused of a massive data abuse. The providers who are involved seem to have passed on the data of quite a number of users to third parties. They wanted to win back players with problematic gambling behaviour. The British Data Protection Authority is now investigating this issue.
The issue of sport betting for online casinos has long been the topic of hefty discussions. Whilst some push for a general advertising ban for all sorts of gambling activities, others clearly wish for more liberal regulations. A study which was published recently has now concluded that sports betting advertisements resulted in the fans undertaking higher stakes.
Even more lawyers are trying to enforce the business approach of “playing without risk”. They encourage unsuccessful casino players to request a reimbursement of the losses they suffered when playing in an online casino. Whilst some courts are siding with players who are suing, others are refusing the claim for refund – and this is the case of a decision of the seventh chamber of the District Court Wuppertal a few weeks ago.
Around a year ago, we at GambleJoe had reported that the Twitch-Streamer “xQc” had lost the sum of one million in online gambling within a month. After taking a short break, “xQc” has now been showing casino streams regularly since May 2022. It has now been divulged, how much money the Canadian has allegedly spent in the Stake Casino.
Unibet and Stakelogic Live will open a new live casino studio in The Netherlands. This was recently announced by the software providers Stakelogic during a press conference. The Dutch players can look forward to the latest camera, transmission and microphone technologies. But can gambling enthusiasts from other countries profit from the new live casino studio?
A recent judgement by the Austrian Supreme Court will not go down well with the online gambling provider PokerStars. The judges condemned the providers to pay back the gambling stakes to the player who sued them. These came up to around 1.6 million Euro. But how could it be possible that a single player had lost such a high amount when playing at PokerStars?
Since the new State Gambling Act in Germany came into force, there is a deposit limit of 1000 Euro per player across all providers. A few weeks ago, the neighbouring country Belgium followed suit and adjusted its stake limit for online gambling. However, in this case, the new deposit limit is per provider and not valid across all providers.
According to the Gambling Act of 1935 of Thailand, most forms of games of chance are illegal. However, there is a paragraph in this Act which states that the state can legalise some games and issue a licence for this purpose. Thailand’s government is now considering legalising some forms of gambling with the aim of increasing the state revenue.
In March the District Court of Osnabrück had already ordered a Malta-licensed online casino to refund several thousand Euro to a player. However, despite the legally binding court judgement the casino has still not refunded the money. But why has the casino operator ignored the court judgement?
In mid-May of this year, the competent authority finally issued the first German licence for virtual slot machines. The company which had pre-emptively applied for the necessary licence was the Mernov Betriebsgesellschaft mbH. In the meantime, the company has been renamed. But who is behind the company which managed to acquire the first German casino licence in Germany?
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