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Handball World Record Crowd Set in Germany: Where Does This Attendance Rank Compared to Other Popular Team Sports?
With a world record crowd of 53,586 watching, the German national team has been raving about beginning the 2024 European Men’s Handball Championship (Men’s EHF EURO 2024) on home soil. The Fort...
Sport
Unlike UK, Irish Government Refuses to Inspect Financial Stability of Gamblers
As they are too invasive, the Irish government has rejected implementing affordability checks for gamblers, as they do in the UK. In the UK, the Gambling Commission (UKGC – a non-departmental p...
Football
VBet and Argentina Football National Team Pen 3-Year Regional Collaboration
A three-year regional cooperation has been announced between VBet and the Argentine Football Association (AFA – Asociación del Fútbol Argentino). This implies that VBet will now represent the Argentin...
Esport
Facebook’s Meta Penalized for Violating Italy’s Ban on Gambling Advertisements
Facebook’s parent company, Meta Platforms (META.O), has been penalized in Italy for violating a law prohibiting the promotion of gambling. The communications authority AGCOM (Autorità per le Ga...
Hockey
NHL and PENN, Top Integrated Entertainment Supplier in North America, Have Partnered
The National Hockey League (NHL), the North American professional ice hockey league, and PENN Entertainment have reached an agreement for ESPN Bet and theScore Bet to serve as the league’s official sp...
Baseball
Ohtani Signs World’s Record-Breaking Contract in Team Sports History: Which Athletes He Sits Atop?
Shohei Ohtani has at last consented to a historic deal, the costliest in professional sports history, following nearly a year of speculation. The two-time MVP of the men’s baseball American Lea...
Sport
Due to Supporting Terrorism, Dutch Online Gambling Company BetEnt Fined €3 Million
Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the main regulator of the Netherlands’ games of chance market, has fined BetEnt, the Entain-owned Dutch online sports betting and gaming company operating as BetCity, €3 mill...
Esport
Swedish Betting Operator Spiffbet Expands to Finnish Market by Relaunching Dormant Pay’n Play Casino
For SEK300,000 (USD28,300), Swedish online gaming company Spiffbet purchased the dormant Helmicasino.com domain. Finnish instant (so-called Pay’n Play) casino Helmicasino.com is being purchased by ...
Esport
Kenya Set to Conduct Extensive Gaming Reform Which Could Force Industry Leaders to Withdraw
To create a new Gambling Regulatory Authority, Kenya has introduced a Gambling Control Bill. A new Gambling Regulatory Authority was created by the Gambling Control Bill 2023, which is presently be...
