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Sports Betting Increases In Popularity As Altenar Arrives In The Netherlands! | Achieving Certification

October 26, 2022 Published by EuropeanGaming.eu

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Entering the Netherlands iGaming market has been a dedicated dream for Altenar for sometime and as a result, achieving certification within the region has been a tremendous achievement for the sports betting software provider that has followed in the footsteps of many powerhouses in the iGaming space.

This is where Altenar, a sportsbook software provider, has sparked interest in the Netherlands market and understood that its bespoke services will bring something fresh and unique to the market space.

As the Netherlands market opened up, it became clear to Altenar that a niche space had arrived, much akin to Italy, Spain and Sweden where regulation and certificates were potentially subject to change, but were also a must-have requirement for operations within the Netherlands.

With gambling inside the Netherlands regulated under the Betting and Gambling Act 2021 or as it’s locally known, Wet op de kansspelen 2021 “BGA”, Altenar’s team has taken the time to ensure operators using its sports betting software will be able to operate legally, in line with the necessary regulatory requirements.

Given the Netherlands betting market’s heritage for arcade-based games, Altenar’s use of widget technology, amongst other features, will offer familiar forms of betting that have taken shape in newer and more accessible forms through the iGaming space.

So, what does Altenar, a sports betting software provider bring to the Netherlands market, where betting is prohibited unless licensed and what makes Altenar the perfect sports betting provider for the region?

A Great Addition For The Netherlands iGaming Portfolio

Having achieved certifications in the Netherlands market, has garnered inordinate interest from operators with Altenar, who is known for its flexible and stable approach to sports betting content, software and long-standing relationships across the world.

It’s from a strong core of adaptability that Altenar has been able to secure its foothold in the Netherlands market, but it’s also an attribute to what Altenar has to offer. You can discover more about Altenar’s new features, success stories and case studies through its website, www.altenar .com, while informing yourself of what your operations could look like with Altenar’s sportsbook software.

With 24/7 support, an always improving risk management system, top-tier sports content and a dedication to innovation, Altenar’s sportsbook is set to take the Netherlands by storm and you can go along for the ride by contacting Altenar’s passionate team today.

Joining Altenar as it covers new ground and finds new ways to provide top-of-the-range sports betting software and content for your players will be one of your best investments this year.

Liberia: Rep. Kolubah Wants Betting Legislated

October 22, 2022 Published by EuropeanGaming.eu

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Montserrado County District#10 Representative, Yekeh Kolubah, said he will shortly introduce a bill in the Legislature to legalise sports betting in the country.

Representative Kolubah made the disclosure on October 12 when he was seen cutting tickets at one of Winners Incorporated sales centres in his district on Old Road.

The opposition lawmaker, who is on annual break, was spotted placing his drill, ahead of the crucial UEFA Champions’ League group stage round three matches.

According to him, the bill will seek to regulate gambling in Liberia by legalising every aspect of the market, noting that would be nice for the country that is already struggling in poverty under the George Weah administration.

Thousands of unemployed youths across the country have gravitated to sports gambling, which has attracted several international sports betting companies to set up shops in Liberia.

They gather at these betting parlours to gamble on televised soccer matches. Some say it is a good source of income and occupation, but others are not so sure.

In Liberia, sports betting has become a real job opportunity for young people, who converge daily at various betting parlours in Monrovia, including Winner’s Incorporated, DOXXBET, and BETTOMAX Liberia, among others to watch soccer matches on flat-screen televisions via satellite, placing their bets and waiting for the results.

Few youths at a gaming centre in Monrovia said that sports betting for them have become the only option since, in fact, they are jobless and without any source of income.

Winner’s Incorporated marketing manager, Randall Kaybee, said sports betting is “transforming lives of Liberians” for just a few Liberian dollars per bet.

“As you just enter my office, you can see from this evidence. This is a ticket. Somebody bet 50 LRD and won 233,275 Liberian dollars,” Kaybee said.

BETER Live secures prestigious Malta licence

October 22, 2022 Published by EuropeanGaming.eu

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Leading provider of engaging and entertaining live casino content gets the green light to partner with operators in all jurisdictions covered by the MGA

BETER Live, the live dealer division of gambling content and solutions provider, BETER, has secured a prestigious Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) licence, allowing it to launch its suite of next-gen live casino games with operators in markets around the world.

BETER Live is on a mission to deliver new live dealer experiences across its suite of games, which includes Blackjack, Gravity Blackjack, Speed Blackjack, Roulette, French Roulette, Auto Roulette, Baccarat, Andar Bahar, Bet on Teen Pati and Sic Bo.

The developer has taken an entertainment-first approach to each title and combined this with a high-tech studio environment consisting of HD cameras, powerful microphones and state-of-the-art broadcast technology to deliver a superior player experience.

The company is run by a team of industry veterans with experience at tier one companies such as Playtech and Entain. This has enabled BETER Live to develop its proposition and offer even more value to operators via powerful BI analytics tools, a personalised UI and multi-currency payments.

BETER Live also promises zero downtime, multi-language support, responsible gambling features and a rapid integration time of less than two weeks.

Securing a Malta licence is a major moment for the studio, which has also been certified by BBM, and its ambitions to become the leading provider of live casino content in regulated markets.

BETER has quickly become the industry’s leading provider of high-velocity, fast-paced betting products designed specifically to tap into the psyche of the next generation of players and deliver the thrilling experiences they are seeking.

The company’s verticals span BETER Esports, BETER Sports, BETER Gaming and BETER Live.

Anna Vikmane, Director at BETER Live, said: “Malta is one of the most established and respected gambling jurisdictions in the world so securing a prestigious MGA licence is a milestone moment for BETER Live.

“This enables us to partner with more operators in more global markets than ever before, ensuring that players across the world can access our thrilling and entertaining live dealer content, which also includes never seen before features.

“This is what makes BETER Live a leading content provider and what sets us aside from others in the market.”

Maria Ozawa denounces Online Casino K9Win for illegally using her image on its promotional campaigns

October 19, 2022 Published by EuropeanGaming.eu

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Maria Ozawa recently released a strongly worded open letter admonishing K9Win for using her image and likeness in promotional materials after her contract with them as brand ambassador ended.

According to the letter, Ozawa signed a one-year deal with K9Win. She was ordered to use her personal social media accounts for their campaigns, leading to them either getting banned or restricted, upsetting her as she was not compensated for this misstep.

In addition, she feels that she has been grossly misled as the online gambling company continues to include her in promotions and posts on their website and social media accounts even after her contract with them has elapsed.

“To my full understanding and as explained to me by K9Win during the contract signing, I would cease being their brand ambassador upon the completion of our contract,” Maria pointed out in her letter.

“This misdirection has caused significant distress to me and my current partners,” she went on. “Hence, I would like to set the record straight and make things clear: I am no longer K9Win’s brand ambassador and am in no way associated with their company.”

She concluded her letter with: “I am currently a proud business partner of Asia’s leading online gaming entertainment platform, M88 Mansion.”

In a few days following the letter, Ozawa conducted a live stream where she further emphasized that she is no longer K9Win’s brand ambassador and that the company should stop using her likeness to their benefit.

Smart Gaming partners with Diligence in Gaming for full suite of Dutch compliance support

October 18, 2022 Published by EuropeanGaming.eu

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Smart Gaming, the Dutch operator behind the new live casino-focused brand betnation.nl, has partnered with regulatory and operational compliance firm Diligence in Gaming for its entry into the Netherlands.

Diligence in Gaming, which is part of leading compliance group ComplianceOne Group, worked with Smart Gaming for six months before it received its licence in the Netherlands, and continues to support the operator following the successful launch of betnation.nl.

Robert Schouten, CEO at Smart Gaming said: “Diligence in Gaming, led in the Dutch market by Mike de Graaff, is the only provider of these vital services in the Netherlands. Mike and the team have supported us during the licence application and will continue to do so to ensure we uphold the highest level of compliance and maintain a safe environment for our players.

“We have trusted Mike and Diligence in Gaming to train our customer service, compliance team and senior management in all compliance-related matters, as well as supporting the building of the correct operational compliance framework. The results are without equal.”

Mike de Graaff, Regional Compliance Manager, NL at Diligence in Gaming said: “The Dutch market requires specialist and local expertise to ensure compliance. It is key for operators to engage with these activities in preparation for go live as early as possible, as the KSA will test operators in the ability to comply with these requirements.

“Smart Gaming worked with us for six months before receiving their licence, to ensure all was ready for the go live. Excellent planning has paid off, and we look forward to working with them in the future.”

Diligence in Gaming is a regulatory and compliance firm supporting gaming operators entering new markets and remaining compliant in existing ones. It is part of ComplianceOne Group, which brings together other leading compliance brands Maxima Compliance, Complitech and DataVault ONE.

Bacta lends its support to Safer Gambling Week

October 18, 2022 Published by EuropeanGaming.eu

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Bacta is joining other organisations and putting its full support behind Safer Gambling Week 2022, the latest cross-industry initiative to share safer gambling messages both online and in land-based venues about the importance of gambling responsibly.

This year’s Safer Gambling Week event will run from 17th – 23rd October 2022 and will see the whole industry coming together in a concerted effort to promote safer gambling messages, as well as highlighting the tools available to customers to stay in control while signposting the help and support available to those potentially at risk.

The Safer Gambling Week campaign is organised by bacta, the Betting and Gaming Council, the Lotteries Council and the Bingo Association, and is now in its fifth year.

The annual campaign will build upon the record-breaking Safer Gambling Week 2021, during which the promotion and awareness of safer gambling tools such as deposit limits led to an increase by 17% in their use vs the previous four-week average.

The number of social media impressions for Safer Gambling Week 2021 – hit 24.5 million, an increase of 16 per cent on the previous year. And sessions on the Safer Gambling website in 2021 were 79% up on the previous year

Regulated betting and gaming operators already work tirelessly all year round to promote safer gambling, including by encouraging deposit limits and time-outs, as well as directing customers to the range of self-exclusion services that exist.

Safer Gambling Week provides an opportunity to go even further by encouraging businesses and organisations to start a conversation, not only with staff and customers, but also with their friends and family.

This year’s event will see a blitz of safer gambling messages both online and in land-based venues, sparking a nationwide conversation on how to bet responsibly.

A recent Gambling Commission report showed that the problem gambling rate in the year to March 2022 was 0.2 per cent – down from 0.4 per cent the year previous and down from 0.3% in the last published annualised figures in February 2022.

John White, CEO of Bacta, said: “Safer Gambling Week once again allows the industry to showcase its year-long commitment to safer gambling. It also brings customer focus to the tools that are available to them if they in anyway feel their gambling is becoming problematic. Those tools continue to grow as we learn more about safer gambling and form part of our ambition to cement social responsibility at the heart of our offer to the consumer.”

Rightlander Launches Smart Workbench

October 11, 2022 Published by EuropeanGaming.eu

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Rightlander, the leading expert in advertising and affiliate compliance, has launched Smart Workbench, an AI-lead product designed to significantly reduce the marketing compliance workload.

The new technology ties content and sentiment to brand placement, increasing contextual relevance, reducing the need for analysis by around 80% while also introducing a faster work flow. The combined effect makes the task of affiliate compliance up to 90% less time intensive than any other comparable tool on the market.

Rightlander scans millions of pages every month across global jurisdictions identifying sources of traffic and then monitoring them for potential compliance issues. The introduction of the Smart Workbench allows it to learn from every action taken by the operator which in turn, decreases the time taken to solve compliance issues.

The software can detect logos, links, brand references, bonuses and inducements and misleading or deceptive marketing messages and draw conclusions if something is relevant to a client’s brand, filtering out the unnecessary data. Furthermore, the Smart Workbench can prioritise compliance issues based on the importance of an item, where it occurs on an affiliate site, and how it is presented contextually.

The new reporting system also provides context for each item which allows the operator to make a decision without having to leave the Smart Workbench.

Ian Sims, founder of Rightlander.com, said: “This is a game-changer for our clients. Rightlander’s unique ability to scan millions of pages is a key reason for our success but working at scale means we uncover many more potential issues than our competitors which of course, need to be dealt with.”

“Our focus in 2022 has been to find a solution to dramatically reduce the data that compliance teams have to deal without resorting to lower scan volumes and I’m blown away by what our dev team have come up with here.

“Rightlander’s Smart Workbench not only weeds out around 80% of the false positives, it also learns from each action taken so that the time it takes to resolve compliance issues reduces very quickly over a short time.”

Another major benefit of the Smart Workbench is its ability to help smaller compliance teams by translating issues in foreign languages into the chosen language of the compliance officer.

Ian Sims said: “Languages can be a major headache for teams. This enhancement to the system addresses the headache and helps to reduce the compliance budget overhead at the same time.”

BGaming Expands Market Footprint with Romanian Licence

October 7, 2022 Published by EuropeanGaming.eu

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BGaming is delighted to announce that the studio has been granted a Class II licence from Romanian National Gambling Office. It is a significant decision for BGaming, allowing it to boost its international reach and deliver its products to the Romanian market.

Obtaining the Romanian licence for BGaming means opening access to more than 90 high-quality products, including recent hits such as Wild Cash, Wild Cashx9999, the popular Elvis Frog series, and the Brand Exclusive titles to Romanian operators and thousands of players.

Marina Ostrovtsova, CEO at BGaming, said: “We’re happy to resume our business in the Romanian market and see great opportunities for growth in the region. BGaming’s content matches all the country standards, and we’re delighted to provide high-quality games for local operators and thousands of Romanian players“.

Earlier this year, BGaming announced that the studio has implemented all the technical improvements required by the German market regulator and started to provide its iGaming content to the local operators and partners working with German traffic and operating in the .de national domains.

BGaming is a fast-growing iGaming content provider converting gambling into gaming. Thanks to an expert team and a player-driven approach, the studio creates innovative and engaging products featured on reputable platforms and 700+ online casinos worldwide. BGaming is the world’s first to support cryptocurrencies and offer Provably Fair games. Today the brand’s portfolio includes 90+ products with HD graphics and a clear user interface for every device.

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Lithuania Gambling Supervisory Authority Imposes €15,000 Fine on Top Sport

October 1, 2022 Published by EuropeanGaming.eu

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Lithuania’s Gambling Supervisory Authority has issued operator Top Sport UAB with a fine of €15,000 for failing to properly install a digital video recording system at two of its retail betting facilities.

An investigation by the regulator found that systems placed at the two locations in Klaipėda were not recording the premises properly.

The Authority said at one of the sites the video system set up to capture images of anyone who enters the shop was not recording accurately and the images were blurred, meaning it was not possible to identify those who had visited the premises.

The regulator’s investigation also found that the recording systems at both locations failed to capture images of financial transactions and also how much money was being paid in and out at each facility.

As such, the Authority said this breached article 15 part 3 of the Gambling Law of Lithuania, which states that video recordings must clearly show people entering the betting shop, as well as the actions of gamblers and bookmakers at the location.

The Authority noted that the decision is open to appeal by Top Sport.

1Click Games receives the prestigious ISO 27001 Information Security Certificate

September 30, 2022 Published by EuropeanGaming.eu

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The ISO 27001 certificate is a worldwide information security management standard that allows organizations in the online gambling industry and other sectors to manage asset security. It establishes, in particular, how information security risk management processes should be built and what controls should be used. ISO 27001 certification allows 1Click Games to offer additional guarantees to our customers regarding information security and data processing.

This year, the compliance of 1Click Games with ISO 27001 international standards was checked by one of the world’s leading independent auditors. The auditors assessed how our services comply with the requirements of the International Organization for Standardization, including management processes, the use of technologies and equipment. The analysis showed that the risk management system in the services is built and developed on the basis of the best world practices and fully provides the necessary information protection.

Maxim T., CEO at 1Click Games, says: “Data protection is one of the cornerstones of our business, and ISO 27001 certification demonstrates how seriously we take this responsibility and these strict standards. The certification process, took many hours of detailed checks. However, along with the satisfaction of the result, we recognize that this is only part of our ongoing responsibility to ensure the maximum possible safety of our customers. Besides, information security is never a static process, and in order to continue to set our services at the highest possible level, we requested one of the strictest certificates — ISO 27001 — and received it.”

Tag: Compliance Updates

Sports Betting Increases In Popularity As Altenar Arrives In The Netherlands! | Achieving Certification

Liberia: Rep. Kolubah Wants Betting Legislated

BETER Live secures prestigious Malta licence

Maria Ozawa denounces Online Casino K9Win for illegally using her image on its promotional campaigns

Smart Gaming partners with Diligence in Gaming for full suite of Dutch compliance support

Bacta lends its support to Safer Gambling Week

Rightlander Launches Smart Workbench

BGaming Expands Market Footprint with Romanian Licence

Lithuania Gambling Supervisory Authority Imposes €15,000 Fine on Top Sport

1Click Games receives the prestigious ISO 27001 Information Security Certificate

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