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How will we deposit at online casinos in the future?

We are living in times of changes that are happening at a dizzying speed. The instantaneity of technology has made us go in five years from barely being able to play in online casinos from mobile to having apps and a catalog completely optimized for these devices. We take out our crystal ball [...]

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Entain strongly bets on green

Entain seems firm in its commitment to the sustainability of the igaming sector and has committed to achieving carbon neutrality, that is, net carbon dioxide emissions equal to zero, by 2035 at the latest. An ambitious goal that is in line with the Paris Agreements [...]

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Betting and gambling apps accessible on Google Play

From March 1, betting and gambling apps will once again be available on the Google Play Store. In 2010 the company had banned apps for playing for real money, although in 2017 it relaxed its own guidelines and allowed them in the UK, France, Ireland [...]

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The DGOJ publishes the player's profile in 2019

The sector closed 2019 with a loss of 7.20 points in active players, as follows from the report published by the Directorate General of Gaming Regulation (DGOJ) in New Zealand. The report further notes that 12% of bettors gamble every 12 months of the year and that [...]

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Admitted a lawsuit against the Royal Decree of advertising of the online game

The Royal Decree on Commercial Communications (RDCC) promoted by the Ministry of Consumption and approved in the Council of Ministers last November continues to bring queue. The Spanish Association of Digital Gaming (Jdigital) has filed a contentious-administrative appeal against the decree for considering that it promotes the defenselessness and lack of protection of children...]

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Draft Royal Decree on Responsible Gambling

On January 18, the public consultation that was opened in December 2020 to improve Article 8 and provision 6a of Law 13/2011 on the Regulation of Online Gambling concluded. The executive seeks to draw up a new Royal Decree to create safer online environments [...]

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What happened in the sector during 2020

Some say that we are at the beginning of a new era and that there is no turning back. Others long to return to the normality before the pandemic generated by COVID-19. 2020 has been a very turbulent and controversial year for the sector due to the wave of new regulations, closures [...]

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Steve Wynn's problems with justice

Steve Wynn's problems with the judiciary date back to 2018 when the Las Vegas casino business tycoon was accused of sexual misconduct by several female employees at the resorts, resulting in a joint lawsuit that led Wynn to reach [...]

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E-commerce during the pandemic

The figures leave no doubt: e-commerce has expanded without precedent during the coronavirus pandemic and has reached its maturity. The need to have to stay at home has made many of our usual activities, such as shopping, have been radically transformed. It [...]

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Does Hard Rock Tarragona have a future? More delays are consumed

The Hard Rock one is a project that has been stranded for almost three years. The deadlines scheduled during this 2020 were delayed while the Generalitat was granting extensions to the awarding company. All until last October. The Catalan government seems to have finally given the go-ahead for [...]

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Why has Google been fined in Italy?

The internet giant and world leader in online search engines Google Inc has been fined by the Italian authority Autorità per le garanzie nelle comunicazioni (Agcom) for having violated the ban on advertising of gambling and sports betting. Legislation similar to the [...]