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UKGC Changes Go Beyond £2 Stake Cut EMEA


Te UK Gambling Commission has recommended that B2 slot machines receive a stake cut to £2, while non-slot FOBTs should see stakes fall to £30 and below


Te UKGC does not consider that a stake cut alone on B2s (irrespective of the level) will go far enough to fully address the risk of harm to the public


UK LEGISLATION


GERMANY – The Federal Administrative Court in Germany has banned foreign providers of Internet gambling. The ruling of October 26, 2017, was published on March 12, 2018. The Supreme Court emphasizes the compatibility of the prohibitions in Germany for online casino and online poker games with constitutional and EU law.


The leaders of the German Lotto and Totoblock, Torsten Meinberg and Michael Heinrich, welcomed the verdict: "With this, the Federal Administrative Court has given provincial authorities responsible for gambling the necessary legal certainty to act against foreign providers without a German gambling license, which further strengthens their operations."


The Federal Constitutional Court (BVerfG) had already stated last year that the regulations on gambling halls newly incorporated into the State Treaty on Gaming (GlüStV) were constitutional and European law compliant and that the legislature has created a coherent law to that extent.


UK – Scientific Games has revealed OpenBet, SG Digital’s market-leading sportsbook, processed a record number of account transactions at this year’s Cheltenham Festival.


The Cheltenham Festival, an annual four-day event in the National Hunt race calendar in the United Kingdom, features several high-profile horse races. The Festival includes eleven grade-one races and culminates with the Gold Cup race.


The festival often sees total wager in excess of £250m. The 2018 Festival proved exceedingly successful for OpenBet; the market-leading platform processed more than 39m bets, an increase of nearly 10% on the previous year. The number of bets per minute placed through a single operator during the festival using the OpenBet platform peaked at 15,800.


On the day of the Gold Cup, won by Native River, more than 10.9M bets were placed, an increase of 2.3M bets over 2017.


Keith O’Loughlin, SVP Sportsbook and Platforms at SG Digital, said: “OpenBet has a proven track record for providing a robust performance during the world’s biggest sporting events, and I’m delighted that the latest figures show we have once again delivered scale and stability for our customers.


“Cheltenham is a hugely important sporting fixture. With such a vast volume of transactions to handle, there is no room for downtime. This year’s stats show that we have cemented our position as a trusted and reliable provider.”


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Beyond the recommendation that the FOBT (B2) slots stakes should be limited to £2, the UK Gambling Commission has said that the stake limit for FOBT (B2) non-slot games (which includes roulette) should be set at or below £30 if it is to have a significant effect on the potential for players to lose large amounts of money in a short space of time. It also wants to ban the facility for machines to allow different categories of games to be played in a single session.


Te Commission said: "We think that there is a case for a £2 maximum stake for B2 slots, which was one of the options on which DCMS consulted. Drawing on data from 20 billion plays on B2 machines, we have looked at consumer losses as an indicator of the risk of gambling- related harm. Our analysis shows that, compared with non-slots players, slots players experience a greater proportion of significant losses. Tis reflects the particular risks associated with slots, which offer a lower return than non-slots games and less opportunity for players to manage their own risks through the way they play. In our view, the risks associated with this product outweigh the other factors. Tis is particularly the case when consumers will continue to have the option to play slots as a category B3 game in the same premises.”


For all other B2 games, the Commission said there is a precautionary case for a stake cut below £50, which is now the effective limit for


Betsson Group signs Live Casino deal with Authentic Gaming


Sweden


Authentic Gaming will launch its full suite of games, including its new Live from Foxwoods premium table, across the Betsson Group’s entire roster of brands after signing a global deal with the operator.


Tis means players on sites such as betsson.com, betsafe.com, oranjecasino.com and casino.dk will gain access to live roulette games streamed from the floors of luxurious casinos from around the world via the Authentic Roulette platform.


most players. It said there was a strong case to make tracked play mandatory across machines categories (B1, B2, B3) and that it wanted to extend to category B1 and B3 machines the kinds of protections, such as player limits, that are in place on FOBT (B2). It wants to work with the industry and others on steps to make limit- setting more effective, which could include ending sessions when consumers reach time and money limits.


"We think the maximum stake should be materially lower than £50. In our view, a precautionary approach should involve a stake limit at or below £30 if it is to have a significant effect on the potential for players to lose large amounts of money in a short space of time. Te chosen level will depend on the weight that Ministers attach to risk of harm, implications for the way different products are regulated, consumer choice, and public and stakeholder opinion," it said. It is up to Government whether to implement the Commission’s recommendations which have been provided through a letter to the Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.


Commission Chief Executive Neil McArthur said: “We’ve put consumers at the heart of our advice – advice which is based on the best available evidence and is focussed on reducing the risk of gambling-related harm. In our judgement, a stake cut for FOBTs alone doesn’t go far enough to protect vulnerable people.”


Te operator is one of the first to sign up to Authentic Gaming’s premium table collection, which gives players access to live tables from the largest resort casino in North America, Foxwoods Resort Casino.


Te partnership between Authentic Gaming and Foxwoods is the first of its kind in the iGaming industry, allowing players in regulated European markets to play online at real tables located on the floor of a ‘Vegas style’ US casino.


Jonas Delin, CEO of Authentic Gaming, said: “We are thrilled to have added the Betsson Group’s roster of brands to our network. A number of tier one


operators are now offering Authentic Gaming’s portfolio of live games and signing the Betsson Group is further testament to the strength of our premium live casino proposition.”


Joey Hurtado, Head of Live


Casino at Betsson Group, said: “At Betsson Group we always strive to offer the best suite of Live Casino games and Authentic Gaming’s high quality, unique product offer and ever-expanding list of real casino partners can only add more strength to our proposition. Foxwoods Resort Casino presents an amazing opportunity to offer games from the biggest casino resort in North America, a first for us and the industry.”


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