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Sports Betting in Turmoil in Bremen
Cyprus - APEX installs with Merit Group APEX has continued its long collaboration with the Merit Group, which operates 10 casinos plus a casino cruise ship, and has been a regular customer of APEX since 2015. Recently, Nuh Yondem, Slot Director of the Merit Group, equipped additional slot machines at the Casino Merit Royal in Northern Cyprus with APEX’s CLOVER LINK gaming system.
Across a total casino area of 13,000sq.m, including a gaming area of 8,500sq.m, players at Merit Royal Casino can experience CLOVER LINK or CLOVER LINK XTREME on 300 of the casinos total 902 slot machines.
Nuh Yondem (pictured) said: “We use a whole range of different high-end products from APEX. All of them are like a safe bank for us, but with CLOVER LINK a special jewel has been created. Our guests are totally impressed by the innovative game system, and satisfied guests are enormously important for our house. The utilisation of APEX slots is outstanding, and as many guests as possible should benefit from the brilliant gaming experience and varied games with different jackpot systems.”
APEX is extending its relationship with the Merit Group following its acquisition of Bally Wulff, with the installation of games from its portfolio next on the agenda.
Malta - Pinnacle Solutions teams with Azuro Pinnacle Solution has agreed a data partnership with decentralised betting ecosystem Azuro. The supplier will provide Azuro with its sports and esports prices, with the feed available to front-end operators connected to Azuro’s blockchain protocol.
The Azuro protocol, capable of deployment on multiple blockchains, facilitates interactions between independent data and liquidity providers, and operators. This network then delivers thousands of liquid betting markets to end users in a trustless manner with the clean UX expected from successful web 3.0 use cases.
Georgia - PopOK Gaming certified for Georgia PopOK Gaming has extended its iGaming activities to Georgia, granting local players access to games including Yummy, Lost Treasure, Diamond Flash, 20 Hot Bar, Sultan's Tale and Los Apaches .
Celebrating the certification, PopOK Gaming CEO, Karen Gulkanyan, said: “Since iGaming is regulated strictly in Georgia, it’s a huge step forward to deliver our games to the Georgian audience. The path is not easy, yet we are full of hope that our lucrative solutions will immediately appeal to the regional players and increase business revenue for partners, laying the foundation for long-term cooperation.”
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“Mäurer does a disservice to the cause and massively strengthens the black market. Providers operating illegally in Bremen will rejoice today” - DSWV.
Te German Sports Betting Association (DSWV) considers the announcement by Bremen's Senator for the Interior, Ulrich Mäurer, that he intends to close all betting shops in Bremen, to be a politically-motivated action.
Bremen, Germany’s smallest city-state, has sent rejection notices to 32 LBOs that had applied for betting licences under the state’s new gambling law, effectively making the placing of bets on their premises illegal with immediate effect.
DSWV President, Mathias Dahms, rejects the Senate’s claim as being false, stating: “Te members of the German Sports Betting Association have nationwide permits as organisers of sports betting. Te reliability of the providers was put through their paces and, of course, the legal origin of their equipment was also proven.”
Extensive, meaningful documents were also
presented to the Bremen interior authorities with regard to the operators of the betting shops and their financial resources. Money laundering experts have confirmed the evidence. As is usual, the authorities did not ask any questions about the documents submitted. Instead, the applications were rejected and closure was threatened.
Mr. Dahms added: “Te fact that, after months without any response from the authorities, all 32 applications were rejected on the same day suggests that this is an arbitrary, legally questionable and completely disproportionate act that only serves to achieve political goals. Tis has nothing to do with proper administrative procedures.
“Te impression is much more likely that such an action is intended to distract attention from urgent domestic political problems in the state of Bremen.”
the German gaming giant will ‘entertain’ with a strong presentation of its top jackpots, cabinets and new games; backed up by the presence of cash handling experts GeWeTe and next generation payment options from MERKUR eSOLUTIONS.
Merkur Gaming anticipates a strong presence at EAExpo
Romania
With the post-pandemic trade show calendar progressively returning toward pre-Covid levels each new show announcement is greeted with enthusiasm across the gaming industry. In this vein MERKUR is looking forward to the 14th Entertainment Arena Expo in Bucharest.
Held from September 6-8 at the Romexpo Fair Ground in Romania’s capital city, Bucharest, EAE 2022 will have a major exhibitor presence from MERKUR. On booth 306,
Already in both slot hall and sports betting operations throughout the country the new MERKUR Roulette features stunning 3D graphics, a new animation of the roulette wheel itself and an enhanced speed of play.
“Sakis” Isaakidis, Chief Executive, International commented: “We are all anticipating a really great EAE show in Bucharest. Romania is a significant and highly successful market for MERKUR and we are set to make a great representation of our history, experience and great products at EAE in Bucharest as we demonstrate, as the show’s title exemplifies, our commitment to gaming Entertainment across Romania, and beyond.”
Malta
Smarkets (Malta) is being fined by the UK Gambling Commision for anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings that saw customers being allowed to gamble without adequate source of funds checks being carried out and failing to identify and interact with customers at risk of experiencing harm.
Te operator has also received a formal warning and will undergo an audit to ensure it is effectively implementing its anti-money laundering and social responsibility policies, procedures and controls.
Examples of the failings by Smarkets include one customer being allowed to deposit £395,000 in a four-month period, without the appropriate source of funds checks being carried out by Smarkets. Another example is of an individual transferring significant levels of funds between accounts without scrutiny or source of funds checks occurring.
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