Online poker operator 888 Group believes it is still at the table in the battle for the online gaming company Bwin.party. 888 Poker runs a popular website as well as online casino gaming, has arranged a meeting with Bwin this week. The move comes despite Bwin’s board declaring last week that a rival offer from GVC and Canadian poker giant Amaya was its preferred option. After that announcement, GVC chief executive Kenny Alexander, told City A.M. he was “just days away” from completing the deal. A spokesperson for GVC yesterday downplayed the challenge from 888, telling City A.M.: “We have…

The European Union’s top court will consider the legality of the UK’s online gambling point-of-consumption tax (POCT). The UK implemented its 15% POCT last December, shortly after the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) launched a preemptive legal challenge. The GBGA believes the POCT discriminates against Gibraltar-licensed UK-facing operators and was primarily intended to boost the UK government’s tax coffers, rather than to protect UK punters from alleged harm. On Tuesday, the UK’s High Court sided with the GBGA, announcing that it was sending the case to the Court of Justice for the European Union (CJEU). The High Court said…

666Bet’s liquidators are hoping to conclude how much is owed to customers and creditors by the end of this month. David Standish of KPMG UK and Linda Johnson of KPMG Channel Islands were appointed Joint Liquidators of Metro Play Limited – the company that owns online gaming operator 666Bet – after it was compulsorily wound up following an Order of the Court of Alderney earlier this month. The liquidators have encouraged those owed monies to contact them, with one customer who has already been in touch with KPMG telling TotallyGaming.com that he is still owed £4,300 (€6,047/$6,690) by the company….

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has confirmed that 666Bet is to cease operations in the UK market after it was revealed that parent company Metro Play is to be wound up. As reported by iGaming Business, 666Bet has not been operational in the UK since March when both the online gaming operator and Metro Play had their licences suspended by the UKGC . Customers were unable to access their accounts and withdraw funds, although payment processor Skrill was later drafted in to assist with the withdrawal process. The amounts owed to customers ranged from smaller figures up to the thousands….

The European Commission has joined the chorus of critics of Germany’s stalled online gambling regulatory regime. Late last month, the EC issued a formal rebuke of Germany’s three-year-old federal interstate gambling treaty. It’s been nearly one year since Germany awarded 20 federal online sports betting licenses but legal challenges by rejected applicants have prevented any of these licenses from taking effect. This failure to launch loomed large in the EC’s shaming letter, but it was far from the only criticism. The EC also chastised the lack of transparency during the license application process and questioned the reasoning behind Germany’s decision…

Betting on sports of course is a lot of fun and is tremendously popular among sports bettors .The enthusiasm and thrill of the sport games drive bettors crazy and obviously the main goal or motive of bettors is basically to make money or profit from betting. To win over the long run in the betting, bettors will always want to give themselves the best probabilities. To watch the big excitement of the game large number of people doesn’t mind to spend few bucks on their much wanted team and game. Sports betting actually gives you a possibility to have the…