23/04/2019 |  This week kicks-off the most important football championship in Brazil with a great novelty. Two leading online betting houses sponsor the tournament for the first time. 1xBet and Bodog, who were already supporting the Serie B, will now be present in different field advertising spaces and LED animations in live broadcasts of Brasileirao 2019 on TV, according to Sport Promotion, a company that explores static advertising in Series A.

23/04/2019 |  In Brasilia, today's conference of 11th Brazilian Congress of Convention & Visitors Bureau (C&VBx) will have five speakers, among them the Federal Deputy Marx Beltrão, former Tourism Minister, who will speak about the impact of the visa exemption on the national economy. Then, Deputy Herculano Passos, president of Frentur, will comment about the release of the gambling sector in the country. The event takes place in the Nereu Ramos Auditorium, in the National Congress.

23/04/2019 |  According to figures from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), Macau would overtake oil-rich Qatar with the highest per-capita gross domestic product of any country or jurisdiction on earth by 2020. The IMF’s World Economic Outlook Update reports that, next year, the city would reach a per capita GDP of US$143,116, leaving Qatar in second place with a GDP of US$139,151.

23/04/2019 |  Japan’s cabinet has approved a “basic plan” that will add protections against gambling problems at pachinko parlors. The initiative will remove cash withdrawal machines from different gaming venues. All of this is to protect the local population for when the IRs eventually start operation. Casinos aren’t expected to be completed until 2025.

22/04/2019 |  On Easter Sunday, Fortaleza -coached by local star Rogério Ceni- beat Ceará by 1-0 in the state’s derby played at Castelão and secured the championship of Ceará. "The entire board of NetBet is very happy to be able to have Fortaleza Champion as our partner," said to Games Magazine Brasil Alceu Aragao, marketing director of the betting site that has been sponsoring the team since January. Netbet already prepares draw through its social networks to celebrate this title.

22/04/2019 |  Scientific Games Corporation launched OpenSports, the company’s unparalleled suite of sports betting technology. OpenSports signals the transformation of its sportsbook product vision through an enhanced stack of solutions and speed to market delivery with player experience at the core of the proposition.

22/04/2019 |  Kambi will power the international sports betting expansion of Bulgaria’s National Lottery JSC after the two companies strengthened their partnership by signing an extended sportsbook agreement. I’m confident players will enjoy our exciting sports betting experiences in both the online and retail environments,” said Kambi’s CEO, Kristian Nylén.

18/04/2019 |  The Parliamentary Front in Defense of Lottery, an entity with about 200 deputies who defended changes in the contractual relationship between the owners of the lottery stores and the Caixa Econômica Federal, was re-launched on Wednesday in Brazil’s Chamber. The Front is coordinated by Deputy Weliton Prado (Pros-MG), which advocates legislative changes to benefit a sector present in 96% of the country’s municipalities.