311.4 million users visited websites sites of Russian legal bookmakers. According to the analytical service SimilarWeb, the traffic decreased by 25.8% compared to 2019 (419.6 million bettors). The leader at the end of the year was the Fonbet BC platform with 89.2 million visits in 2020, which is 30% less compared to 2019. Mostbet lost […]
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Russia’s new gambling tax has forced another betting company to leave the market. VulkanBet.ru has announced that it will cease operating in the Russian Federation from January 1.
On December 11, 2020, the Central Bank of the Russian Federation revoked the licenses of two banks whose activities were related to servicing illegal online casino operators. The Central Bank of Russia revoked the licenses of Fintech Bank (Moscow) and Onego Bank (Petrozavodsk). Financial institutions violated the laws of the Russian Federation on combating money […]
Aspire Global has expanded to the Russian market by signing a platform and lottery agreement with Russian National Lottery’s operator Sports Lotteries LLC. Through this landmark agreement, Aspire Global’s BtoBet will provide its technologically advanced Player Account Management (PAM) module platform and provide access to lottery games on online and retail channels to the
On November 6-22, PokerDom will host the Russian Open Online Poker Championship with a total guarantee of 25,000,000RUR. Tournament schedule includes a large series that takes place in the poker room once a year. The Open Championship will be attended by a star poker player, whose name is still kept in secret. The winner of […]
According to a statement on the Dark Web, Russian hacker group, known as REvilA, claims it has encrypted servers of Gaming Partners International and threatens to reveal technical secrets of the casino equipment supplier. The hackers gave a 72-hour ultimatum to GPI to pay or have its data revealed to the public and possibly sold. […]
Russian legal bookmaker Liga Stavok has launched a website called Playmaker with analytics and sports news. Previously, the company has been publishing a weekly magazine “Glavnaya Stavka” with a print run of 8 thousand copies, but it was decided to close the magazine due to the decline in interest in print media. The funds saved […]
There is very little time left until the main sporting event of October – the fight of Khabib Nurmagomedov against Justin Gaethje as part of the fight evening in Abu Dhabi UFC 254. Bookmaker lines have been open for several months already. The forecasts favor Khabib, and, according to experts, the American fighter has the […]
The first stage of the Shambala complex, a gambling hall with a total area of 5200 square meters, a Crab House restaurant, two fast food venues and a concert stage, opens today in Russian Gambling zone Primorie. It is worth mentioning that test launch took place in the casino back in September in order to […]
Zenit St. Petersburg — the top soccer club in Russia’s Premier League — has signed on to the Ethereum blockchain-based fantasy soccer Sorare platform. All the Zenit Saint Petersburg players will be available on Sorare’s global fantasy football platform as digital cards starting October 15th. Zenit players join 100 other international soccer clubs, among them Juventus, […]