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Russian Bookmaker Fonbet Registers .RU Poker Domain

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Russian online sports betting operator Fonbet has registered a domain of online poker, with the hope that Russia will finally lift its long term ban. The Russian Bookmaker-Ratings sports betting company announced Sunday that in December Fonbet registered two new domains–ruspoker.ru and fontoto.ru. No domain seems active yet, and at least in the case of […]

Russia sees its first lottery billionaire

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According to the Stoloto press service, the first lottery billionaire was announced in Russia as the result of New Year drawing of the Russian Lotto. “Following the results of the New Year’s drawing of the Russian Lotto, the first lottery billionaire appeared in the country. A player from Moscow won 1 billion rubles, the press […]

Virtus.pro renews partnership with Parimatch for 2020

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Russian organisation Virtus.pro has extended its partnership with bookmaker Parimatch to last through 2020. The arrangement will see Parimatch’s branding featured across the organisation’s team jerseys, website, and social media channels. Building off of a relationship established in August 2018, Parimatch will continue to utilise Virtus.pro’s Dota 2 and Counter-Strike:

Militarized “Las Vegas”: De-facto authorities in Russia-occupied Crimea mull gambling zone near Yalta

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Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev has signed a government decree on the establishment of the “Golden Coast” gambling zone near the city of Yalta in Russian-occupied Crimea. The document is published on Russia’s legal information portal, as reported by Russian news agency TASS. The area of the gambling zone, which will be located in the […]