A ‘Game On’ Conference meeting is scheduled to take place on the 13-14 of October this year with the aim of reviving gambling in Ukraine. The Kyiv based meeting involves global experts, captains in the gambling industry as well as top official in the Ukrainian government. The main agenda would be initiating a passage unto which betting would be brought back in the nation in a transparent way following five years absence.

Nonetheless, the reviving of the betting practices in the nation means that there will be initiation of new rules which would be followed to the letter not only by casino operators but also sports betting, online gambling as well as lottery acts. This would be fundamental in maintaining the interests of the nation as the first priority as well as putting in check the conduct taking place in accordance to the international standards. This initiative by the government will also play a key role in the affairs of the state including attraction of foreign gamblers which would boost the tourism sector as well as raising the revenue for the government.

The newly incorporated gaming industry is deemed to create more than 300,000 job opportunities in the next five years as well as bringing in extra UAH 2.3 billion as tax income in a year. The revenue can be used in other social services and the Ukrainian government would welcome such a move.

The Conference marks the start of several varieties of events with the initialization of rules of first order that would be beneficial to clients, operators as well as the government. This would be tagged along with acquiescence of the report to the Ukrainian parliament and the re-launching of the gaming industry.

Those in attendances in the conference and speakers include the Who’s Who of the Ukrainian politicians as well as global gaming industry advocates selected from various huge gaming firms. The conference provides casino operators, legislators, suppliers as well as equipment manufactures with ample time to discuss more on the future of betting in the nation.

ACE Publishing Ltd is the company that is behind the success of the conference and it is leading other companies in bringing back gambling in Ukraine.

Romanian football giants Steaua Bucuresti has received a huge boost after it was officially claimed that the football club had struck a deal with NetBet a European sports betting operator. Following the legalization of sports betting in Romania, NetBet decided to take this crucial opportunity in making a productive deal with the football club that would see the firm being the club’s sponsor.

This deal has two main agenda. Initially the well being of players, coaches and the staff for the club will be put on check with the new deal. Nonetheless, signs and posters of the betting firm will posted on the club’s stadium with adverts being made via digital platform for Steaua Bucuresti during match days. This would popularize NetBet among those clients who had little or no knowledge about the betting site. They will be accorded guidelines on how to register with NetBet and this in turn would bring in more revenue for the company.

According to NetBet marketing, the deal is one of their largest investments ever to be conducted in Romanian soil and that with Steaua Bucuresti forming the highest number of fan followers, following its huge achievements in the Romanian league success would be eminent.

Steaua Bucuresti had claimed to have received several partnership deals but in the end it opted for NetBet for the firm has shown enormous growth and development in the betting industry as well as their deep knowledge on Romanian football.

In his speech to welcome the deal, CMO at NetBet Global Alexander Mangaud highlighted that football has been crucial as it forms part of their product with events related to football providing them with a vital section in their income. He continued to say that their main agenda in choosing the industry was not for business purpose only but rather for their passionate in football which would bring together. This passion has been shared by the two parties.

Mangaud added that the club has been a symbol of the above attitudes and values and this formed the fundamental aspect into which they opted for a deal with Steaua Bucuresti. This would help the two parties’ progress marvelously unlike when they function independently.

The 8^th EiG Start-up LaunchPad competition is set for the 22^nd day o November at the Arena Berlin and will incorporate subjugated tendencies in sports trading technology, anti-fraud, casual gaming as well as eSports.

This event is held two times every year in the Clarion flagship events; EiG in Berlin and the GiGse in San Francisco attracts the participation of prominent firms such as the Imperus Technologies (buyer of Diwip and Akamon), NumberFire (acquired recently by FanDuel), BlueBat Games (acquired by Novomatic) and Element Wave (now an established mobile solutions provider).

The event is organized by an association with the GamCrowd and since its initiation it has included a panel of judges from the iGaming segment. Among them includes; Evan Hoff from Velo Partners, Ian Hogg from GamCrowd and Mark Blandford from Burlywood Capital. Moreover, of late it has included investors from various global firms such as Revenue Engineers, Found Fair Ventures and Partech Ventures who together forms the questioning group to the attendees of the competition.

The final list of the participant to the event who would be in search of a glorious award winning are; Dupzadder a company that specializes in perceiving fraud among clients who may have several identities or accounts, Stratagem Technologies a company that eyes pro traders as well as investors in opening up sport trading value, eSportsPolls.com (ESP) the creator of tedbets.com which gives clients a resourceful analysis of fantasy league games, Casino VR a multi casino stage that encompasses several games and knowledge and Skillzzgaming a new platform in real money betting that gives clients time to play in their passionate games.

The selection criteria involves through examination on various global firms that submitted their applications between April and August. The selecting team comprising of chair Melissa Blau from iGaming Capital, Clarion’s Ewa Bakun, and Chris North from GamCrowd claimed that the selection criteria has been so stressing provided that all the applicants had qualified with flying colors and this formed a hard decision in choosing and leaving others. Nonetheless, the three selecting panelist were able to come up with five main contenders for the main prize. They claimed that it was their hope that the winner of this year’s event would have a greater future ahead.