888.ru has just become one of only two sports betting organisations to be licenced to operate in Russia. The new online sports wagering giant was preceded by Stoloto, the biggest lottery provider on Russian soil. 888.ru is facilitated by a Betconstruct platform, and the licence that is being used was first held by 23Bet, a Russian wagering company.

The sports betting industry in Germany has exploded in recent years, and is set to go up to 5 billion Euros for 2016. Despite the fact that online and land-based sports wagering can often be fraught with legal complications, the German market has grown to dizzying proportions.

Illegal gambling has sadly become far too commonplace within Far East Asia in recent years, as the underground market is now by all accounts worth more than $1 billion. While a lot of countries within the region seem happy to let illegal gambling rings operate, Vietnam is now seemingly taking a stand.

The Ministry announced that they had already written a draft to oversee the taxation of gambling operators in the online industry, assuring that the draft was aimed at providing new responsibilities to entrepreneurs, not restricting their business activities.

Customers at Paddy Power will no longer be able to make wagers on any under-18 sport, with rival bookmaker in Ireland, Boylesports, announcing that they too will be ceasing all betting in this market

The Italian online gambling industry has made such waves during May of 2016, posting strong financial results. The industry benefitted from a revenue increase of 20.3% during May, up to €34.7 million, adding to an overall trend that has seems revenue in the first five months of 2016 rise to €175 million, up 35.6% in comparison to 2015.

Paddy Power Betfair is encouraging two marketing companies to compete against each other for their huge media spending power. Many sources have reported on this cut-throat move, which is said to be the result of a large scale plan to cut costs across the whole organisation

IGT (international Game Technology) seems to have been in a crazy mood for the last few months, with £14.5 million being paid out in jackpots since February of 2016. It doesn’t look like the trend is due to stop any time soon either, as the ever-popular Cleopatra has just created another millionaire for IGT.

Are you getting stuck into the Euro 2016 action? If so, maybe you’d like to up the ante a little with a football online slot – in between games, or even at half-time, you could be getting your hands on loads of lovely moolah.

The amazing year for new titles that 2016 has been so far look set to continue, and Microgaming are trying to place themselves firmly at the forefront with their newest slot, Pretty Kitty.