Titan Poker, Winner and Bet-At-Home blocked in Denmark

The Danish Gambling authority has blacklisted and ordered the blocking of 12 websites targeting the country’s online gambling market without a local licence.

Denmark’s dot.dk online gambling market went live at the start of this year, with the majority of Europe’s major online operators applying for licences to offer sports betting, poker and casino after the tax rate was set at a sensible 20% of gross profit and the poker market was left open to dot.com liquidity.

The Danish Gambling Authority however announced this morning that a minority of websites had not responded to their request to cease offering products into the market without a Danish licence, and that the bailiffs court in had Frederiksberg had imposed an injunction on internet service provider “3”, requiring it to block 12 websites within 14 days. The regulator added that it expected other internet service providers to follow the court’s lead and block the 12 websites in question.

Playtech-powered Titan Poker and Winner are among the three highest profile dot.com gambling websites on a list sent to the ISP that also includes BetClic Everest-owned Bet-At-Home. The other soon-to-be-blocked domains are Playtech-powered casinos CasinoRedVegas, CasinoTropez, Casino Del Rio, Casino Bellini and Europa Casino. Microgaming-powered poker room Cool Hand Poker also appears on the list, alongwith three casinos running on CGTV software, Casinomel, Casino-Alhambra and AmazingVideoPoker.

The blacklisting and blocking of websites without a local licence in Denmark follows a similar move by the Belgian Gaming Commission. bwin.party’s legal action aimed at getting its bwin.com domain removed from the list was thrown out by a Belgian court earlier this month.

Belgium Adds To Online Poker Blacklist

The Belgium Gaming Commission has expanded its blacklist of companies which internet service providers in the country must block.

New additions to the list include bwin.com, betsson.com, bet-at-home.com, betclic.com, williamhill.com, stanjames.com, and betfair.com, all of which offer online poker.

These companies join the likes of 888.com, titanpoker.be, winamax.fr and everestpoker.be.

Belgian authorities claim the blacklist offer opportunities to legitimate operators who apply for licences while protecting players from ‘illegal’ sites which operate without a licence in the country.

Titan Poker launches Playtech sportsbook

Titan Poker, the leading poker room on the iPoker Network, has launched a sportsbook.

TitanBet is the first and only sports betting platform developed by Playtech, and is powered by Bet Radar, which provides users with statistics, live scores and results.

Marc Kenigsberg, marketing vice president at Titan parent company Euro Partners said: “Sports betting is one of the major growing markets in online gaming and Euro Partners is approaching it with full force.”

Titan Bet uses the same cashier as TitanPoker, meaning that deposits can be used to bet on either platform. It will be available in German, French and Spanish by the end of January, with Danish, Norwegian, Portuguese and Swedish language versions to follow.