Bahamas Announces New Crime-Fighting Initiatives
The country’s National Security Minister Marvin H. Dames has warned criminals that law enforcement agencies intend to make their lives “very uncomfortable” as a number of new crime-fighting initiatives will be rolled out to decrease criminal behavior in the Bahamas.“This is a promise,” Dames said, as he announced that the law enforcement agencies will be “taking a more aggressive approach to handling drug peddling and shutting down drug houses in communities throughout New Providence, Grand Bahama and across the Family Islands. Review of persons granted bail Dames said he has been informed by police that they have conducted a review of persons on bail who are not complying with their bail conditions.“Further, they have discovered that more than 50 persons were not in compliance and they have already arrested a number of those persons and subsequently their bail was revoked. At present, there are 268 persons currently being monitored for various offenses. Out of the 268 serious offenses committed there are: 70 for homicides, 18 for attempted murders, 102 for armed robberies and 59 for firearm offenses.”He said that the police intelligence has also revealed that the murders have occurred in various hot spots and that police will increase vehicle and foot patrols and will be using all of the technology available to them including increased monitoring of CCTV and all of their resources to curtail these violent crimes.He said the new Hubert Minnis government had campaigned in the last general election on a manifesto that outlined plans to deal with the crime situation here.“We will immediately commence with the establishment of the National Crime Prevention and Neighborhood Watch Council to grow community involvement in the fight against crime,” he said, adding that the council will establish crime watch groups in every community and these groups will endeavor to establish commonality and examine community prevention measures.“The council will study the feasibility of citizen patrols working with police to improve relationships and prevent crime. Additionally, the council will collaborate with multi-government agencies and non-governmental agencies.”He also promised that the government will review the establishment of the Royal Bahamas Police Force “as we feel that this is one of those areas that if we get right, should go a long way in reducing high levels of crime in our communities.
Photo / AP FORT LAUDERDALE, Florida, CMC – West Indies all-rounder Andre Russell has been forced out of the three-match Twenty20 International series against India following a flare-up of his troublesome left knee.The 31-year-old informed selectors he would be unavailable for the series after experiencing discomfort while at the ongoing Global T20 Canada in Toronto, where he featured in one match for Vancouver Knights without bowling or batting.Russell will now be replaced by batsman Jason Mohammed who last played a T20 International 16 months ago when he led a second-string side on a three-match tour of Pakistan.“We welcome Jason Mohammed into the squad for the first two T20 matches here in Florida. He is a player with lots of experience in all three formats and – having done well for Trinidad & Tobago as well as Guyana Amazon Warriors,” said West Indies head coach, Floyd Reifer.“It is not easy to fill the shoes of someone like Andre Russell, who has dominated T20 cricket all over the world and helped West Indies win the ICC T20 World Cup on two occasions.“We believe Jason is capable of good performances and we back him to perform at this level and win games as well.”Mohammed, 32, is a slightly strange choice as replacement, averaging 18 from nine T20Is, with a highest score of 23 not out. He managed only 198 runs at an average of 24 with a single half-century in the Caribbean Premier League last season.Russell’s inclusion in the initial squad last month had raised several eyebrows especially after limping out of the World Cup after struggling with his fitness in a handful of matches, and then undergoing surgery.Selectors said at the time he would undergo a fitness before being cleared to face the Indians.West Indies take on the tourists in the first of two matches at the Central Broward County Stadium here Saturday before playing the second match on Sunday.The series wraps up in Guyana next Tuesday.SQUAD – Carlos Brathwaite (captain), John Campbell, Evin Lewis, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran, Kieron Pollard, Rovman Powell, Keemo Paul, Sunil Narine, Sheldon Cottrell, Oshane Thomas, Anthony Bramble, Jason Mohammed, Khary Pierre.
Donnarumma played at last month’s U-21 European Championship where Italy reached the semi-final. He has also been capped at senior level for Italy after making his debut for Milan at the age of 16 in 2015.RelatedMilan Star Donnarumma Looks Up To This Goalkeeper…Not BuffonJuly 21, 2017In “Europe”Three Nigerian Players Make List Of Top 100 TeenagersNovember 16, 2017In “National Team”Italian Giants AC Milan Reach Agreement For Bonucci TransferJuly 14, 2017In “Europe” AC Milan has announced the extension of Gianluigi Donnarumma’s contract on a new four-year deal, with buy-out clause believed to be worth £88m.Donnarumma, through his agent, Mino Raiola, had previously told the San Siro outfit he will not renew his contract which has 12 months left, a decision that infuriated Milan faithfuls.The 18-year-old talented goalkeeper has now made a remarkable U-turn, agreeing to pen a £100,000 per week new deal with the Italian giants.AC Milan official Twitter account announced:
The goal eventually came on the stroke of half time off a penalty situation. The Seagulls won a penalty but captain Sophie Perry’s effort was saved. However Fliss Gibbons returned the ball into the box for Umotong to send home.Umotong almost got a second in the second half but her one-on-one attempt was stopped.“There is no doubt we expect to have a strong season. We are not hiding the fact that we are going for the promotion title so we will be doing everything we can to win this league,” Umotong affirmed.Brighton and Hove Albion will next play Durham Women FC at home on Sunday 1 October.RelatedUmotong: How I Bagged Hat-tricks On The Pitch And First Class Off ItAugust 4, 2017In “Nigeria”Umotong Delighted With Super Falcons InvitationFebruary 21, 2018In “England”Sloppy Arsenal drop vital points against BrightonDecember 26, 2018In “England” 
Controversial Togolese striker Emmanuel Seyi Adebayor has taunted his former Arsenal teammate Tomas Rosicky over his injury woes during their time together in North London.Adebayor made this known in an interview with French publication So Foot. He said: “I was the strongest player on the team, despite the fact that I weighed 73kg.”“Chelsea had [Michael] Essien and [Michael] Ballack in midfield. We had Rosicky.“If you said as much as ‘how are you’ to him, he would then be injured for two-and-a-half months.” he added. Related He went on to point out how difficult to win the big games with small talented players. Adebayor said: “In the small games, talent can make the difference, but you can’t win with children at Old Trafford.”
A year on from a £10 million hammering on the opening day at last year’s festival, the bookmakers ended day one at Cheltenham 2017 with a narrow lead.There was a short odds success for Altior (1/4) in the Racing Post Arkle and a small loss for bookies from 5/1 winner Buveur D’Air in the Stan James Champion Hurdle, but crucially Melon and Ballyandy (both 3/1) came up short in the Sky Bet Supreme, Limini (6/4) disappointed in the OLBG Mares and Singlefarmpayment (5/1) was edged out by Un Temps Pour Tout (9/1) in the Ultima Handicap.Spokesman Charlie McCann was happy with the narrow points victory on day one at Cheltenham, the betting figures recorded by BetVictor, and the success of its Jump Starter acquisition offer.He commented: “It was hard to make a case for Labaik in the opener but with our ongoing Run For Your Money concession, where we refund all bets as cash if a horse loses all chance at the start, you needed to back the horse with BetVictor safe in the knowledge that you would get your money back if he dug his heels in again.“Altior is 4/1 for next year’s Champion Chase after his 6L win in the Arkle, whilst the Ultima was another losing race because of the five places although we would have taken a small loss halfway up the run in where Singlefarmpayment looked like landing a gamble.“Buveur D’Air was a small loss and is another 4/1 shot – this time to retain his crown next term, whilst Apples Jade was easily the best result out of the big three in the OLBG Mares’ Hurdle and Tiger Roll was another good result in the NH Chase.“Ireland ended the day with a narrow 4-3 lead over Gt Britain in the Prestbury Cup (now the BetBright Cup) and the bookmakers also ended day one with a narrow lead – one round gone and we would have taken the results at 1.25 but certainly no knockout.”Meanwhile, Stephen Harris from bettingexpert added: “A cracking start to the Festival for bookmakers as 25/1 “skinner” Labaik took a substandard Supreme, but punters battled back with Altior and Un Temps Pour Tout both well backed.“Bettingexpert followers started the meeting on the front foot as Cloudy Dream rewarded each-way support, but Nap of the day Yanworth proved to be lacking the pace needed on rapidly drying ground.” Related Articles BGC: Charities win big as bookies take beating in Britannia Stakes June 19, 2020 Share StumbleUpon EveryMatrix ups CasinoEngine gamification tools with CompetitionLabs June 29, 2020 BetVictor boosts casino portfolio with EveryMatrix’s CasinoEngine June 25, 2020 Submit Share
Share Related Articles Share Mace launches EQ Connect to solve the industry’s ‘single view’ conundrum on identifying risk August 10, 2020 StumbleUpon Submit Unibet backs #GoRacingGreen as lead racing charity July 28, 2020 GiG lauds its ‘B2B makeover’ delivering Q2 growth August 11, 2020 Stockholm-listed operator, Kindred Group Plc has declared a strong start to 2017 as the company benefits from an enlarged European sports betting and igaming portfolio of brands and assets.Publishing its ‘unaudited Q1 2017’ interim results Kindred would declare a consecutive ‘all-time’ high in group revenues of £153 million up 25% on corresponding 2015’s £122 million. Kindred governance detailed that group revenue performance had been driven by significant boost is sports betting wagering which hit a record £1.1 billion mark.Boosted by a further ‘all-time record’ in active player numbers of + 1.2 million, Kindred would further record an underlying period EBITDA of £30.3 million (Q1 2016: £28.5 million).Updating investors Kindred governance would post period operating profits of £18.2 million, down on Q1 2016’s £22.5 million as the company absorbed M&A costs relating to its £175 million acquisition of London AIM igaming operator 32 Red Plc.Closing its opening quarter of high activity, Kindred governance would declare profits after tax of £16.3 million (Q1 2016: £20 million). The company stated that it was pleased with underlying results against a strong comparative period in 2016.Issuing a corporate statement Henrik Tjärnström, CEO of Kindred Group commented on company Q1 performance“In line with the fundamentals of our growth strategy, we have continued to invest heavily in marketing for both new customer acquisition and reactivation of existing customers. While this may reduce profits in the short term, we are confident that, as we have previously proven, this will drive sustained growth in Gross winnings revenue and profits. For the quarter, marketing was 29 per cent of Gross winnings revenue; however, for the full year we still expect it to average a few percentage points below 30 per cent.”“Our cash offer for the UK operator 32Red will, from the second quarter of 2017, instantaneously increase both revenue and profit from the very significant UK market. This acquisition will supplement our current strong organic growth and will significantly increase the Group’s overall growth in the future, especially during the first twelve months. The acquisition will also bring new expertise into the Group and offer both immediate and future opportunities for both revenue and cost synergies.”
Share Submit Share Related Articles Sky Bet has become the latest online UK operator, to roll out a minimum bet guarantee to its customers. The guarantee will allow punters to bet to win £500 on Class 1 and Class 2 races from 10am on the morning of the race. The new minimum bet, which also applies to restricted customers, means that Sky Bet has become the largest online bookmaker to roll out such a guarantee. Sky Bet’s racing PR manager Michael Shinners commented of the new offer: “We already offer a very competitive racing package with extra places and price boosts and the guaranteed minimum bet will hopefully prove popular with existing and potential customers.”Sky Bet’s initiative applies solely to the win part of bets and not to the each way selection, it also excludes multiple bets, nonetheless, the initiative will be seen as a step in the right direction for horse racing bettors, who have long pushed for lesser restrictions when it comes to horse racing markets. It follows on from similar initiatives by BetVictor, Betfair, William Hill and Ladbrokes Coral. The first time customers will be able to utilise Sky Bet’s minimum bet offer is at this week’s Goodwood event, which will host a total of three class 2 races. The guarantee acts as an affirmation to Sky Bet’s strong focus on providing an unrestricted fair horse racing offering, speaking at the All Party Parliamentary Betting & Gaming Group Seminar in the House of Lords earlier in the year, Sky Bet CEO Richard Flint revealed that the firm was considering moving the minimum liability from £100 to £500. The Horseracing Bettors Forum, who have long campaigned for a £500 liability guarantee, reacted to positively to the news ion a tweet which stated: “While not as comprehensive a provision as some, it is a further step in the right direction, and another operator prepared to allow previously restricted customers to have a reasonable bet on some races.” William Hill accelerates transformation agenda to overcome COVID realities August 5, 2020 StumbleUpon PokerStars moves to refresh global appeal with ‘I’M IN’ August 18, 2020 SBC Magazine Issue 10: Kaizen Gaming rebrand and focus for William Hill CEO August 25, 2020
Italian bookmakers face cruel summer as ADM sanctions shop closures July 27, 2020 Related Articles New ADM chief: Italy to keep strictest monitoring on gambling incumbents July 6, 2020 Share Italian betting incumbents will be forced to undertake further market adjustments as Lega MP and Undersecretary for Sports, Giancarlo Giorgetti confirms a wagering ban on all sports deemed to be played/participated at an amateur level.The Lega-5Star coalition government has sanctioned Italian gambling regulator AAMS to issue a new decree, which implements an outright ban on wagers placed on ‘competitions exclusively reserved for underage and amateur players’.The decree will be enforced from 1 June 2019, with Giorgetti and Lega-5Star stating that the AAMS has followed procedures/protocols recommended by the EU sanctioned ‘Magglingen Convention – on the manipulation of sports competitions’.Developed in 2014, the Magglingen Convention, identifies amongst its key measures in combatting sports corruption ‘the exclusion of the ‘competitions reserved for minors, underlining ‘the need to protect the integrity of sports practiced by minors’.Moving to further empower AAMS frameworks, this April the Italian Parliament ratified the provisions of the Magglingen Convention as Italian law.This development will see the Italian ADM customs agency assigned as the nation’s ‘sports betting regulatory authority’ tasked with implementing measures on combatting illegal betting and minimising sports corruption.Granted new powers, the AAMS will be allowed to confiscate operator goods and earnings deemed to be obtained illegally, in accordance with Article 5 of the Magglingen Convention.Becoming a Magglingen member, the AAMS states that it will cooperate in data and information exchanges with supranational police agencies helping fight European sports corruption.According to the convention’s mandate, participating states are entitled to adopt measures such as blocking of financial transactions between illegal sports betting operators and consumers. Share StumbleUpon Submit Di Maio’s man Giacomo Lasorella takes leadership of AGCOM August 17, 2020
Submit StumbleUpon Di Maio’s man Giacomo Lasorella takes leadership of AGCOM August 17, 2020 Share Italy’s media and advertising regulatory body has published its long-awaited guidance on Italian gambling advertising, bringing transparency to the approved ‘Dignity Decree’ mandate installed by the Lega-5Star coalition government.Italian betting stakeholders have waited a year for AGCOM to publish its regulatory guidance on the Dignity Decree, which from 14 July 2019 will implement an outright blanket ban on gambling/betting advertising.The Lega-5Star government had urged AGCOM to introduce its ‘Article 9’ Dignity Decree guidelines by the start of the year. However, following an appeal by Serie A governance, the regulator agreed that it could not approve guidance on an ‘incomplete mandate’.This allowed Italian sports clubs a further concession to fulfil any existing betting, gambling sponsorship or marketing agreements up to July 2019.Last Friday, AGCOM published its guidelines, presented to stakeholders as ‘interpretative clarifications’ for ‘the orientation of licensed sector operators on the correct application of article 9 of the Dignity Decree’.In its update, AGCOM reaffirms that it has drafted its guidelines taking into account the contrasts between licensed and illegal gambling operators targeting Italian consumers.Bringing legislative clarity to article 9 of Decree, AGCOM confirms the outright ban on advertising, sponsorships, marketing and commercial communications promoting betting/gambling operators and their services.From 14 July, all Italian media firms will not be allowed to display advertising/marketing communications which feature gambling-led prizes, incentives, events, markets or products.The ban further extends to the use of editorial/advertorial services, product placements and referrals carried out by ‘influencers’.The Decree’s tough stance sees AGCOM limit betting advertising to ‘informative quotas’ – referred to as adverts promoting ‘information on a comparative basis’, which should allow incumbents to promote standard product provisions such as odds, % of winning games and game/market details.Nevertheless, AGCOM strictly underlines that operators cannot be deemed to promote ‘any incentives to register or play’.With regards to on-site advertising and promotional communications, AGCOM states that operators will be allowed to promote ‘the specifics of products and services’ which include odds, jackpots, winning %, bonuses, game details and player rewards – it says that these communications will be permitted in order to ‘allow consumers to make informed choices’.Further digital guidance sees AGCOM underline that there will be no restrictions on site domains and that the regulator will not prohibit or restrict the use of search engines for gambling domains or terms.At a retail level, AGCOM will permit the advertising of in-store betting/gambling services within their licensed betting premises, a move praised by the Italian Federation of Tobacconists.Additional guidance sees AGCOM allow for B2B advertising communications to be permitted within specialist business-led publications. The regulator will allow betting/gambling companies to promote social/charitable initiatives, however, social or civic campaigns will not be allowed to show betting company details.Moving forward, AGCOM details that it will support the supervising of the Italian betting advertising/marketing as a legislative advisor to Italy’s Customs and Monopolies Agency – ADM, the lead body tasked with overseeing a new dawn for Italian gambling. CT Gaming bolsters Italian profile with The Betting Coach August 27, 2020 TVBET passes GLI test for five live games in Malta and Italy August 25, 2020 Related Articles Share