Spurs reduce Leicester City’s lead at the top to just five points after a brace apiece from England stars Dele Alli and Harry Kane help bury Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium.

“We’re coming for you! We’re coming for you! Leicester City, we’re coming for you!”

Those were the chants raining down from the stands at the Britannia Stadium after Tottenham Hotspur handed Stoke City a spanking to close the gap to only five points at the top of the Premier League.

The Britannia Stadium is tough place to play, and Stoke came into the match unbeaten in three against Spurs, winning two and coming back from two goals down to grab a draw at White Hart Lane in August.

Spurs reduce Leicester City’s lead at the top to just five points after a brace apiece from England stars Dele Alli and Harry Kane help bury Stoke City at the Britannia Stadium.

“We’re coming for you! We’re coming for you! Leicester City, we’re coming for you!”

Those were the chants raining down from the stands at the Britannia Stadium after Tottenham Hotspur handed Stoke City a spanking to close the gap to only five points at the top of the Premier League.

The Britannia Stadium is tough place to play, and Stoke came into the match unbeaten in three against Spurs, winning two and coming back from two goals down to grab a draw at White Hart Lane in August.

Connecticut’s attorney general has warned state legislators that their plans to tax daily fantasy sports contests could violate gaming compacts with the state’s tribal casino operators.

On Monday, Connecticut AG George Jepsen (pictured) responded to a request from state Senate leaders for a formal legal opinion on the state’s plan to slap an 8.75% tax on DFS contest entry fees.

The state’s compacts restrict slot operations to the two tribes that operate the Foxwoods Resorts Casino and Mohegan Sun gaming venues. The compacts’ broad definition of ‘slots’ includes the category of “video facsimile machines.” The compacts also restrict the state from authorizing “other commercial casino games” outside of the two tribal venues.

Given that DFS contests are conducted via computer and mobile devices, Jensen’s legal opinion says it’s entirely possible that a court could conclude that the contests fall under the category of “video facsimile machines.”

A German court has thrown a wrench into the federal government’s latest plan to bring its sports betting laws into compliance with local and European Union standards.

Last Friday, the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden ruled that the government had no authority under European Union law to place an arbitrary cap on the number of sports betting licenses. The case had been launched by betting operator Tipico, which wasn’t among the 20 recipients of the licenses Germany announced in September 2014. Legal challenges by the likes of Tipico have prevented these 20 licenses from being issued and/or taking effect.

The Wiesbaden court echoed previous rulings that found the license application process vaguely defined and unnecessarily complex. The court also agreed with a Hessian court ruling last October that found the process had discriminated against non-German companies in other EU member states.

Tipico CEO Jan Bolz said the Wiesbaden court’s ruling “clearly states that Tipico meets all qualitative criteria to obtain a sports betting license in Germany and that there cannot be any doubt about the legality of our business activities. As the leading provider, we will do our part and continue to constructively help paving the way for legally compliant regulations in Germany.”

A German court has thrown a wrench into the federal government’s latest plan to bring its sports betting laws into compliance with local and European Union standards.

Last Friday, the Administrative Court of Wiesbaden ruled that the government had no authority under European Union law to place an arbitrary cap on the number of sports betting licenses. The case had been launched by betting operator Tipico, which wasn’t among the 20 recipients of the licenses Germany announced in September 2014. Legal challenges by the likes of Tipico have prevented these 20 licenses from being issued and/or taking effect.

The Wiesbaden court echoed previous rulings that found the license application process vaguely defined and unnecessarily complex. The court also agreed with a Hessian court ruling last October that found the process had discriminated against non-German companies in other EU member states.

Tipico CEO Jan Bolz said the Wiesbaden court’s ruling “clearly states that Tipico meets all qualitative criteria to obtain a sports betting license in Germany and that there cannot be any doubt about the legality of our business activities. As the leading provider, we will do our part and continue to constructively help paving the way for legally compliant regulations in Germany.”

New Zealand is pressing ahead with plans to impose a point-of-consumption tax on international online gambling operators that take wagers from Kiwi punters.

Late last year, New Zealand Racing Minister Nathan Guy revealed the recommendations of an Offshore Betting Working Group that had been tasked with figuring out ways to allow the New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB) to better compete with international online betting operators.

Last week, the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) published its Proposals to Amend the Racing Act 2003, which are based on the Working Group’s recommendations. The DIA is seeking public comment on the proposed changes until May 27.

Chief among the recommendations are lifting the existing restrictions on (a) the NZRB taking in-play wagers, and (b) the NZRB offering wagers only on sports represented by National Sporting Organizations (NSO) with which the NZRB has struck a deal. The recommendations also suggest letting the NZRB accept prop wagers on non-sport related “novelty prediction events.”

New Zealand is pressing ahead with plans to impose a point-of-consumption tax on international online gambling operators that take wagers from Kiwi punters.

Late last year, New Zealand Racing Minister Nathan Guy revealed the recommendations of an Offshore Betting Working Group that had been tasked with figuring out ways to allow the New Zealand Racing Board (NZRB) to better compete with international online betting operators.

Last week, the Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) published its Proposals to Amend the Racing Act 2003, which are based on the Working Group’s recommendations. The DIA is seeking public comment on the proposed changes until May 27.

Chief among the recommendations are lifting the existing restrictions on (a) the NZRB taking in-play wagers, and (b) the NZRB offering wagers only on sports represented by National Sporting Organizations (NSO) with which the NZRB has struck a deal. The recommendations also suggest letting the NZRB accept prop wagers on non-sport related “novelty prediction events.”

Authorities in Bangladesh claim to have identified 20 individuals connected with the theft of $81m in government funds that ended up flowing through casinos in the Philippines.

On Monday, Bangladeshi police announced that they’d identified “at least 20 people from multiple foreign countries” that had played a role in February’s digital theft of $81m from Bangladesh central bank accounts held in the Federal Reserve Bank in New York.

The money was transferred from New York to a Manila branch of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and was subsequently transferred – despite desperate ‘stop payment’ orders from Bangladesh – to remittance firm Philrem Services Inc, which passed the funds on to two Chinese junket operators doing business with two Philippine casinos.

The Bangladeshi authorities declined to provide more info on the 20 suspects except to say that they included “Filipino, Sri Lankan and Chinese nationals.” Some Sri Lankan media outlets reported that 12 of the 20 were Philippine nationals while the rest were Sri Lankans. In addition to the $81m sent to the Philippines, the hackers had attempted to transfer $20m to Sri Lanka but officials managed to halt this payment in time.

Authorities in Bangladesh claim to have identified 20 individuals connected with the theft of $81m in government funds that ended up flowing through casinos in the Philippines.

On Monday, Bangladeshi police announced that they’d identified “at least 20 people from multiple foreign countries” that had played a role in February’s digital theft of $81m from Bangladesh central bank accounts held in the Federal Reserve Bank in New York.

The money was transferred from New York to a Manila branch of the Rizal Commercial Banking Corporation (RCBC) and was subsequently transferred – despite desperate ‘stop payment’ orders from Bangladesh – to remittance firm Philrem Services Inc, which passed the funds on to two Chinese junket operators doing business with two Philippine casinos.

The Bangladeshi authorities declined to provide more info on the 20 suspects except to say that they included “Filipino, Sri Lankan and Chinese nationals.” Some Sri Lankan media outlets reported that 12 of the 20 were Philippine nationals while the rest were Sri Lankans. In addition to the $81m sent to the Philippines, the hackers had attempted to transfer $20m to Sri Lanka but officials managed to halt this payment in time.