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In 2018, EGBA was a founding signatory of the MoU, which is an agreement between stakeholders across various European online advertising sectors to reduce advertising on websites that infringes c... Gambling Sports Betting Online Gaming Online Betting Legal Gambling Ireland Fri, 24 Feb 2023 10:14:00 +0100 Younes Rachidi banned for tennis for life https://www.legal-gambling-ireland.com/news-sport-Younes-Rachidi-banned-for-tennis-for-life-february-2023.html Moroccan former tennis player Younes Rachidi has been banned from tennis for life by the International Tennis Integrity Agency (ITIA) after being found guilty of 135 match fixing offenses. This is now the highest number of offences by one individual ever detected by the ITIA or its predecessor the Tennis Integrity Unit. 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