At least 10 police officers have been arrested in Kosovo during a large-scale operation to close down illegal casinos.

Police said it was the biggest operation of its kind ever carried out in Kosovo and followed a year-long investigation. Twelve illegal casinos were demolished and gambling machines seized

Jetish Maloku, chief prosecutor for the eastern district of Gjilan, said that police had arrested at least 35 people on suspicion of illegal gambling, prostitution, and trafficking people, guns and drugs.

At least 10 of those were border police who were alleged to have facilitated illegal cross-border activity.

Albanian Prime Minister Edi Rama has approved two government decisions that will allow the opening of casinos in the centre of Tirana. The decisions had been signed by the Deputy Prime Minister Erion Brace on September 2 and were published in the official gazette on September 8.

According to the decision, any company that wants to open a casino in this area must have experience in gambling, be a joint-stock company and have a capital of at least 1.2 billion ALL (nearly USD 12 million).

Gambling was banned in Albania as of 1 January 2019 and the only company licensed to operate a casino is Apex-al/Adria Entertainment which is located in a 5-star hotel.

EGT Interactive is proud to set the beginning of a new partnership with the emerging Serbian brand – Topbet. This deal is an important strategic step for the company, strengthening the position of a leading provider in the Serbian market.

This deal contributes to a significant reach increase of EGT Interactive’s products on the Serbian market. Their top-notch content is already available through Topbet casino. Some of the titles that are showing great results so far are – Emperor’s Palace, 50 Amazons’ Battle, Flaming Hot, Shining Crown, 40 Super Hot, and many more.

Todor Zahariev, the Managing Director of EGT Interactive, commented: “We are proud to start this collaboration with Topbet and we are excited to see where it will lead us. Topbet is rapidly growing, and such a partnership will, for sure, has a positive outcome. Our loyal players in Serbia can now enjoy EGT Interactive games’ portfolio through one more casino brand.”

What the Management of Topbet commented: “We are very proud of the cooperation with EGT Interactive. Starting a partnership with such a successful partner is an excellent opportunity for us, and we notice a huge growth since we have their content on the site. As their games are among the most popular in our market, we try to attract even more people. Currently, we have a promo action with five games included (Flaming Hot, 40 Mega Clover, 40 Lucky King, 40 Hot & Cash, 40 Super Hot) which is achieving outstanding results. In the future, we plan to have more promotions with EGT Interactive products to attract more clients, and we plan to include as many of their content as possible. The new games we introduced last week, 50 Amazon’s Battle and Emperor’s Palace, achieved a great success. In the following period, we will prepare further promo actions for the games planned to be introduced on September 23^rd to get similar results. This cooperation has great importance for us, and we hope that we will achieve huge success together in the future.”