From BBC Twenty-eight British and Irish expats and holiday-makers have been fined after police in Portugal caught them playing bingo for biscuits and drinks. Landlady Marianne Pittaway, from North Yorkshire, was fined 700 euros (£595) for hosting the game at The Yorkshire Tavern in Albufeira, on Friday night. Ms Pittaway, 34, also received a four-month suspended prison sentence. She said she was “still in shock” and that the country’s regulations were “wrong in a lot of aspects”. Ms Pittaway, who has been in Portugal for eight years, said her bar would “definitely not” be staging bingo again following Friday’s raid….

From iGaming Business Online scratchcard and instant-win games developer NeoGames International Limited has signed a deal to provide a selection of its titles to the Santa Casa da Misericordia de Lisboa (SCML) lottery in Portugal. Malta-based NeoGames revealed that its range of interactive scratchcard and instant-win games will be marketed under the Raspadinha brand as SCML extends its extensive retail presence online via the JogosSantaCasa.pt domain. “Our fastest growing product segment is our scratchcards,” said Fernando Paes Afonso, Chief Executive Officer and Vice-President for SCML. “Therefore, we are excited about adding them to our online offering. We are certain that…