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February 12, 2025 DETROIT, Feb. 12, 2025 — The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has taken swift action against nine online casinos, issuing cease-and-desist letters for violations of state gaming laws. The affected websites offer a range of casino-style games, such as slots, poker, blackjack, roulette, and craps, as well as betting services for sporting events and horse races. The followi...

Regulator makes ‘unpredecented’ blunder in legal battle over UK lottery https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025/feb/07/gambling-commission-regulator-richard-desmond-national-lottery#:~:text=The%20gambling%20regulator%20has%20accidentally,lottery%20contract%2C%20the%20Guardian%20understands. The documents covered the process of awarding the lottery licence to Allwyn, rather than Camelot or No...

Illinois Attorney General Kwame Raoul has fired a last-minute shot across the bow at offshore operator Bovada and daily fantasy sports company PrizePicks in the final hours before the 2025 Super Bowl. In a consumer alert issued on Friday, Feb. 7, Raoul cautioned bettors in the state to vet where they wager in advance of the NFL’s big game.  “If you decide to bet on the Super Bowl or any other...

February 5, 2025
Coljuegos, Colombia's gambling regulator, has blocked 10,000 websites and social media profiles offering illegal betting as part of its l...
February 6, 2025
Manitoba Liquor & Lotteries (MBLL) has filed a legal challenge against offshore gambling operator Bodog, seeking to prevent the compa...
January 31, 2025
By decision of 16 January 2025, the Enterprise Court of Antwerp (the “Court”) refers several prejudicial questions to the Court of Justic...
January 31, 2025
Washington state residents are being bombarded with ads on social media, hyping the state’s tribal casinos’ online operations. There’s o...
January 20, 2025
Sportsbet, Flutter Entertainment’s flagship Australian brand, is facing a class-action lawsuit from gamblers who lost money while using i...
January 21, 2025
 The Florida Gaming Control Commission recently testified that existing statutory classifications and penalties for illegal gaming offens...
January 22, 2025
Pennsylvania Skill games, slot-like gaming terminals found in small businesses and social clubs throughout the commonwealth, should be re...
January 17, 2025
Quebec polls this morning show a healthy lead (33%) for the Parti Quebecois party over the governing Coalition Avenir Quebec party (22%),...
January 8, 2025
Supreme Federal Court (STF) minister André Mendonça has rejected the Rio de Janeiro State Lottery’s (Loterj) appeal against the ban on st...
January 8, 2025
Poland has proposed the EU form a working group to combat unregulated gambling as part of a bid to recover lost tax revenue. The Central...
January 10, 2025
These measures, effective as of 31 December 2024, are part of a broader effort to curb illegal online gambling targeting the local popula...
January 9, 2025
DraftKings is facing a series of class action lawsuits in several states concerning promotional practices that are deemed deceptive and f...
December 31, 2024
Lawsuit alleges High 5 Entertainment has “scaled up, on a massive scale, an illegal tactic that criminals once attempted to use to evade ...
December 23, 2024
Recent Developments Senate Judiciary Committee Holds Hearing on Sports-Betting While Industry Watches from the Sidelines Tennessee Lo...
December 18, 2024
The American Gaming Association said the decision to omit industry representatives from the first formal hearing into the practices of th...
December 22, 2024
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (WFLA)— The Florida Lottery has shut down an unauthorized online courier service, The Lotter. The Lotter was unlawfull...
December 6, 2024
Two U.S senators have asked the Federal Trade Commission and Justice Department to investigate online betting platforms DraftKings and Fa...
December 2, 2024
The lawsuit accuses Google and Apple of having a role in the distribution of illegal gambling. Tech giants Google and Apple are facing n...
November 27, 2024
The National Council of Legislators from Gaming States released a draft Model Internet Gaming Act for public comment The National Counci...
November 26, 2024
This Wednesday, November 27, a special session will be held in Argentina's Chamber of Deputies, where the opposition will try to achieve ...
November 25, 2024
In a landmark decision, the Nigerian Supreme Court has ruled that state governments alone have the authority to regulate lottery and gami...
November 22, 2024
The Bureau of Indian Affairs on Friday moved the landless Koi Nation closer to opening a casino in the heart of California’s wine country...
November 18, 2024
Though the tribe omitted it from their correspondence, recent legal developments might mean these casinos won’t be housed on reservations...
November 21, 2024
LONDON, Nov. 21, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- International Game Technology PLC ("IGT") (NYSE: IGT) today announced the expiration of the waiting...
November 15, 2024
President Santiago Peña of Paraguay has endorsed a new bill to reform national gambling laws and revise the privileges of municipal gambl...
November 8, 2024
All POGO and related offshore gaming operations are required to cease activities and wind up their affairs by 31 December 2024. Key poin...
October 31, 2024
Kansas Supreme Court will decide what’s just an arcade game, and what’s a gambling device A game manufacturer said it’s lost money becaus...