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‘Safeguards’ needed if lotto goes online, Massachusetts Attorney General Campbell says
The state’s top lawyer said her office will not stand in the way of moving lottery sales online but only if proper "safeguards” are put i...
Washington Court Reaffirms Tribal Sovereignty in Sports Betting Case, But Differences Among Courts Begin to Emerge
The Supreme Court’s overturning of the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act in 2018 has led to renegotiations of tribal-state g...
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley says organizations violated state gaming laws
North Dakota Attorney General Drew Wrigley filed a complaint against several gaming organizations Thursday, alleging millions of dollars ...
IT Intermediary Amendment Rules 2023 notified for online gaming industry
INDIA:
April 12 2023
The Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines and Digital Media Ethics Code) Amendment Rules, 2023 (‘IT I...
Skill Games Makers, Operators Sue Kentucky for banning so-called "gray machines"
LOUISVILLE, Ky. Pace-O-Matic and other "skill game" companies are suing the state of Kentucky for banning so-called "gray machines."
Ea...
Pennsylvania Skill Games Legal Battle Heading To State’s Supreme Court
Pennsylvania skill games are going to the PA Supreme Court. Pace-O-Matic (POM), a manufacturer of skill game machines, is facing off ag...
Belgium bans gambling advertising from July 1
BRUSSELS, March 9 (Reuters) - The Belgian government has decided to ban gambling advertising across multiple platforms from July 1 in a b...
DraftKings hit with a federal class action lawsuit related to tumbling values of the non-fungible tokens (NFTs) offered on the company’s DraftKings Marketplace
DraftKings (NASDAQ: DKNG) was slapped with a federal class action lawsuit this week related to tumbling values of the non-fungible tokens...
Flutter Entertainment to pay a $4 million civil penalty to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission for historical activities of PokerStars
Flutter Entertainment has agreed to pay a $4 million civil penalty to the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
The penalty relates t...
The BIA (Bureau of Indian Affairs) has made proposals that would make it easier for tribes to acquire land but could also allow for online gaming to be introduced via deals with the relevant state governments.
Tribal gaming operators may be able to expand their operations online if proposals from the Bureau of Indian Affairs (BIA) come to fruiti...
Austria Says FIFA Packs Are Gambling, Orders PlayStation To Refund Customer
An Austrian court has ruled that FIFA packs are a form of gambling, and is ordering Sony to refund a customer who spent hundreds of euros...
Rincon Band Withdraws From State Regulatory Oversight Under the Indian Gaming Regulatory Act
The Rincon Band of Luiseño Indians (“Rincon”) in California has taken a historical step under its federally approved Class III Secretaria...
Washington State becomes battleground over commercial operators' rights versus Tribal Gaming rights as Federal Court weighs in
A federal court on Tuesday quashed a bid to strike down a Washington state law permitting legalized sports betting in tribal casinos only...
President Biden’s Resort Fee Crackdown Opposed by American Gaming Association
President Joe Biden is targeting resort fees and other so-called “junk” charges that hotels and casinos often tack on to an advertised ra...
Online gaming: challenges in protection of intellectual property
IP protection is a crucial aspect of the gaming industry as it helps game developers in protecting their creations and ensures that they ...
ULIS (United Lotteries for Integrity in Sports) was pleased to participate in the first webinar of the Macolin ACT project
ULIS was pleased to participate in the first webinar of the Macolin ACT project on 3 February which welcomed recent signees to the #Macol...
The European Lotteries (EL) call for a clear separation line to be maintained between gambling and gaming
Press release
European Lottery Association calls for clear separation to be maintained between gambling and gaming as European Parliam...
India: Draft Rules for Online Gaming: The Beginning of an Enabling Framework?
Days after “online gaming” was formally brought under the purview of the Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (“MEITY”) t...
Nevada Gaming Commission Adopts Cybersecurity Regulations
On December 22, 2022, the Nevada Gaming Commission (NGC) adopted regulations creating new cybersecurity requirements for certain gaming o...
Kirkland Represents Allwyn on Acquisition of the Camelot Lottery Solutions Group from Ontario Teachers’ Pension Plan Board
Kirkland & Ellis advised Allwyn AG (“Allwyn”), Europe’s leading lottery operator, on the acquisition of the Camelot Lottery Solutions...
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) is suing iGaming Ontario and the Attorney General of Ontario
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) is suing iGaming Ontario and the Attorney General of Ontario, arguing the way they have organized ...
Star Entertainment Group fined $100 million over Queensland casino breaches
Star Entertainment Group has been hit with $100 million in fines and a special manager has been appointed to oversee its Queensland opera...
Department of the Interior proposing update to Class III gaming compacts regulation
The Department of the Interior’s Office of the Assistant Secretary for Indian Affairs announced Monday the publication of proposed revisi...
Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke taking Ontario government to court over online gaming
The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke (MCK) is taking iGaming Ontario and the Attorney General of Ontario to court over changes to how the pro...
Tabcorp takes legal action against Entain and the Australian Hotel Association over NSW advertising deal
Tabcorp has launched legal action against Entain and the Australian Hotel Association’s New South Wales division on the grounds of their ...
European Commission Highlights Online Gambling’s Money Laundering Risks
Report Previews Potential Implications for the United States
The European Commission (“Commission”) recently released its 2022 Supranati...
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German State of Saxony Receives Online Slot License for its Monopoly
Germany’s online gaming industry continues to grow, although not as fast as some others. There are now 14 operators that have permission ...
Stanleybet Malta hit with preventive seizure in Italy
An iGaming company registered in Malta has been hit with preventive seizure in Italy follow a decree by Catanzaro’s Judge for the Prelimi...