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Texas and Alabama Securities Regulators File Enforcement Actions Against Online Casino Developer Selling NFTs to Operate Casinos in a Metaverse
In Short
The Situation: State securities regulators in Texas and Alabama filed two first-of-their kind enforcement actions against a...
Metaverse, Crypto Currencies, and iGaming: A story of new business models, explosive growth, and fraud
Metaverse, Crypto Currencies, and iGaming: A story of new business models, explosive growth, and fraud
What Happens in The Metaverse Do...
Protestations and Issues surrounding the award of the license to operate the UK National Lottery
Protestations and Issues surrounding the award of the license to operate the UK National Lottery
UK National lottery: Richard Desmon...
American Gaming Association Urges Department of Justice to Crack Down on Illegal Gambling
Washington, D.C. – The American Gaming Association (AGA) called on the U.S. Department of Justice to crack down on illegal, online sports...
U.S. State Regulators Aim to Shutter NFT Casino
Regulators in Alabama and Texas have ordered Sand Vegas Casino Club to close its virtual doors.
State securities regulators in Alabama...
Italian lottery operator Sisal mulls joining Camelot’s High Court challenge
Italian lottery operator Sisal is considering teaming up with Camelot to challenge the Gambling Commission’s decision to pick Czech firm ...
Northern & Shell joins Camelot in taking legal action over National Lottery
Group owned by businessman Richard Desmond files procurement challenge against Gambling Commission
Richard Desmond’s Northern & Shel...
The wait for legal sports betting in Florida continues
One side makes argument to be heard in appeals court as case surrounding tribal-state compact drags on
The wait for legal sports betting...
Eddie Tipton, who defrauded lotteries in six states, blows his parole opportunity
In 2017, he plead guilty to conspiring to collect cash from lotteries in six different states in the central U.S. Amazingly he was set to...
Las Vegas Sands ends effort to put casino expansion on Florida ballot
Florida Voters in Charge, the nonprofit political action committee funded by Las Vegas Sands Corp. to gather signatures on petitions supp...
With North Florida casino drive over, Seminole Tribe stays in control
The committee withdrew its last-ditch lawsuit on Friday.
With the collapse last week of the most recent effort to broaden casino gamblin...
New rules in West Virginia relax advertising restrictions for Limited Video Lottery locations and iLottery is on the way
CHARLESTON, W.Va. — A new state law relaxes some of the advertising restrictions that have been on Limited Video Lottery locations across...
Station Casinos in Nevada hit with Lawsuit from former employees
A lawsuit filed this week by 76 former employees alleges that Station Casino violated Nevada’s Right to Return Law. The law, also called ...
Camelot to challenge the award of contract to run the UK National Lottery
01 April 2022
Following the decision to issue proceedings in the High Court against the Gambling Commission, Camelot CEO, Nigel Railton ...
WLA suspends Russian and Belarusian membership
WLA suspends Russian and Belarusian membership
The very principles on which the WLA is founded; territorial integrity, pub...
Where Gaming Lawsuits Stand In Courts Across The Country
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Missouri: casino cities urge state authorities to crack down on "pre-reveal" gaming machines
As Missouri starts debating the legalization of sports betting this year, officials for Missouri’s 13 cities that have casinos called on ...
Lottery corporation calls foul as ‘grey market’ gambling companies target British Columbia market
BCLC expects windfall from single-event betting but online gambling sites from other jurisdictions will cut into revenues
After the leg...
The Kentucky Lottery Corp. says unregulated devices hurt lottery sales
The Kentucky Lottery Corp. says the gaming machines hurt lottery sales. In a November meeting of the interim committee on licensing and o...
Online legal status of sports betting in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico
Sports betting in Mexico is popular throughout the country including in Yucatan. The province shares the same overarching gambling laws a...
Kindred Group receives warning from Norwegian regulator
"When a gambling company that operates illegally in Norway can make NOK 437 million from its illegal activity within a year, we owe it to...
N.C. Supreme Court has issued another ruling against video sweepstakes operators
A unanimous N.C. Supreme Court has issued another ruling against video sweepstakes operators.
“Gift Surplus, LLC, and Sandhill Amusement...
Dutch Bros founder’s plan for Grants Pass gambling center unconstitutional, Oregon Justice Department finds
Travis Boersma seemed on the home stretch to revive horse racing in Oregon.
But it appears he could finish out of the money.
The Oregon...
First Nation Vows to Derail Ontario Online Gaming, Sports Betting Market
Ontario will launch its private online gaming and sports betting market on April 4, signifying a move away from the provincial monopolies...
US federal government to appeal ruling against Florida-Seminoles sports betting compact
The US federal government is set to appeal a federal court decision that struck down a Florida gaming compact with the Seminole Tribe. A ...
The Columbian "In Our View: Sports gambling legislation needs adjustments"
Washington legislators should rethink their stance regarding who is allowed to manage sports gambling in the state. Regardless of the all...
The Danish Gambling Authority, Spillemyndigheden, warned Mr. Green for breaching the rules on KYC in sections 10(1) and 11(1)(5) of the Anti-Money Laundering Act
On 20 January 2022, the Danish Gambling Authority warned Mr. Green for breaching the rules on KYC in sections 10(1) and 11(1)(5) of the A...
Florida Supreme Court To Look At Casino Expansion Effort Backed By Las Vegas Sands
On Friday, the attorney general of the state of Florida asked the state’s high court to look at a proposed casino expansion plan.
Attorn...
UNLV and Entain launch new online gaming law training program
The University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV) has partnered with online wagering giant Entain to launch a new online training program for op...
Brazil: The next steps for the execution of the bidding for the concession of the São Paulo Lottery operation to the private sector will be the holding of a public hearing
São Paulo defines exclusivity and single lot model for state lottery operation
1/6/2022 | At its 28th meeting, held in December, the Cou...