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South Africa presses forward with online gambling clampdown
South Africa is pressing forward with its plans to clamp down even harder on unauthorized internationally licensed online gambling operat...
Google amends policy to comply with Italian ad ban
Google has already altered its policy page ensuring its conformity with Italy’s controversial ‘Dignity Decree’ law, which prohibits almos...
West Virginia Lottery releases emergency rules for sports betting
CHARLESTON — Almost three weeks after approving rules governing sports betting at the state’s casinos, the West Virginia Lottery released...
UK Gambling Commission publishes Annual Report and Accounts for 2017-18
The Annual Report, published today, looks back at performance and progress by the organisation over the last financial year.
2017-...
The Future of Gaming and Sports Betting (Audio Streamed)
CFI COMMITTEE 2018 LEGISLATIVE SUMMIT AGENDA
Summary: The U.S. Supreme Court in May ruled the Professional and Amateur Sports Protecti...
Belarus To Provide New Rules For Gamblers And Online Casinos
Belarusian Tax and Duties Ministry has developed a draft decree, which is expected to become the final stage of the implementation of the...
Sweden’s Gambling Authority releases license application information
Sweden’s Gambling Authority has released information regarding how to apply for a license in the new re-regulated gambling market.
A new...
Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) releases revised draft online gambling ad rules released for comment
Amended restrictions aimed at protecting Australian children from gambling promotional content during live sport that is streamed onlin...
Netherlands Gaming Authority (KSA) Hits Bet-at-home with €410k for operating without a valid license
Dutch Regulator Hits Bet-at-home with €410k Gambling Violation Penalty
Bet-at-home, a German online gambling and sports betting company,...
State-Sponsored Lotteries Gain Market Edge Over Commercial Gambling Interests
Big news this week as state-sponsored lotteries take regulatory bites out of traditional live and online gambling markets. Officials rule...
Lottoland ad banned for misleading prize quote
An ad for lottery betting site Lottoland has been banned for quoting a prize value that could never be paid because of compulsory deducti...
Sweden's Regulator Outlines New Licensing Process
The gambling landscape in Swedenis all set to be significantly reshaped and restructured. The country's regulatory body, Lotteriinspektio...
Italy to consider draft law banning gambling adverts
Italy’s new coalition government is expected to consider a draft law early next week that would ban ban online gambling advertisements a...
UKGC Enforcement report – new guidance to help operators make gambling fairer, safer and crime-free
The Gambling Commission has today published a report into enforcement action it has taken against operators over the past year.
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The UK Gambling Commission has welcomed the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) consultation on society lottery reform
The Gambling Commission has welcomed the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport’s (DCMS) consultation on society lottery ...
Caesars agrees to pay $1 million penalty over efforts to sway Indiana casino regulators
State regulators slapped Caesars Entertainment with a near-record fine on Thursday in response to the casino giant's failed effort to get...
Australian Senate today passed a motion to investigate whether 'loot boxes' constitute a form of gambling
The Australian Senate today passed a motion to investigate whether purchasable random rewards in video games (known colloquially as loot ...
GLMS signs agreement with the Council of Europe to contribute to Group of Copenhagen’s monitoring activities
Lausanne, 22 June 2018, The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) and the Council of Europe have signed today an informal memorandum ...
Valve disables CS:GO and DOTA 2 item trading in Netherlands after legal warning
Valve has buckled to pressure from the Dutch Gaming Authority amid the rolling boil of loot box controversy.
Following a warning from th...
German Gaming Association Renews Calls For Regulatory Overhaul
The Association of German Gaming Machine Manufacturers (Deutsche Automatenwirtschaft) has once again stated its support for a major liber...
GLMS concludes agreement with Norwegian Gaming Authority
GLMS concludes agreement with Norwegian Gaming Authority
Lausanne, 21 June 2018, The Global Lottery Monitoring System (GLMS) and the N...
Australia: NSW to impose new 10% POC - point of consumption - tax on online gambling
June 13 2018: Various media, including The Australian, report that the NSW Government will place a 10 per cent tax on all online gamblin...
Italy’s gambling advert ban to have ‘massive impact’
Italy’s plan to ban gambling adverts will have a “massive impact” on online companies, handing an advantage to land-based operators, an i...
Unregulated gambling finds a corner in the corner store (and bar, and lots of other places, too)
Unregulated gambling finds a corner in the corner store (and bar, and lots of other places, too) Skill Games in Pa. They're called "game...
Brazil legislator: no gambling expansion talk until 2019
Brazil’s long-expected gambling expansion will have to wait until 2019, according to a key legislator.
On Wednesday, Chamber of Deputies...
Swedish Parliament unanimous in approving new Gambling Bill
Swedish Parliament unanimous in approving new Gambling Bill
As anticipated Sweden’s Parliament has approved the mandate of the new Gambl...
The court reversed the ban on gambling in the Slovak capital
A ban on gambling in Bratislava, the capital of Slovakia, has been overturned. This is the consequence of the verdict pronounced by the R...
Nepal to regulate casino biz via a Casino Act: report
The Nepal government is to regulate the country’s casino industry via a Casino Act to be submitted in draft form to the cabinet this week...
Pennsylvania Online Casino Operators Prepare For A Very High Tax Rate On Slot Machine Revenue
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States Are Pushing to Keep Federal Regulation Out of Sports Gambling
In the wake of a United States Supreme Court ruling striking down a ban on sports betting, state gambling regulators are fighting suggest...