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Industry
May 5, 2023
GGL Probes Daily Fantasy Sports Games to Protect Consumers
Daily Fantasy Sports (DFS) games began to slowly increase their visibility more than a decade ago. Since then, their popularity has been expanding and many sports fans and bettors found such games engaging and entertaining. Mostly favored in the United States, DFS games are also available in different jurisdictions around the globe including Europe and […]
Industry
May 5, 2023
Sweden Urges Spelinspektionen and Finansinspektionen to Work Together
Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s gambling regulator, announced that the government has urged it to work together with the Financial Supervisory Authority (Finansinspektionen) to combat illegal gambling. This comes following the introduction of changes to the gambling regulator’s powers. According to the Swedish government, the Spelinspektionen and the financial authority should work together to control financial transactions related […]
Casino
May 4, 2023
KSA Fines Merkur for Allowing an Excluded Player to Gamble
The Kansspelautoriteit, a body that regulates gambling in the Netherlands, has fined Merkur Casino Almere over an exclusion-related breach. According to the authority, the casino operator allowed a self-excluded person to play over a two-week period. The person in question was registered in the Netherlands’ self-exclusion register (CRUKS) and was supposed to be barred from […]
Industry
May 4, 2023
Australia’s Gambling Updates May Spill Over to the Video Game Industry
The Australian federal government is still on course to ban credit card payments in iGaming. However, ambiguous wording in the country’s Interactive Gambling Act 2001 may mean the measure will affect other gambling-like activities like those in video games. With government officials yet to provide a conclusive reply, Australia may suddenly join Belgium and the […]
Industry
May 3, 2023
UKGC Posts Plans for Implementing White Paper Proposals
After years of waiting, the Gambling Act Review white paper was finally released. After careful evaluation, the United Kingdom Gambling Commission (UKGC) published its plans for the implementation of the changes outlined in the paper. The document covers more than 60 areas of work for the UKGC alone and will likely take years to complete. […]
Industry
May 3, 2023
Estonia Considers Increased Taxes for Operators
The Baltic nation’s new government is keeping true to its planned gaming reforms. Its newly proposed taxation policy update outlines small but incremental hikes across all forms of gambling. Estonia currently sports one of the lowest industry tax rates in Europe. The planned minor increase should still allow the sector to remain attractive despite tightening […]
Legal
May 3, 2023
Proposal in Victoria Calls to Increase Sports Betting Tax
A few years ago, in 2019, Victoria, the second smallest yet second-most-populated Australian state after New South Wales (NSW), implemented the point of consumption tax (POCT). At the time, the tax was only 8%, but it has undergone an increase to 10% back in 2021. Now, the local government seeks to further increase the aforementioned […]
Sports
May 2, 2023
Ohio Blocks Certain Betting Products amid Integrity Concerns
Buckeye sports fans should forget about wagering on college baseball games involving the Alabaman team for a while. This comes as the local regulator detected suspicious activity during the latest match between Alabama Crimson Tide and LSU. As reported by ESPN, US Integrity, a Las Vegas-based independent integrity monitor, filed a report about concerning activity […]
Casino
May 2, 2023
UAE Might Greenlight Gaming in 2023, MGM Resorts Hopes
MGM Resorts International, a global gaming and hospitality giant, is currently eyeing the situation in the United Arab Emirates, where Wynn Resorts is building a multibillion-dollar property. The country previously claimed that it will not legalize gambling in spite of the aforementioned property but MGM Resorts thinks otherwise. The company is hopeful that either Dubai […]
Legal
May 1, 2023
Peru Amends iGaming Laws, Prevents Anonymity
Peru, which recently introduced a law that regulates iGaming and online sports wagering, has announced that players will be unable to maintain their anonymity when playing online. The measure seeks to prevent financial fraud and possible tax evasion. Gamblers Will be Unable to Remain Anonymous Peru legalized online gambling in August when Law 31,557 was […]
