Gambling
Latest Edition of Australian Gambling Statistics
MELBOURNE (October 10, 2023) — This edition of Australian Gambling Statistics contains 2020–2021 gambling statistics for all Australian states and territories. During 2019-20 and 2020-21, v...
Sweden Announce Positive Message for the Work Against Match-Fixing
Strängnäs, Sweden (October 11, 2023) — The announcement that the government intends to join Sweden to the Macolin Convention will facilitate the work against match-fixing and corruption in...
Romanian Government Reveals Its Agenda for Betting and Gambling Industry
Stricter admission requirements, more taxes, less advertising space Bucharest, Romania (October 6, 2023) – According to local media outlets hard times are approaching for betting offices, cas...
Compliance Blitz Finds 99% of Pubs and Clubs Inspected in NSW Free of Outdoor Gambling Signage
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (October 6, 2023) — A month-long compliance blitz has found nearly 99% of pubs and clubs inspected in NSW are now free of external gambling-related signage, as the Stat...
GST Council Affirms 28% Tax on Online Betting from October 1
Delhi, Goa worried about impact on gaming, casino industries respectively; Council to work out “perspective plan” for surcharges on top of GST, and their use after compensation cess is phased o...
Senate Majority Leader Calls on State Agencies to end Unwarranted Harassment Against Veterans Groups over electric bingo
PHOENIX, ARIZONA (October 3, 2023) — Majority Leader Sonny Borrelli is shining a light on coordinated raids and unwarranted harassment carried out by several state agencies against veterans group...
Growth of the Gaming Market Continues at a Slower Pace: de Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa) Report
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (October 5, 2023) The increase in the number of accounts is stagnating The legal market for online gambling has grown again in the past six months. The gross gaming result (...
National Rapporteur: Hold Providers Liable for Gambling Addiction
In his first report as the Addiction Report, Arnt Schellekens provides advice to prevent “unnecessarily many people” keep getting into trouble. NETHERLANDS (September 28, 2023) — ...
Symplify Adds to Partnership Portfolio with AdmiralBet Deal
Stockholm, Sweden (October 2, 2023) – Symplify, the Stockholm-based market leader in CRM and AI cloud solutions, has signed a new partnership with Serbian sports betting and casino platform ...
New Mandatory Minimum Classifications for Gambling-Like Games Content
AUSTRALIA (September 23, 2023) — The Albanese Government will introduce mandatory minimum classifications for computer games containing gambling-like content from September 2024, following un...
Mindway AI and DSWV Offer Self-Test for Players
GERMANY (September 27, 2023) — For the nationwide action day against gambling addiction in 2023, the German Sports Betting Association (DSWV), in cooperation with Mindway AI, is making a self...
Denmark: Player ID Requirements for Gambling at Physical Retailers
Odense C, Denmark (September 25, 2023) — From 1 October 2023, it will be mandatory for players to identify themselves with a so-called Player ID when buying bets at a physical retailer, such ...
The Norwegian Lottery Authority has Informed Banks that it Will be Monitoring Compliance with the Payment Intermediary Ban
Førde, Norway (September 25, 2023) — The Norwegian Lottery Authority has now informed nine banks that there will be supervision of compliance with the payment intermediary ban. According to ...
New Research Report Released on the Skill-Based Gambling in Australia
June 2023 – The aim of this study was to explore the risk of problem gambling and gambling-related harm associated with skill-based gaming machines (SGMs). The research consisted of an enviro...
Sweden’s Government Proposes Increased Gambling Tax
SWEDEN (September 20, 2023) — Sweden’s government has today Wednesday proposed an increase in the gambling tax, from 18 percent of GGR to 22 percent of GGR. The reason, according to the gov...
DGOJ: 2Q (April – June) 2023 Report on the Evolution of the Spanish Online Gambling Market
SPAIN (September 19, 2023) — The GGR for the quarter was €312.61 million, which represents an increase of 2.52% compared to the previous quarter and 55.06% compared to the same quarter in ...
State’s Total Gambling Expenditure Climbs to More Than $5 Billion in the Last Financial Year
BRISBANE, Qld (September 21, 2023) — The increase in gambling expenditure (net losses) in Queensland, Australia, over the past year is reportedly attributed to electronic gaming machines (EGM...
Ban on Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators Gains Support in Senate
MANILA, Philippines (September 21, 2023) — The Senate Ways and Means Committee in the Philippines has taken a significant step towards banning Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators (POGOs). T...
ACMA Blocks 5 More Illegal Online Gambling Sites
SYDNEY, Australia (September 20, 2023) — The The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has requested that Australian internet service providers (ISPs) block more illegal offsho...
Norway: EGBA Encourages Transition to A Licensing Model for Online Gambling
Brussels, Belgium (September 19, 2023) — A recent statement by EGBA encouraging Norway’s transition from a monopoly system to a licensing model for online gambling: “The belief that a mon...
Several Large Gambling Companies Announce That They Are Withdrawing from Norway
NORWAY (September 18, 2023) — The company behind Unibet, Betsson, ComeOn and Bet365 has operated illegally in Norway for several years. Now they are in the process of withdrawing from the Nor...
