Gambling
Advertising Standards Authority Updates Guidance on Matched Betting
United Kingdom (August 4, 2023) — The Advertising Standards Authority (the “ASA”) has updated its guidance on matched betting. The update follows the ASA’s 2019 rulings in Grip Media ...
Crown Launches PlaySafe Gambling Harm Prevention Program
Broadened support for players with a focus on preventing gambling harm – Introduction of four key priority areas designed to maximise player safety – Crown PlaySafe to progressively r...
Emirates Court Acquits 34 Suspects in Gambling Case
A lawyer for several of the suspects claimed that the accusations were not accompanied by evidence to show that they committed the crime. SHARJAH, United Arab Emirates (July 28, 2023) — The ...
Ontario Online Gambling Wagers Hit $14B in Q1: iGO Report
ONTARIO (July 27, 2023) — Total online wagers placed in Ontario in the first quarter of this year totalled $14 billion, marking an increase from the previous quarter, iGaming Ontario (iGO) re...
ANJ Annual Report 2022: What New Challenges for the Regulation of Gambling?
FRANCE (July 26, 2023) — The year 2022 was characterized by the consolidation of the numerous tools made available to the regulator and the culmination of an ambitious action plan relating to...
Have Your Say on Plans to Make Gambling Safer and Fairer
BIRMINGHAM, U.K. (July 26, 2023) — The Gambling Commission is calling for views on proposals to make gambling safer and fairer, and to ensure it is crime free. The Commission would like to he...
ACMA Blocks 5 More Illegal Offshore Gambling Websites
Australia (july 26, 2023) — The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has requested that Australian internet service providers (ISPs) block more illegal offshore gambling websi...
Tax Revenue from Philippine Offshore Gaming Operators Surges by 127% to Reach P8.9 Billion in 2022
MANILA, Philippines (July 24, 2023) — The government’s tax intake from Philippine offshore gaming corporations (Pogos) ballooned by 127 percent to P8.88 billion last year from P3.91 billion...
Landmark Reforms To Reduce Gambling Related Harm
MELBOURNE, Vic., Australia (July 24, 2023) –The Andrews Labor Government is introducing sweeping new reforms to protect Victorians from gambling harm – making the state’s gambling harm pr...
Update on Gambling Commission Plans for Gambling Act Review Implementation
This month will see the Gambling Commission open our first consultations in the implementation of the Government’s Gambling Act Review White Paper. Posted July 17, 2023 by Tim Miller It’s been ...
PAGCOR to Launch Own Online Casino in 1st QTR of 2024, Eyes Modernization of Slot Machine Operation
MANILA, Philippines (July 20, 2023) — Buoyed by the revitalization of the local gaming industry, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is eyeing to implement measures that ...
Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board Reports Record Tax Raevenue Achieved In 2022/2023 Fiscal Year From Legal Gambling
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board today reported that tax revenue generated during the combined Fiscal Year 2022/2023 reached a record level of $2,369,249,258. This tax figur...
Head of NSW Cashless Gambling Panel Wants Trial Extended to Thousands More Poker Machines
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (July 14, 2023) — According to local media reports the head of a panel to oversee a New South Wales trial of cashless gambling on 500 poker machines would like to see ...
Periodic Update on the Illegal Offer of Games of Chance
THE HAGUE, Netherlands (July 6, 2023) — In the first half of 2023, the Gaming Authority (Ksa) carried out various successful interventions to reduce the illegal supply of games of chance in t...
Report Recommends the Australian Government “Prohibit All Online Gambling Inducements and Inducement Advertising”
SYDNEY, NSW, Australia (July 10, 2023) — According to local media reports the racing industry and betting companies risk losing hundreds of millions of dollars in revenue if a recommendation ...
Bacta to Give Evidence to UK Government’s Culture, Media and Sport Committee
U.K. (July 6, 2023) — John White Chief Executive of UK trade body, bacta, will be outlining the impact of the Gambling Reform White Paper on land-based gambling entertainment businesses when ...
Kentucky to Take Up Sports Betting Rules July 10
The Kentucky Horse Racing Commission has a scheduled a special meeting to consider newly drafted regulations for sports wagering LOUISVILLE, Ky. (WDRB) — According to local media reports Kent...
The Use of AI in the Regulated Gambling Sector
ITALY (July 4, 2023) — Betting is an activity that involves the prediction of an uncertain future event, and the money you bet is based on the probability that you think that event will or wi...
Report Released: You Win Some, You Lose More
CANBERRA, ACT, Australia (June 28, 2023) — The House of Representatives Standing Committee on Social Policy and Legal Affairs has today tabled the report of its inquiry into online gambling ...
Australian Government to Consider the Report of Online Gambling Inquiry
CANBERRA, ACT, Australia (June 28, 2023) — The Labor Government has received the final report of the inquiry into online gambling and its impacts on those experiencing gambling harm by the Ho...
Licensing and Taxation of Gambling Activities in Denmark
All questions The licensing process i Application and renewal The Danish Gambling Authority has different application forms for different types of gambling licences. Licences may as a starting poin...
Assessment of Online Games Design Changes
Gambling Commission report focusing on research conducted into the impact of the online gambling games design changes. BIRMINGHAM, U.K. (June 8, 2023) Executive summary The evidence presented in th...
Rhode Island Governor Signs iGaming Bills into Law to Accompany Sports Betting
NEWPORT, Rhode Island (June 22, 2023) — Legislation introduced by Senate President Dominick J. Ruggerio and Rep. Gregory J. Costantino to provide a new means of accessing existing table game ...