Gambling
Kentucky Bans Unregulated “Skill” Games
Washington, DC (March 16, 2023) — Today, Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear signed HB594 into law, officially banning unregulated “skill” games throughout the Bluegrass State and notching a...
Round-up: Navigating the Present and Future of the Gambling Sector: Web 3.0
GLOBAL (March 10, 2023) — On 6 February 2023, DLA Piper’s gambling and regulatory lawyers from across Europe united ahead of the #ICE Conference taking place in London to address the latest...
Measure Seeks to “Minimize Risky or Intensive Gambling Behaviours That Can Lead to Problematic or Pathological Behaviours
Betting and Gambling Websites Will be Required to Notify Their Players Every Hour of the Money They Have Bet and Lost SPAIN (March 15, 2023) — According to local media reports one of the grea...
French Gaming Regulator Publishes the List of Sites That Have Been the Subject of a Blocking and Delisting Order
PARIS, France (March 15, 2023) — The fight against the illegal offer of gambling is a priority and constant concern of the National Gaming Authority. For the past year, the ANJ has had a new ...
More Illegal Offshore Gambling and Affiliate-Marketing Websites Blocked
Commonwealth of Australia (March 15, 2023) — The ACMA has requested that Australian internet service providers (ISPs) block more illegal offshore gambling websites and affiliate-marketing we...
Gambling Companies with a Swedish License Had a Turnover of SEK 27.4 Billion in 2022
Strängnäs, Sweden (March 13, 2023) — Gaming companies with a Swedish license had a total turnover of SEK 27.4 billion (players’ stakes minus paid winnings) in the Swedish gaming mark...
Dutch Gaming Authority Impose an Order Subject to Periodic Penalty Payments on Gammix Limited
The Hague, Netherlands ((March 9, 2023) — On 22 June 2022, the Gaming Authority (Ksa) imposed an order subject to periodic penalty payments on Gammix Limited of EUR 1,470,000 per week with a ...
Tamil Nadu Governor Returns Online Gambling Ban Bill, Claims It Lacks Legislative Competence
Over the last few months, there have been several flashpoints between Governor RN Ravi and the MK Stalin-led state government. Chennai, Tamil Nadu (March 13, 2023) — Tamil Nadu Governor RN ...
Austrian Court Qualifies Loot Boxes as Gambling
By: Armin Redl ITALY (March 10, 2023) — A recent decision of an Austrian court on the qualification of loot boxes as gambling might lead to dangerous consequences for the video gaming sector....
Safer Gambling Week Sparks Huge Increase in Safer Gambling Tools Use
LONDON, U.K. (March 8, 2023) — The number of punters using safer gambling tools rocketed thanks to Safer Gambling Week, new figures released today show. Analysis of last year’s successful c...
Territory’s Illegal Lotteries Are Not Enforceable, Minister Says
Nunavut, Canada (March 6, 2023) — The government of the Canadian Territory of Nunavut says it doesn’t have the means to clamp down on illegal lotteries in the territory. CBC News repor...
During 1H FY2022/23 Kansspelautoriteit Imposed Fines Totalling More Than 26 Million Euros for Illegally Offering Online Games of Chance
The HAGUE, Netherlands (March 3, 2023) — At the end of December 2022, the Gaming Authority (Ksa) imposed fines totalling more than 26 million euros on 5 parties that illegally (without the re...
Czech Republic Expected to Hike Gambling Tax
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (March 2, 2023) — The Ministry of Finance has signalled that it intends to bring in more revenue from gambling. The Ministry of Finance seems intent on seeking more rev...
Police Cut Electricity Supply to 14 Premises in Perak Selling Illegal Lottery Tickets
MANJUNG, Malaysia (March 4, 2023) — The Royal Malaysia Police (PDRM) has revealed that it had cut the electricity supply to a total of 14 premises in Perak caught selling illegal lottery tick...
Market Impact Data on Gambling Behaviour – Operator Data to December 2022
BIRMINGHAM, U.K. (February 23, 2023) –The Gambling Commission has published further data showing how gambling behaviour is reacting to current environmental factors in Great Britain. This dat...
Texas Lottery to Recognize March As Problem Gambling Awareness Month
AUSTIN, Texas (March 1, 2023) – According to the National Council on Problem Gambling (NCPG), it is estimated that only 10 per cent of people with gambling problems seek help. To address these co...
Government Wants to Levy Higher Tax on Gambling
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (February 27, 2023) — The government is planning to levy a higher tax on gambling, Finance Minister Zbyněk Stanjura told Czech Television. The government is looking t...
Charitable Fundraising & the Gambling Regulation Bill 2022
IRELAND (February 21, 2023) — We saw the publication of the Gambling Regulation Bill in December 2022. This is a landmark piece of legislation intended to reform and modernise the law on lice...
Government to Strengthen Regulations in March to Combat Illegal Betting Sites that do Not Pay Taxes
CHILE (February 20, 2023) — Games of chance in Chile are illegal, except for those that are expressly authorized by law, such as those administered by La Polla, the Concepción Lottery, racet...
Most Gambling Obsessed States
USA (February 22, 2023) — New data reveals the states that are the most obsessed about gambling, and the ones least interested. The study by Wetten.com uncovered that the people of Nevada s...
