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Malta Enacts a Bill to Protect Maltese-Licensed Online Gaming Providers
VIENNA, Austria (June 21, 2023) — Malta recently published a Bill 55 to protect Maltese-licensed online gaming providers. Under the newly inserted Article 56A of the Maltese Gaming Act, a c...
Chile Defines Requirements to Regulate Online Betting Providers
CHILE (June 17, 2023) — According to local media reports the Chilean government, through the Ministry of Finance, has published the notices on the draft law that will regulate the development...
Snapshot: Remote Gambling in Portugal
Remote gambling Types Is remote gambling permitted and, if so, what types? Under the Online Gaming Regime, fixed-odds sports betting, games of fortune and chance, pari-mutuel and fixed-odds horse r...
VGCCC Puts Gambling Operators On Notice to Minimise Gambling Harm
MELBOURNE, Australia (June 22, 2023) — In a groundbreaking statement, the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) has put the gambling industry in Victoria on notice, warning...
National Lottery of the Republic of North Macedonia Announce Public Tender for…..
Bids for the Award of a Business Cooperation Agreement for Services for the Provision of Software Lease and an Online Platform with Game Content for Organizing Online Games of Chance Pursuant to Ar...
Norway: State-Owned Monopolies Are the Sole Licence Holders of…
the Right to Provide Online and Mobile Gambling in Norway Norway (June 2, 2023) — Remote gambling Types Is remote gambling permitted and, if so, what types? The state-owned monopolies Norsk ...
Introduction to Gambling Law in Malta
Overview i Definitions Maltese law permits both online and land-based gambling, and the following forms of gambling are catered for: amusement games, casino gaming, commercial ...
Gaming Control Board Reports Revenue increase of 7.05% in May Compared to Revenue Generated in May 2022
HARRISBURG, PA (June 20, 2023) — The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) reported today that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests du...
Government Will Reform Finland’s Gambling System, What Will the transition from Veikkaus’ Monopoly Mean for Finnish Sports
The new government opens the gambling market with a license model. Sports operators connected to betting funds are cautiously optimistic about the change. FINLAND June 16, 2023) — The gover...
The Newly Formed Finnish Government of Petteri Orpo Plans to Dismantle Veikkaus’ Gambling Monopoly
FINLAND (June 16, 2023) — According to the government program paper seen by Iltalehti, the government will reform Finland’s gambling system, opening it up to competition with a license ...
Dubious Sources, Questionable Methodology: Market Figures of DHS and the University of Bremen Still Wrong
GERMANY (June 16, 2023) — In the “Jahrbuch Sucht 2023” (Yearbook on Addiction 2023) published by the Deutsche Hauptstelle für Suchtfragen (DHS), incorrect figures were presented ...
New statistics: the Proportion of in the Swedish Licensing System at a Critically Low Level
(June 19, 2023) — The industry association for online gambling (BOS) today presents statistics for the proportion of regulated and unregulated gambling for money in Sweden, so-called channeli...
INTRALOT Signs a 10-Year Lottery Contract in Taiwan
ATHENS, Greece (June 12, 2023) — INTRALOT is pleased to announce that following an international competitive tender issued by CTBC Bank Co. in Taiwan, LotRich Information Co., Ltd. a Taiwanes...
Lottopar Website Registers Record Hits with Launch of Lottery Operator Accreditation Announcement
BRAZIL, Parana (June 10, 2023) — The incentive to regularize fixed-odd sports betting made the news of the accreditation process for lottery operators in the State of Paraná attract many int...
Peter Norman New Chairman of The Board of Sweden Gambling Monopoly, ATG®
STOCKHOLM, Sweden (June 9, 2023) — Peter Norman is the new chairman of the board for AB Trav och Galopp (ATG). He succeeds Bo Netz who, with today’s general meeting in ATG, is leaving t...
Calls for Government to Scrap £50million Limit on Charity Lotteries
People’s Postcode Lottery warns good causes in Britain could miss out on £200million in just the next five year. People’s Postcode Lottery supports more than 70 major charities. Red ta...
KSA Asks Minister for Legal Protection for a Change in the Law
that would Allow Ksa to Have False Proof of Identity for Enforcement and Supervision Purposes THE HAGUE, Netherlands (June 7, 2023) — The Gaming Authority (Ksa) is asking the Minister ...
Recent Guidelines to Regulate Online Real Money Games in India
Global, India (June 2, 2023) — The Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) has introduced significant amendments to the Information Technology (Intermediary Guidelines an...
New York State Inspector General Releases Annual Report on Gaming
NEW YORK (June 9, 2023) — Today, NYS Inspector General Lucy Lang released the 2022 Annual Report on Gaming Commission Oversight, which details the Office’s continued efforts to promote tran...
Skilrock Technologies to Showcase Scan-n-Play at The Brazilian iGaming Summit 2023 (BIS)
SAO PAULO, Brazil (June 8, 2023) — Skilrock Technologies, a leading provider of innovative gaming solutions, is excited to announce its participation as an exhibitor at the upcoming Brazilian...
A General Introduction to Gambling Law in Germany
Overview i Definitions In contrast to other jurisdictions, where ‘gaming’ or ‘gambling’ might serve as useful terms to distinguish between products that will be subject to s...
Judgment of the Dresden Higher Regional Court on the Gross Negligence of the Payer in Online Banking
GERMANY (June 6, 2023) — Banks have been plagued by fraudsters for quite some time. In particular, participation in online banking offers a suitable “playground” for this, which h...
