Government
House Speaker Believes Voters Would Approve the Expansion of Gaming in the Lone Star State
Texas House of Representatives Speaker Dade Phelan said he’s open to resort-style casinos in Texas. AUSTIN, Texas (January 16, 2023)— Texas House of Representatives Speaker, Southeast Texas...
European Committee for Standardisation to Develop A European Standard on Markers of Harm for Online Gambling
European countries have approved an EGBA proposal to establish a common European standard on markers of harm in a significant step forward for safer gambling in Europe. Brussels, Belgium (January 1...
Gambling Commission Fines Online Gambling Business £442,750 for Breaching Licence Conditions
BIRMINGHAM, U.K. (January 18, 2023) — TonyBet will pay a £442,750 penalty and receive a warning for failing to have fair and transparent terms, and for failing to follow social responsibilit...
Southern District of New York Dismisses Putative Class Action Against Online Sports Gaming Company for Failure to Allege Actionable Misrepresentations or Scienter
USA (January 18, 2023) — On January 10, 2023, Judge Paul Engelmayer of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissed with prejudice a putative class action ...
Nevada Gaming Control Board Has Released Its Nevada Gaming Abstract – 2022
NEVADA (January 19, 2023) — The Nevada Gaming Control Board has released its “NEVADA GAMING ABSTRACT – 2022.” The ABSTRACT is a report of combined financial information regarding Nevada...
PA Gaming Control Board Reports All-time Calendar Year High For Gaming Revenue
HARRISBURG, PA: It was another record year for legalized gaming regulated by the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board (PGCB) with revenue nearly a half billion dollars higher than the previous year. ...
Gaming Control Board Reports Record Monthly Gaming Revenue In December
HARRISBURG, PA: The Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board reported today that the combined total revenue generated from all forms of gaming along with fantasy contests during December 2022 was $474,9...
Dutch Gaming Authority’s Trend Analysis of Match Fixing December 2022
The HAGUE, Netherlands (January 17, 2023) — One of the goals of the Betting and Gaming Act (Wok) is to combat gambling-related match-fixing at licensed providers of sports betting. The Gaming...
North Dakota House Passes Legislation to Legalize Sports Betting
BISMARCK, N.D. (January 13, 2023) — The Associated Press reported the North Dakota House on Thursday approved legislation that would legalize sports betting in the state, sending the proposal to ...
Netherlands Threatens Football Betting Scandal
Have some games in the Netherlands been postponed? The police must now clarify this suspicion. 27 footballers are suspected of having a bet on their own teams or league. Several first-division prof...
Politician Blasts UK Gambling Commission Imposed Affordability Checks
Politicians and gambling industry professionals are criticizing the stringent affordability checks the Gambling Commission is trying to enforce LONDON, U.K. (January 17, 2023) — According to ...
New National Risk Assessment on Money Laundering
DENMARK (January 13, 2023) — On the 12th of January 2023, the Danish Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) published a new national risk assessment on money laundering. The new national risk asse...
President Orders the Removal of Former Bolsonaro Justice Minister from the Supervisory Board of Caixa Loterias
BRAZIL (January 16, 2023) — Public security in the Federal District was under the responsibility of Torres, appointed secretary on January 2nd. The day before the acts, however, he traveled ...
Italy’s Communications Authority Fines Meta (Facebook) 750,000 Euros for Violating the Ban for Advertising on Games
ITALY (January 13, 2023) — The Communications Authority has imposed a significant fine against Meta (Facebook) for violating the rules on the prohibition of gambling advertising. “The B...
Olivier Pribile is Appointed Marketing and Product Director of PMU
FRANCE (January 13, 2023) — Olivier Pribile joined PMU on Friday, January 13, as Marketing and Product Director. He is a member of the Executive Committee and reports to Emmanuelle Malecaze-D...
The Malta Gaming Authority Publishes Amendments to the Player Protection Directive
MALTA (January 2023) — The Malta Gaming Authority is hereby publishing the amendments to the Player Protection Directive (Directive 2 of 2018). We believe that safe, sustainable, and responsi...
Towards a Better Year 2023 – Patrik Hofbauer President and CEO, Svenska Spel
VISBY, Sweden (January 6, 2023) — We are leaving behind 2022 which was in many respects a gloomy year. A senseless war in Europe that destroyed the lives of millions of Ukrainians and ended a...
Ministry of Economy and Finance Changes Tax Rules for Commercial Gambling Business
Cambodia (January 9, 2023) — The Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF) has started implementing the revenue-based taxation rules and procedures on commercial gambling businesses on the self-d...
