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Proposal to Introduce a 5% Tax on the Proceeds from So-Called “Skill Games”

January 24, 2024 | Government

LINCOLN, Neb. (January 23, 2024) – According to local media reports a proposal to place a 5% tax on proceeds from so-called “skill games” got an emphatic thumbs down Monday from several N...

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Legislators Call for PCSO Chief’s Resignation for Implementing e-Lotto Betting Scheme

January 24, 2024 | Legislature Subscriber Only

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New Mexico Tribal Courts Have Jurisdiction Over Casino Patron Tort Claims

January 24, 2024 | Government Subscriber Only

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Licensee of CBD Venue Prosecuted for ATM in Same Part of Hotel as Gaming Machines

January 23, 2024 | Compliance

SYDNEY, Australia (January 23, 2024) — Licensed venues are being warned to comply with important gaming harm minimisation measures or face enforcement action, after the licensee of an inner S...

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Hoosier Lottery Player Could Win $250,000 at Pacers Game

January 23, 2024 | Government

INDIANAPOLIS (Jan. 22, 2024) – The Hoosier Lottery and Indiana Pacers have partnered to provide a myLOTTERY member the chance to win up to $250,000. As the grand prize winner of the Pacers Courts...

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With the New Law, National Security Takes Centre Stage

January 22, 2024 | Government

Macau Business | January 2024 | Special Report | New gaming concessions – The first year (and beyond) MACAU, SAR (January 21, 2024) — In March 2022, then Chinese Vice Premier Han Z...

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Potential Changes of Florida Gambling Laws Could See Legalize Sports Betting in the Near Future

January 22, 2024 | Government

FLORIDA (January 22, 2024) — According to local media outlets the current gambling situation in Florida and the potential changes on the horizon of gambling laws could indeed have significant...

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Online Gambling in Portugal Reported an Increase of 36.0% in Q3 2023, Compared to the Same Period Last Year

January 21, 2024 | Online Gambling

Portugal (January 20, 2024) — The number of individuals placing online bets in Portugal grew in the third quarter of 2023, totalling almost four million, according to a report which indicate...

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Governor Hochul Announces Mobile Sports Wagering Generated $909 Million for New York State in First Year of Operation

January 17, 2024 | Government

Tax Revenue Funds Education, Youth Sports Programming and Problem Gambling Prevention Treatment and Recovery Services More Than $16 Billion Wagered on Sports in New York State in First Year of Oper...

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Betting And Gaming Council Urges Government to Honour Commitments on Financial Risk Checks

January 17, 2024 | Financial

LONDON, U.K. (January 16, 2024) — Standards body, the Betting and Gaming Council, today urged Government to honour its commitments on frictionless financial risk checks, following the announc...

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Swedish Gaming Authority’s Industry Seminar Will be Held on 5 March at the Vasateatern in Stockholm

January 16, 2024 | Government

Stockholm, Sweden (January 15, 2024) — The Swedish Gaming Authority’s industry seminar on March 5 will be a full day of interesting discussions and lectures. The reregulation of the ga...

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Macau Gov’t Terminates Macau Jockey Club Concession

January 16, 2024 | Government

MACAU, SAR (January 15, 2024) — As many as 570 employees of the Macau Jockey Club are facing the prospect of dismissal or job changes after Macau authorities stripped the horse racing operato...

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Caixa Will Return to Distributing Scratch Cards at Lottery Outlets in March

January 15, 2024 | Government

BRAZIL (January 14, 2024) —  The distribution had been suspended in 2015, but an August decree allowed it again. In December, the government authorized an emergency operation. Caixa’s ...

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Malta Gaming Authority Cancels Authorisations for Genesis Global and Betago Limited

January 15, 2024 | Government

Cancellation of Authorisation for Genesis Global Limited (C-65325) January 11, 2024 This decision is being published in terms of the provisos to regulation 12 of the Regulations and may be subject ...

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New York Senator Sponsors Senate Bill S8185 Authorizes Interactive Gaming and Interactive Lottery Gaming in the State of New York

January 15, 2024 | iLottery

BILL NUMBER: S8185 SPONSOR: Joseph Addabbo   TITLE OF BILL: An act to amend the racing, pari-mutuel wagering and breeding law, in relation to interactive gaming; and to amend the tax law, in relat...

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GLO Ready to Improve Lottery Distribution Channels Through Digital Lottery Panels and Create a Sandbox for N3 Lottery Tickets by the Middle of This Year

January 14, 2024 | Government

BANGKOK, Thailand (January 13, 2024) –Today (12 January 2024) at 11:30 a.m. at the multi-purpose meeting room, 3rd floor, Government Lottery Office, Mr. Lawan Saengsanit, Permanent Secretary ...

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Malta Gaming Authority Has Suspended Rush Gaming Licence

January 11, 2024 | Legal

MALTA (January 9, 2024) — The Malta Gaming Authority is suspending the authorisation awarded to Rush Gaming Ltd (the ‘ Authorised Person’), holder of MGA licence MGA/B2C/701/2019, effecti...

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Gambling Commission Fines Gamesys Operations Limited £6 million for Social Responsibility and Anti-Money Laundering Failings

January 11, 2024 | Government

BIRMINGHAM, U.K. (January 10, 2024) — A gambling business will pay a £6 million penalty after a Commission investigation revealed social responsibility and Anti-Money Laundering (AML) failin...

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OLG Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Instant Gold Pursuit Lottery Ticket

January 10, 2024 | Government

TORONTO, ON (January 9, 2024) – The Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation (OLG) is giving lottery players a whole new way to win with its innovative $25 INSTANT GOLD PURSUIT ticket. INSTANT GOLD...

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Junta de Andalucía and Government Finalize the Signing of an Agreement to Strengthen Protection Against Gambling Addiction

January 9, 2024 | Government

SPAIN (January 8, 2024) — The Junta de Andalucía and the central government will join forces to reinforce protection and prevention measures against gambling addiction. With this objective, ...

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Organización Nacional de Ciegos Espanoles (O.N.C.E) Christmas Extra Distributes More Than 35 Million Euros in Major Prizes

January 7, 2024 | Compliance

In points of Catalonia, Andalusia, the Canary Islands, the Valencian Community, Madrid, Castilla-La Mancha or Aragon.     MADRID, Spain (January 1, 2024) — The ONCE Christmas Extra has di...

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Germany’s Largest Gaming Group Gauselmann Officially Changed Its Name to Merkur

January 3, 2024 | Government

GERMANY (January 1, 2024) — A new chapter opens in a decades-long success story as 67 years after the foundation of the Gauselmann Group, Germany’s largest gaming group changes its name to ...

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Ghana Revenue Authority Announces 10% Lottery Tax Takes Effect January 1

January 2, 2024 | Government

ACCRA, Ghana (December 30, 2023) — The Ghana Revenue Authority (GRA) has announced that the implementation of the 10 per cent withholding tax on the gross winnings of lotteries will start on ...

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Macau Gaming Revenue Jumps 333.8 Percent in 2023 to MOP 183 Billion

January 2, 2024 | Government

MACAU, SAR (January 1, 2024) — Macau’s casinos raked in MOP 183 billion (US$22.8 billion) in gross gaming revenue (GGR) in 2023, up by 333.8 per cent compared with 2022, according to data r...

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