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Proposal to Introduce a 5% Tax on the Proceeds from So-Called “Skill Games”
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...
Licensee of CBD Venue Prosecuted for ATM in Same Part of Hotel as Gaming Machines
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...
Hoosier Lottery Player Could Win $250,000 at Pacers Game
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...
With the New Law, National Security Takes Centre Stage
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...
Potential Changes of Florida Gambling Laws Could See Legalize Sports Betting in the Near Future
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...
Online Gambling in Portugal Reported an Increase of 36.0% in Q3 2023, Compared to the Same Period Last Year
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...
Governor Hochul Announces Mobile Sports Wagering Generated $909 Million for New York State in First Year of Operation
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...
Betting And Gaming Council Urges Government to Honour Commitments on Financial Risk Checks
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...
Swedish Gaming Authority’s Industry Seminar Will be Held on 5 March at the Vasateatern in Stockholm
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...
Macau Gov’t Terminates Macau Jockey Club Concession
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...
Caixa Will Return to Distributing Scratch Cards at Lottery Outlets in March
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 ...
Malta Gaming Authority Cancels Authorisations for Genesis Global and Betago Limited
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 ...
New York Senator Sponsors Senate Bill S8185 Authorizes Interactive Gaming and Interactive Lottery Gaming in the State of New York
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...
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
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 ...
Malta Gaming Authority Has Suspended Rush Gaming Licence
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...
Gambling Commission Fines Gamesys Operations Limited £6 million for Social Responsibility and Anti-Money Laundering Failings
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...
OLG Launches First-Of-Its-Kind Instant Gold Pursuit Lottery Ticket
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...
Junta de Andalucía and Government Finalize the Signing of an Agreement to Strengthen Protection Against Gambling Addiction
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, ...
Organización Nacional de Ciegos Espanoles (O.N.C.E) Christmas Extra Distributes More Than 35 Million Euros in Major Prizes
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...
Germany’s Largest Gaming Group Gauselmann Officially Changed Its Name to Merkur
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 ...
Ghana Revenue Authority Announces 10% Lottery Tax Takes Effect January 1
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 ...
Macau Gaming Revenue Jumps 333.8 Percent in 2023 to MOP 183 Billion
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...