Spelinspektionen, Sweden’s gambling regulator, has imposed on Tuesday a SEK3m (€285k) penalty on AG Communications Ltd, Aspire Global subsidiary after it has failed to prevent self-excluded customers from gambling. AG Communications offer its products in Sweden through multiple gambling brands, including its flagship Karamba online casino. According to Spelinspektionen press …
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Social poker games were once among the most popular video game titles in China, particularly when it came to mobile gaming. But under new rules issued by the Chinese government, games that feature poker will no longer be approved for sale in the country. The new rules, which were announced …
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Brazil has taken another step towards legal and regulated sports betting after the country’s Lower House and Senate voted in favour of MP 846 bill initially was signed in December 2018 by departing President Michel Temer. Now, the only hurdle that remains for the bill to be sanctioned into law …
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Latvia has decided to implement a ban that would prohibit local customers from accessing international gambling sites. Following amendments to the country’s gambling laws, authorities are targeting both unauthorized online gambling operators and their local clients. It’s all happening because of an early April decision of Latvia’s parliament (Saeima) which …
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Nearly 18 months after the governor signed the enabling legislation, Pennsylvania finally has a date for the launch of online gambling. Casino and poker market will launch on July 15. State lawmakers legalized online gambling in 2017, but the implementation has taken quite some time. Finally, on Wednesday morning, executive …
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Iowa and Montana are progressing in their goal to become the next two U.S. states with legalised gambling. The Iowa Senate has voted through a bill that would legalise sports betting and daily fantasy sports (DFS) contests in the state. In Montana, there are two bills which recently moved forward …
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For some time New Zealand has been battling international gambling websites illegally using “.nz” in their website addresses. So far authorities found 13 sites like this. New Zealand has strict gambling regulations and Only Lotto and TAB so far were approved to officially offer services to local customers. However, It …
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The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has not upheld a complaint raised by a viewer against a recently broadcasted Betfred bingo advert. The TV advert in question featured a woman in the bath, a man preparing a meal and a woman exercising, all while playing online bingo on mobile devices. It …
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The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) is lobbying for Portugal’s government to change their gambling taxes policies. According to EGBA, they are “discriminatory.” and lead local gamblers to choose non-licensed sites. Current gambling law was established in Portugal in 2015. Online sports wagers are taxed anywhere from 8%-16% and …
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A new policy implemented by Svenska Spel, state-owned Swedish operator, excludes all forms of online casino advertising. The decision was announced on the company’s website. In the statement Patrick Hofbauer, CEO of Svenska Spel, explained that the decision to stop advertising is to support the Swedish Health Authority in their …
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Bingo, live games and lotteries are the new targets for the taxes increase, the Czech Republic’s Ministry of Finance announced on Monday. Currently, all gambling taxes in the country are set at 23% of gross gaming revenue (GGR), aside from gaming machines, which are at 35%. This is expected to …
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After sting operation run by UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) five gambling companies have been found to violate the country’s rules for targeting ads at children, The Guardian reports. The operation lasted two weeks and during that time authorities have found 20 Youtube channels as well as two dozen children’s …
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1,000 closed betting shops and 5,000 jobs in risk, this according to Ladbrokes officials will be a result of slashing fixed odds betting terminals (FOBTs) maximum stakes to two pounds. After years of discussing what the maximum stake on FOBTs should be, UK politicians decided that it must be lowered …
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Copenhagen City Court upheld the order from the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) which will block access to 25 unlicensed gaming websites. Local internet service providers are required now to prevent their customers from visiting accessing 10 igaming sites and 15 skin betting sites. “We use our authority to block websites …
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Norway’s government plans to take another step against foreign gambling websites. This time it will be done by restricting media advertisement. Plan was presented by Minister of Culture Trine Skei Grande. Norway’s officials want state media authority „Medietilsysnet” to prevent or obstruct access to gambling advertisements. Media outlets, which would …
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Bucharest could relocate its gambling halls to a “neighborhood of gambling” located outside the Romanian capital, if a proposal by a general council survives a vote in the city’s General Council, local news outlet the Romania Insider reports. According to data quoted by local media, the city is home to …
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On Wednesday, March 27, the governor approved a law on interactive bets on lottery in West Virginia , which earlier this month signed. This bill will allow five land gaming licensees to offer online poker and casino products to locals. Now West Virginia has replenished the list of states that …
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Australian online betting provider, Sportsbet, has been convicted and hit with a fine Aus$10,000 by authorities in New South Wales after posting an illegal gambling advertisement on its website. It comes an investigation by state regulator Liquor & Gaming NSW into an advertisement on the Sportsbet.com.au website on 5 July …
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Japanese authorities has confirmed to approve the new regulations for casino resorts, with hopes to open the first resort in Osaka by 2024. Casinos were legalised in 2016 in Japan and another bill was passed in 2018 which would begin the legalisation of integrated resorts. Japan’s prime minister Shinzo Abe …
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A parliament of Kosovo has confirmed a draft bill banning gambling activities across the country for a period of 10 years. The move to ban gambling in Kosovo comes after two murders linked to casinos. One of the victims worked at a gambling centre in Suhareka, while the other was …
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