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Regulatory Issues


April 3, 2020
(The Center Square) – Tribal councils are facing unprecedented challenges in countering the spread of the coronavirus across tribal lands...
September 21, 2019
A decision by the Council of State invalidates the gambling giant’s authorization to offer online sports betting. The Council of State’s...
September 17, 2019
The Illinois Gaming Board (IGB) is urging politicians in the Prairie State to reconsider parts of the gaming expansion bill passed there ...
September 8, 2019
Beginning in January 2020, new remote and land-based sports betting licences will be granted in Germany. The competent gambling authori...
August 26, 2019
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo. — Lawmakers got an inside look as gambling in Missouri during a two-hour hearing largely focused on illegal slot mach...
August 23, 2019
The Virginia Lottery has raised concerns that unregulated “skill” games that have appeared in bars and convenience stores across the stat...
April 3, 2020
Brazil’s Regional Court overturns injunction, lottery stores return to essential services The TRF-2 (Federal Regional Court of the 2nd R...
July 31, 2019
Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has shut down the government-owned Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) and all lotteries it...
July 31, 2019
Charles Schmadeke will serve on and chair the Illinois Gaming Board.* Schmadeke is a partner-in-charge of Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP’s ...
April 3, 2020
CHICAGO (WICS/WRSP) — In accordance with Governor JB Pritzker's Stay At Home order extension, the Illinois Gaming Board has announced new...
July 31, 2019
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission will meet on Tuesday to vote to adopt proposed rules for sports wagering an...
July 24, 2019
CASPER — Just three weeks ago, members of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Committee on Travel, Recreation and Cultural Resources decided ...
July 24, 2019
Following a recent call for evidence on the issue of gambling online with credit cards, the Gambling Commission has confirmed it will be ...
July 24, 2019
Gambling Commission appoints Rothschild & Co to engage parties interested in fourth National Lottery licence competition. Executive ...
July 15, 2019
JEFFERSON CITY — In the latest attempt to slow the rapid-fire spread of untaxed and unregulated slot machines in Missouri, state gambling...
July 14, 2019
The Swedish gambling regulator has agreed to hold a meeting with all licensed gambling operators in the country after the casino operator...
April 1, 2020
Belgium introduces changes in lottery and gambling rules   Belgium’s National Lottery has seen a drop in sales of 30 per cent since t...
July 12, 2019
The idea of a consolidated state commission to regulate all gambling-related activities and boxing in North Carolina has advanced through...
July 3, 2019
A casino managed by the Northern Arapaho tribe gave thousands of dollars to a highly secretive organization trying to kill regulated ga...
March 28, 2020
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the North American Gaming Regulators Association's (NAGRA) Annual Conference, originally slated for 2-4 Jun...
June 24, 2019
Sweden’s gambling regulator has doled out yet another financial penalty package, this time to online lottery betting outfit Lottoland. O...
June 23, 2019
As a part of the efforts to drive illegal igaming business from the country’s market, the German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) ha...
June 10, 2019
NY Gaming Commission to vote on sports betting regulations for upstate casinos Following a public comment period, the state Gaming Comm...
June 8, 2019
Rene Jansen, the chairman of the Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has said that he believes that Netherlands will get ...
March 28, 2020
With a stay-at-home order in effect for Lehigh, Northampton and 17 other Pennsylvania counties, state lottery officials are reporting dec...
May 19, 2019
Buenos Aires Province Institute of Lottery and Casinos (IPLyC, in Spanish) has published the terms and conditions for the operators to ap...
May 15, 2019
Widespread regulator action results in further £4.5m in penalty packages for online gambling sector Four gambling ...
March 27, 2020
Since I wrote to you last week, the response to Covid-19 has affected everyone in Great Britain.    Over the last week, I have spoken to ...
May 8, 2019
6 Vegas sports gambling funds controlled by former Ponzi scheme operators The Las Vegas Review-Journal is good at uncovering what actua...
May 8, 2019
A few years ago, the online gambling market in the United Kingdom was considered one of the most liberal iGaming markets in the world as...