Public Gaming Industry
Regulatory Issues
Proposed North Carolina gaming commission OK'd by House and Sports Betting Bill Finds New Life
The idea of a consolidated state commission to regulate all gambling-related activities and boxing in North Carolina has advanced through...
Wyoming tribe funded effort to kill gambling regulations; sides dispute who created the group
A casino managed by the Northern Arapaho tribe gave thousands of dollars to a highly secretive organization trying to kill regulated ga...
North American Gaming Regulators Association postpones annual conference
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the North American Gaming Regulators Association's (NAGRA) Annual Conference, originally slated for 2-4 Jun...
Sweden’s gambling regulator levies financial penalty against online lottery betting outfit Lottoland
Sweden’s gambling regulator has doled out yet another financial penalty package, this time to online lottery betting outfit Lottoland.
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German State of Lower Saxony Issues First Federal Payment Blocking Order
As a part of the efforts to drive illegal igaming business from the country’s market, the German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) ha...
NY Gaming Commission to vote on sports betting regulations for upstate casinos
NY Gaming Commission to vote on sports betting regulations for upstate casinos
Following a public comment period, the state Gaming Comm...
Dutch Online Gambling Market to Open on January 1st 2021, According to Kansspelautoriteit
Rene Jansen, the chairman of the Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has said that he believes that Netherlands will get ...
Odds are, coronavirus will crimp Pennsylvania lottery fund, which could hurt programs for seniors
With a stay-at-home order in effect for Lehigh, Northampton and 17 other Pennsylvania counties, state lottery officials are reporting dec...
Buenos Aires Province Institute of Lottery and Casinos (IPLyC, in Spanish) has published the terms and conditions for the operators to apply for online gambling license
Buenos Aires Province Institute of Lottery and Casinos (IPLyC, in Spanish) has published the terms and conditions for the operators to ap...
UK Gambling Commission: Four gambling businesses are to pay a total of £4.5m in penalty packages as part of the our ongoing investigation into the online casino sector.
Widespread regulator action results in further £4.5m in penalty packages for online gambling sector
Four gambling ...
UK: Covid-19 - A message from Neil McArthur to online gambling operators
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 ...
6 Vegas sports gambling funds controlled by former Ponzi scheme operators
6 Vegas sports gambling funds controlled by former Ponzi scheme operators
The Las Vegas Review-Journal is good at uncovering what actua...
iGaming Operators Must Comply With New UK Age & ID Checks
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...
Sweden could ban online casino advertising
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden’s government said on Wednesday it would look at whether to ban advertising by online casinos and other forms...
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Leading Sport Book Operators Officially Launch Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Association
Leading Sport Book Operators Officially Launch Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Association
SWIMA brings together sports book opera...
Dutch Gaming Authority Hits Casino.com with €450000 Fine
The Netherlands Gaming Authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has announced the latest in a series of large fines assessed against offs...
Svenska Spel Beats Gambling Operators in Sweden
Sweden’s gambling market has continued to do well. Not surprisingly, Svenska Spel, the state-owned operator, has managed to outpace the c...
Skin Betting Gets Attention of Denmark’s Regulators as Illegal Sites Are Blocked
Denmark is cracking down on skin betting — which is gambling with virtual goods — with illegal sites getting shut down out of concern for...
Ireland Gambling Regulator Could Be in Place by 2020: Will Issue Licenses, Impose Fines
The Republic of Ireland is finally moving forward with a plan to set up a centralized gambling regulator, but it may not be in place unti...
Germany’s sixteen federal states have approved the mandate of the ‘third amended Interstate Treaty on Gambling’
Germany’s sixteen federal states have approved the mandate of the ‘third amended Interstate Treaty on Gambling’, paving the way for a new...
Ireland Plans to Consolidate Regulation of Gambling
Horse Racing Ireland and other authorities would be consolidated
Plans call for Horse Racing Ireland and a number of other regulatory au...
Ohio Casino Control Commission Using GSA’s CDI Standard with Tremendous Success
Ohio Casino Control Commission Using GSA’s CDI Standard with Tremendous Success
LAS VEGAS (March 20, 2019) – Using multiple independent...
URUGUAY: The National Lotteries and Quinielas Directorate Achieves the Blocking of 260 Illegal Gambling WEB Sites
The National Lotteries and Quinielas Directorate Achieves the Blocking of 260 Illegal Games WEB Sites March 15, 2019 Montevideo, March 15...
The Malta Gaming Authority signs MoU with the Swedish Gambling Authority
The Malta Gaming Authority signs MoU with the Swedish Gambling Authority
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) and the Spelinspektionen (the ...
Dutch regulator raises penalty for illegal online gambling
The gambling regulator of the Netherlands, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has increased the minimum penalty for illegal online gambling offence...
Pagcor seeks regulation of gaming operators
State-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp. (Pagcor) is calling for the commitment of other government agencies to ensure that Phil...
70+ Operators Approved Under Sweden’s Newly Liberalized Gambling Market
Sweden’s newly liberalized online gambling market has only been in place for a couple of months, but already it is proving a success. Spe...
Nevada Governor Sisolak asks President Trump for hospitality industry relief
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) -- Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak joined a teleconference with President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence Thurs...