New analysis shows UK-licensed casinos are spending less on advertising. They are shifting the focus to safer gambling, while illegal operators ramp up unregulated online promotions.
New analysis shows UK-licensed casinos are spending less on advertising. They are shifting the focus to safer gambling, while illegal operators ramp up unregulated online promotions.
Bingo is not for cigarette-smoking ladies with purple hair - 2026 sees it taking centre stage in a charity fraud scheme that results in a new entry on the FBI Most Wanted List.
Despite a tightly regulated market, almost half of the gambling revenue in the Netherlands is flowing to illegal and unlicensed casinos. Here’s how the KSA plans to tackle this growing problem.
Play971 has launched as the UAE’s first fully licensed and regulated online iGaming platform, marking a historic shift from offshore gambling to a tightly controlled digital gaming market. But only within selected emirates and under strict rules.
Curaçao's parliament approved the new Landsverordening op de Kansspelen (LOK). This is a major overhaul of the island's online-gambling regime. But does LOK deliver on its promise of stronger regulation and enhanced trust?
Italy has revamped its gambling licensing system with 52 newly rubber-stamped licenses coming into effect on November 14th. We examine the fallout and delve into the no more “skins” approach.
Arno Rutte, the Dutch State Secretary for Justice and Security, has taken charge of reshaping the country’s gambling sector since his predecessor stepped down amid political tensions. We examine the expected reforms on the cards.
Bingo is not for cigarette-smoking ladies with purple hair - 2026 sees it taking centre stage in a charity fraud scheme that results in a new entry on the FBI Most Wanted List.
Despite a tightly regulated market, almost half of the gambling revenue in the Netherlands is flowing to illegal and unlicensed casinos. Here’s how the KSA plans to tackle this growing problem.
Play971 has launched as the UAE’s first fully licensed and regulated online iGaming platform, marking a historic shift from offshore gambling to a tightly controlled digital gaming market. But only within selected emirates and under strict rules.
Curaçao's parliament approved the new Landsverordening op de Kansspelen (LOK). This is a major overhaul of the island's online-gambling regime. But does LOK deliver on its promise of stronger regulation and enhanced trust?
Italy has revamped its gambling licensing system with 52 newly rubber-stamped licenses coming into effect on November 14th. We examine the fallout and delve into the no more “skins” approach.
Arno Rutte, the Dutch State Secretary for Justice and Security, has taken charge of reshaping the country’s gambling sector since his predecessor stepped down amid political tensions. We examine the expected reforms on the cards.
Sports betting operators in Ireland are no longer allowed to accept credit cards as a mode of payment for placing bets. Gambling advertisements have also been prohibited during pre-watershed live sports events.
The Denmark Gambling Authority announces the formation of the country’s first Gambling Advertising Board. The newly established body will be tasked with ensuring Danish operators treat players fairly and communicate their offerings clearly.
Former chairperson of KRAIL, Ukraine’s gambling ombudsman, is suspected of being arrested by the state’s federal anti-corruption unit on charges of bribery. KRAIL, however, maintains that the suspect is innocent until proven guilty.
Following DOI’s approval of the Florida-Seminole gaming compact, two parimutuel sports betting operators have sued the Interior Secretary and the DOI in a DC federal court. According to the lawsuit, the compact violates the Wire Act, IGRA, and UIGEA.
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has proposed several important new additions to its sports betting legislation in response to the acceptance of Bill C-218 which legalised single-event betting in Canada.
Maine’s Senate adjourned for the summer, leaving a legal sports betting bill on the Appropriations Table untouched. The measure will be left hanging for 6 months, but industry supporters are hopeful that legislators will get it done in 2022.
Three flagship betting products from Unibet have been flagged by the New South Wales gambling watchdog for violating the region’s gaming advertising rules. The Kindred Group subsidiary pleaded guilty to three offenses in a local court in a July hearing.
Ontario’s newly formed online gambling commission iGaming Ontario has introduced itself to Canadian gamblers and potential operators with a string of online slots restrictions but also some necessary safer gambling requirements.
Norway continues to support an outdated gambling monopoly, going so far as to deny EU licensed casinos the right to advertise to Norwegians. This has resulted in the Betsson group receiving a severe “cease and desist” notice.
ESIC continues to grow support from gambling regulators, betting platforms, Esports tournament hosts and more as they strive to eradicate match-fixing and odds manipulation from the Esports scene.
A bill has been tabled in the US Congress to eliminate the ambiguity of tribe-operated mobile sports betting in gambling legal states. Should the bill be passed, it will also remove barriers that the IGRA had on online sports betting for the tribes.
Wisconsin and the Oneida Tribal Nation have amended their tribal-state gaming compact to allow sports betting and events wagering. The agreement has been passed over to the US Department of Interior for final authorization.
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