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UKGC £19.2 Million Fine Smashes World Record Holding Slot Win
UKGC £19.2 Million Fine Smashes World Record Holding Slot Win
When the online gambling community reports on numbers like “£19.2 million", it is usually connected to an impressive progressive jackpot win. In fact, the current registered Guinness World Record for the "largest jackpot payout in an online slot mac...Mar 28, 2023Australia Parliamentary Committee Presses for Ban on Gambling Ads
Australia Parliamentary Committee Presses for Ban on Gambling Ads
An Australian parliamentary committee has urged the federal government to effect a ban on advertising for online gambling during sports events within three years. The pleas to implement such a ban came from Australia’s House of Representatives standi...Jun 29, 2023Ontario Bans Use of Pro Athletes & Celebrities in Sports Betting Ads
Ontario Bans Use of Pro Athletes & Celebrities in Sports Betting Ads
In a move geared towards protecting vulnerable youth, Ontario has banned professional athletes’ appearances in online gambling ads, with the new restrictions poised to take effect on February 28, 2024. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AG...Aug 31, 2023Chile Opens its Doors to Licensed and Regulated Online Gambling
Chile Opens its Doors to Licensed and Regulated Online Gambling
More government officials are shifting focus to online gaming or, more specifically, the regulation thereof. Chile is among the latest to finally focus on implementing gaming regulations to regulate the market. They created a new bill, which has...Jan 23, 2024Brazil Chamber of Deputies Okays Sports Betting & iGaming Regulation
Brazil Chamber of Deputies Okays Sports Betting & iGaming Regulation
South American powerhouse Brazil has taken a giant leap towards legalizing sports betting and iGaming. Bill 3626/2023 has been languishing in the legislative process, and the latest move by the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies will be a relief for all t...Dec 26, 2023India Slams the Door on Crypto Exchanges
India Slams the Door on Crypto Exchanges
crypto casinos are growing more popular and, as such, catching the eye of governing bodies and authorities globally. While crypto gaming has less restrictive features in most areas, India has taken a different approach. In 2023, India announced...Jan 18, 2024Macau Junket Boss Jailed 14 Years for Illegal Gambling & Money Laundering
Macau Junket Boss Jailed 14 Years for Illegal Gambling & Money Laundering
On Friday, April 21, Macau’s second-largest Junket operator, Levo Chan Weng Li, was slapped with a 14-year prison sentence for his role in running an illegal gambling ring worth billions of dollars. Chan is the founder, chairman, and controlling shar...Apr 23, 2023UKGC £19.2 Million Fine Smashes World Record Holding Slot Win
UKGC £19.2 Million Fine Smashes World Record Holding Slot Win
When the online gambling community reports on numbers like “£19.2 million", it is usually connected to an impressive progressive jackpot win. In fact, the current registered Guinness World Record for the "largest jackpot payout in an online slot mac...Mar 28, 2023Australia Parliamentary Committee Presses for Ban on Gambling Ads
Australia Parliamentary Committee Presses for Ban on Gambling Ads
An Australian parliamentary committee has urged the federal government to effect a ban on advertising for online gambling during sports events within three years. The pleas to implement such a ban came from Australia’s House of Representatives standi...Jun 29, 2023Ontario Bans Use of Pro Athletes & Celebrities in Sports Betting Ads
Ontario Bans Use of Pro Athletes & Celebrities in Sports Betting Ads
In a move geared towards protecting vulnerable youth, Ontario has banned professional athletes’ appearances in online gambling ads, with the new restrictions poised to take effect on February 28, 2024. The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AG...Aug 31, 2023Chile Opens its Doors to Licensed and Regulated Online Gambling
Chile Opens its Doors to Licensed and Regulated Online Gambling
More government officials are shifting focus to online gaming or, more specifically, the regulation thereof. Chile is among the latest to finally focus on implementing gaming regulations to regulate the market. They created a new bill, which has...Jan 23, 2024Brazil Chamber of Deputies Okays Sports Betting & iGaming Regulation
Brazil Chamber of Deputies Okays Sports Betting & iGaming Regulation
South American powerhouse Brazil has taken a giant leap towards legalizing sports betting and iGaming. Bill 3626/2023 has been languishing in the legislative process, and the latest move by the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies will be a relief for all t...Dec 26, 2023India Slams the Door on Crypto Exchanges
India Slams the Door on Crypto Exchanges
crypto casinos are growing more popular and, as such, catching the eye of governing bodies and authorities globally. While crypto gaming has less restrictive features in most areas, India has taken a different approach. In 2023, India announced...Jan 18, 2024Macau Junket Boss Jailed 14 Years for Illegal Gambling & Money Laundering
Macau Junket Boss Jailed 14 Years for Illegal Gambling & Money Laundering
On Friday, April 21, Macau’s second-largest Junket operator, Levo Chan Weng Li, was slapped with a 14-year prison sentence for his role in running an illegal gambling ring worth billions of dollars. Chan is the founder, chairman, and controlling shar...Apr 23, 2023Connecticut Governor & the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribes Agree on a New Gaming Compact
Connecticut Governor & the Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot Tribes Agree on a New Gaming Compact
Connecticut and the two federally recognized tribes in the state; Mohegan and Mashantucket Pequot tribal nations have finally reached an agreement that will dictate the introduction of legal sports betting and online gaming in the state moving forwar...Mar 22, 2021North Carolina's Retail Sports Betting Debuts Hours Before March Madness
North Carolina's Retail Sports Betting Debuts Hours Before March Madness
USA’s sports betting expansion after the repeal of the PASPA in May 2018 is steadily taking root with the debut of a newly regulated sports betting market in the state of North Carolina. Sports betting in the state is a tribal affair after a Class II...Mar 21, 2021Betsson Win Landmark Gambling Addiction Lawsuit
Betsson Win Landmark Gambling Addiction Lawsuit
The BML Group, a subsidiary of Stockholm-listed online gambling company Betsson, won a landmark case when the Swedish Patent and Market Court ruled in their favour in a gambling addiction suit. The suit was brought against the company by an unnam...Mar 15, 2021Wyoming House Takes a One-Eighty & Okays an Initially Rejected Sports Betting Bill
Wyoming House Takes a One-Eighty & Okays an Initially Rejected Sports Betting Bill
Wyoming’s hopes for launching online sports betting were officially rekindled after a bill supporting the regulation of the activity was revived last week by state legislators. House Bill 133 had initially been shot down last Tuesday by a majority vo...Mar 15, 2021Illinois Governor Retains Remote Registrations Ahead of March Madness
Illinois Governor Retains Remote Registrations Ahead of March Madness
Governor JB Pritzker of Illinois has once again bailed out the local sports betting industry by extending the remote mobile registration period for sports bettors for the umpteenth time. Per the gambling law that was ratified by the governor at the e...Mar 10, 2021Austria Prepares for Widespread Overhaul of its Gambling Regulations
Austria Prepares for Widespread Overhaul of its Gambling Regulations
The word has experienced an unparalleled boom in digitisation thanks to the restrictions brought into place by the pandemic. One of the notable impacts of this has been an increased sense of urgency by governments to ensure that their residents gambl...Mar 03, 2021Swedish Gaming Authority Dishes Out €17 Million in Fines
Swedish Gaming Authority Dishes Out €17 Million in Fines
The Swedish Gaming Authority has kicked off 2021 on the offensive. Earlier this month four licensed online casino operators were found guilty of “distributing gifts to vulnerable players” which the Inspectorate sees as a violation of their “duty of c...Feb 28, 2021Louisiana Finally Opens DFS Betting Applications Window
Louisiana Finally Opens DFS Betting Applications Window
It has been two long years since voters in the majority of parishes in Louisiana approved daily fantasy sports contests within state lines on the ballot. After the long wait, the Louisiana Gaming Control Board, the state’s gaming regulator officially...Feb 28, 2021EGBA Slams Austria for Maintaining a Gambling Monopoly
EGBA Slams Austria for Maintaining a Gambling Monopoly
The Brussels-based online gambling trade association, the European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA), lashed out at Austria over its refusal to consider relinquishing its state monopoly on online games of chance and online poker in an article ent...Feb 27, 2021The State of Online Gambling in the Netherlands
The State of Online Gambling in the Netherlands
The regulation and legalisation of online gambling in the Netherlands is one of the industry’s most anticipated events. Casino and betting operators will however have to be patient a little longer as the Dutch Remote Games of Chance Act (Wet Koa) wil...Feb 26, 2021Australia’s ACMA Bans 18 More Offshore Online Casinos
Australia’s ACMA Bans 18 More Offshore Online Casinos
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA), Australia’s media watchdog continues with the strict cleanup of its online gambling sector by flagging 18 more offshore online casino platforms. Unlike other gambling legal markets, Australia...Feb 23, 2021Speck of Hope for Legalization of Gambling in Hawaii
Speck of Hope for Legalization of Gambling in Hawaii
Hawaii’s Senate Committee on Hawaiian Affairs has rekindled the hopes for the construction of a casino resort in the state by the Department of Hawaiian Home Lands (DHHL). This is refreshing news for local pro-gambling factions particularly since the...Feb 18, 2021