Public Gaming Industry
Regulatory Issues
Sweden proposes licensed gambling, largely scrapping monopoly
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden’s government proposed on Thursday that the state gambling monopoly largely be replaced by a licensing system...
UK Gambling Advertising: responsibility and problem gambling
Gambling advertisers must take all reasonable steps to prevent marketing communications from posing a risk to vulnerable groups. They mus...
Is the Regulatory Environment Finally Moving in the Right Direction?
Hansjörg Höltkemeier Chief Executive Officer and Member of the Board of Deutsche Klassenlotterie Berlin President, European Lottery Asso...
The State of the Online Gambling Industry in the UK
Gambling in the UK is highly regulated by the Gambling Commission, which awards the licenses and ensures the rules and regulations are ad...
Australia References Loot Boxes in New Online Gambling Safety Guidelines
The Australian government has further weighed in on the subject of loot boxes in games by referencing the randomized loot purchase in a s...
Italy Should Stick to Its Poker Liquidity Commitment, Pier Paolo Baretta Says
Italy should apply the terms of the shared online poker liquidity agreement it signed with France, Spain, and Portugal last summer in Rom...
Pennsylvania Online Gambling On Track To Launch In 2018, Says Regulatory Chief
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Mass. Board Wants Sports Betting On Par With Black Market
Law360, Boston (March 1, 2018, 7:23 PM EST) -- The Massachusetts Gaming Commission on Thursday released a report tackling sports betting ...
New UK Gambling Commission workshops for small gambling businesses announced
Small gambling businesses are being invited to Gambling Commission workshops as part of a drive to raise standards across the industry.
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2018 Amendment Austrian Gambling Act: "With the aim of protecting players, we are taking key steps against illegal internet gambling"
Plan to block unlicensed internet gambling; tightening of protection for young people and players in Austria
"In the fight against illeg...
Nevada Gaming regulators to create first-ever policy to combat sexual harassment within industry
The Gaming Control Board is beginning the process of creating its first-ever policy to combat sexual harassment within an industry that h...
UK The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a further investigation into gambling firms withdrawal procedures.
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has launched a further investigation into gambling firms withdrawal procedures.
Detailing “e...
A number of lotto betting companies have threatened to lodge a UK legal challenge against the introduction of new laws that would prohibit them from offering or accepting bets on the outcome of EuroMillions lottery draws
26 Feb 2018
Lotto betting companies threaten legal challenge to EuroMillions bet restrictions A number of lotto betting companies have...
William Hill to pay £6.2m penalty package for systemic social responsibility and money laundering failures
William Hill to pay £6.2m penalty package for systemic social responsibility and money laundering failures
Systemi...
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI®) Brings North America’s Gaming Regulators Together for High-level Discussions at 18th Regulators Roundtable
Gaming Laboratories International (GLI®) Brings North America’s Gaming Regulators Together for High-level Discussions at 18th Regulators ...
Operator of Irish National Lottery pushing Government to outlaw ‘parasitic activities’ of unregulated, offshore companies who offer odds on outcome of draw
While they are primarily worried about online activities, bookie shops face being impacted by any legislation
THE number could be up for...
UK Commission welcomes tighter gambling advertising standards
The Gambling Commission has welcomed tightened advertising standards which focus on adverts appealing to problem gamblers and on free bet...
Uruguay just days away from online gambling domain blocking
Uruguay will follow through on its threat to begin blocking international online gambling sites within days, according to the state-owned...
Gambling Commission United Kingdom UK gambling regulator calls on industry to stamp out sexism
The UK’s gambling regulator will on Monday call on the industry to stamp out sexism, warning that women attending an annual conference ta...
Gambling Commission condemns outfits at trade show
Scantily clad women are "unacceptable" at a betting industry conference, Britain's gambling regulator has said.
Sarah Harrison told the ...
Massachusetts Gaming Commission to review Wynn project
BOSTON --The Massachusetts Gaming Commission says it will review the Wynn Boston Harbor project after sexual misconduct allegations again...
Irish National lottery claims that a regulatory loophole allowing offshore companies to bet on the Irish lottery is an “escalating threat” to its good cause fund
The national lottery has claimed that a regulatory loophole allowing offshore companies to bet on the Irish lottery is an “escalating...
Chris Stearns, Commissioner of the Washington State Gambling Commission, discusses tribal gaming in his state
Tribal Gaming generated $31.2 billion in 2016, as reported by the National Indian Gaming Commission, yet many people outside of the Unite...
Britain to limit gambling terminal stakes to two pounds
LONDON (Reuters) - The stake on gambling machines in British betting shops is set to be cut to two pounds to tackle the risks that the te...
Switzerland – Swiss Casinos says online referendum threatens ‘player safety’
Switzerland’s land-based and online operator Swiss Casinos has said that profits and player protection are being endangered by the refere...
Online privacy: European online gambling operators file data protection complaint against unlawful payment blocking scheme in Norway
18 January 2018
Brussels – The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has asked the Norwegian Data Protection Inspec...
Spain: International liquidity for Poker finally approved
On 29 December 2017, the General Directorate for the Regulation of Gambling Activities (Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego – the “...
Further changes to PIT exemption for gaming players in Poland
Starting from 2018 PIT exemptions for gambling winnings were changed. In particular, all types of gambling (therefore, online casino as w...
UK Gambling Commission eBulletin
e-bulletin Monday 15 January 2018
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State Sen. Becky Harris to chair Gaming Control Board
Gov. Brian Sandoval has chosen Republican state Sen. Becky Harris as the new chairwoman of the Nevada Gaming Control Board. Harris replac...