By 
Terry Davis ·
The government of Uruguay is pondering the possibility of introducing a new legal framework that would prevent internationally licensed iGaming operators from targeting local players, local news outlet El Observador…
By 
Robert Johnson ·
A broadly discussed tax on freeplays and related discounts used by UK-facing online gambling operators to acquire and retain customers will be imposed as from August 1, 2017, despite previously…
By Robert Johnson ·
The French online gambling regulator – ARJEL – has published initial instructions for France-facing online poker operators interested to participate in the shared liquidity project. The move comes two weeks…
By Terry Davis ·
The provision of online payment services has been yet another area to have been catalyzed by the general application of digital technology. More and more people have been looking for…
By Terry Davis ·
Three Wimbledon and one Roland-Garros matches will be investigated by the Tennis Integrity Unit (TIU) due to alerts for suspicious gambling patterns, the London-based anti-corruption body has revealed in a…
By Terry Davis ·
Aria Resort & Casino and Poker Central have joined forces to debut the Poker Masters high roller poker festival this September. The week-long series will run from September 13-20 and…
By Robert Johnson ·
Analysts warn that too strict regulations may produce the exact opposite of what the gambling industry expects from Japan’s recently legalized casino market. Japanese lawmakers are in the middle of…
By Robert Johnson ·
After the Supreme Court of the United States decided to hear New Jersey’s sports betting legalization case, the topic began making its way in the Legislatures of several other states.…
By Terry Davis ·
A month after it became known that Belgian politicians were planning to introduce a bill that would aim to curb gambling advertising on local television, news about a separate legislative…
By Robert Johnson ·
Londoners woke up Monday morning to the news that a massive fire hit Camden Market. A building located next to the market hall area of the popular marketplace was reported…
By Terry Davis ·
Online gambling legalization talks once again reached a stalemate in the Pennsylvania Legislature after lawmakers adjourned before coming to an agreement on an omnibus gambling bill. Legislators approved late last…
By Robert Johnson ·
Another US lawmaker has joined the company of politicians to be openly and vocally opposing a 2011 memo of the Department of Justice that practically gave the green light to…
By Robert Johnson ·
Earlier this year, Michigan emerged as one of the states that were considering the legalization of online gambling. S 203, sponsored by Senate Majority Floor Leader Mike Kowall, appeared on…
By Robert Johnson ·
Sydney’s Fairfield Council has requested a freeze on slot machines, or poker machines as they are known in Australia, after news emerged that the amount of A$8 billion was spent…
By Robert Johnson ·
American real estate specialist Jones Lang LaSalle (JLL) said in a recent report on the future of the Vietnamese gambling industry that major international casino operators have been eyeing the…
By Robert Johnson ·
Over the past several years, online gambling in the United States has been a topic of contention between one group of very powerful people and another group of very powerful…
By Robert Johnson ·
Online poker operator PokerStars announced on Thursday that it will reimburse players of PKR after the latter poker room was shut down in early May due to serious financial issues.…
By Terry Davis ·
French online gambling regulator Autorité de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL) signed on Thursday the long-discussed first shared online poker liquidity agreement with its counterparts from Italy, Spain, and…
By Robert Johnson ·
Market research firm Opinium today released the results of recent research focused on the “changing face” of the UK gambling customer as the nation’s industry is in the middle of…
By Robert Johnson ·
Florida’s Seminole Tribe and Governor Rick Scott reached an agreement about the tribe’s exclusivity over the provision of blackjack within the state’s borders more than a month after the Legislature…
By Terry Davis ·
Slovakia’s Financial Administration has begun compiling a list of illegal gambling websites and is planning to release it for the public on July 17. The move comes as part of…
By Robert Johnson ·
Europe’s online poker landscape is about to change in just two days from now when the gambling regulators of France, Italy, Spain, and Portugal are set to sign a much-anticipated…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Philippine Department of Finance expressed confidence that the country’s government will continue receiving much needed revenue from casinos once a previously revealed plan for their privatization is completed. It…
By Robert Johnson ·
An anti-online gambling lobbying group backed by casino mogul Sheldon Adelson may have lost an important ally in the US Department of Justice, after Attorney General Jeff Sessions recused himself…
By Robert Johnson ·
The results from a government-led review of the highly controversial fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) will not be made public before October due to the recent UK general election, Minister Tracey…
By Robert Johnson ·
A year after the French government amended the country’s gambling law in a manner that paved the way for shared liquidity negotiations, the first agreement for the creation of an…
By Robert Johnson ·
The number of casino-related suspicious transaction reports (STR) increased almost 24% year-on-year in Macau in 2016, figures presented by the Macau Financial Intelligence Office and cited by casino news outlet…
By Terry Davis ·
It has recently become known that online bingo operator Sun Bingo will switch its affiliate program from Gamesys Affiliates to NetHive Affiliate Program. The choice of a new affiliate program…
By Robert Johnson ·
The Portuguese gambling regulator, Serviço de Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos (SRIJ), issued on Monday the seventh license for the provision of online gambling services since the local market’s regulation.…
By Robert Johnson ·
Hungary’s online gambling regulatory regime has been declared incompatible with EU principles and rules, the Court of Justice of the European Union ruled late last week. The ruling came as…