Events & Reports

Norway Rolls Out New Rules to Combat Unlicensed Gambling Operations

Norway Rolls Out New Rules to Combat Unlicensed Gambling Operations

by April 25, 2018

A coalition of four Norwegian parties has presented the country’s legislature, the Storting, with a set of measures aimed at better protecting Norsk Tipping’s monopoly over the provision of gambling services and at blocking unlicensed international operators from targeting local ...

Gambling Machines Crackdown Announcement Due Within Weeks

Gambling Machines Crackdown Announcement Due Within Weeks

by April 24, 2018

The UK Government is set to reduce the maximum stake on the highly controversial fixed-odds betting terminals to £2, The Times reports citing people familiar with the ongoing discussions. An announcement is expected to be made within the next few weeks.The decision was to be ...

A Total of 29,319 Belgians Self-Excluded Themselves from Gambling in 2017

A Total of 29,319 Belgians Self-Excluded Themselves from Gambling in 2017

by April 23, 2018

As many as 29,319 Belgians self-excluded themselves from gambling (both online and at land-based venues) in 2017, according to a press release published earlier today on the official website of Belgian Minister of Justice Koen Geens.The reported figure represents a 9% increa ...

Singapore Needs Greater Consolidation of Casino Regulators, Says Josephine Teo

Singapore Needs Greater Consolidation of Casino Regulators, Says Josephine Teo

by April 20, 2018

Josephine Teo, the Second Minister for Manpower and Home Affairs of Singapore, said that greater consolidation of the functions of casino regulatory authorities should be considered, especially at a time when the country’s gambling landscape has been quite complex.Today, Ms. ...

Italian Regulator Reveals Applicants for Online Gambling Licenses

Italian Regulator Reveals Applicants for Online Gambling Licenses

by April 20, 2018

Italy’s gambling regulator Agenzia delle Dogane e dei Monopoli (ADM) opened on Thursday the applications submitted by 70 gambling operators seeking to be issued a license to operate in the country or to have their existing license extended.ADM announced last month that it ha ...

Four out of Ten Loot Boxes Violate Dutch Gambling Law, Local Regulator Finds

Four out of Ten Loot Boxes Violate Dutch Gambling Law, Local Regulator Finds

by April 19, 2018

Four out of ten loot boxes in video games were found to be violating the Dutch Betting and Gaming Act (Wet op de kansspelen), the local gambling authority, Kansspelautoriteit, said in a report on the matter.The gambling regulator pointed out that loot boxes incorporate eleme ...

Redone Trump Taj Mahal Casino to Open Doors on June 28 under the Hard Rock Brand

Redone Trump Taj Mahal Casino to Open Doors on June 28 under the Hard Rock Brand

by April 19, 2018

Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Atlantic City, the latest Hard Rock-branded resort, will open doors on June 28, executives announced during a Wednesday press conference livestreamed from the company’s Times Square café to Tanger Outlets The Walk in Atlantic City.The property is ...

UK Lottery Sector Sees Significant Diversification, Says UKGC Executive Director

UK Lottery Sector Sees Significant Diversification, Says UKGC Executive Director

by April 18, 2018

Today, the Lotteries Council gave the start to its two-day Annual Conference and Networking Event, with various exhibitors taking part.The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) also became part of the Conference and its Executive Director Tim Miller gave a speech, addressing the eve ...

Japanese Lawmakers to Submit Casino Bill to Diet on April 27

Japanese Lawmakers to Submit Casino Bill to Diet on April 27

by April 18, 2018

Japan’s ruling coalition will table the Integrated Resort Implementation Bill to the parliament late in April, sources close to the country’s rulers said Wednesday.Chikako Ikeda, member of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party’s affairs committee confirmed the reports and adde ...

Italian Gambling Regulatory Body Rolls Out New Nationwide Self-Exclusion Programme

Italian Gambling Regulatory Body Rolls Out New Nationwide Self-Exclusion Programme

by April 17, 2018

The major gambling regulatory body in Italy – the Agenzia delle dogane e dei Monopoli – has rolled out a special nationwide self-exclusion programme aimed at helping problem gamblers. The launch of the self-exclusion programme came after industry stakeholders called for the Gover ...

Swedish Gambling Regulator to Receive More Funds as Market Regulation Date Approaches

Swedish Gambling Regulator to Receive More Funds as Market Regulation Date Approaches

by April 16, 2018

The Swedish Gambling Authority, Lotteriinspektionen, could have its funding from the government increased as the country is entering the final stages of re-regulating its gambling market. Once the process is complete, the regulatory body will have larger responsibilities, it said ...

Florida Legislators Negotiate Special Session in Last-Ditch Effort to Settle Gambling Issues

Florida Legislators Negotiate Special Session in Last-Ditch Effort to Settle Gambling Issues

by April 14, 2018

There is still no agreement or recommendations for a special legislative session in Florida, incoming Senate President Bill Galvano told local media on Friday.It has become known that state lawmakers are considering a special two-day session at the end of April to discuss an ...

US Player Associations Insist on Joining Sports Betting Legalization Discussions

US Player Associations Insist on Joining Sports Betting Legalization Discussions

by April 13, 2018

The major player associations in the US – the National Basketball Players Association (NBPA), National Football League Players Association (NFLPA), Major League of Baseball Players Association (MLBPA) and National Hockey League Players’ Association (NHLPA) – have broken their sil ...

National Congress of Brazil Puts Gambling Legalization Hopes to End

National Congress of Brazil Puts Gambling Legalization Hopes to End

by April 12, 2018

Plans for land-based casino gambling legalization have fallen apart in the Chamber of Deputies, and the Senate’s Committee on Consultation, Justice and Citizenship made an unexpected move on the gambling bill.The plans for the long-awaited gambling legalization seem to be sl ...

More Operators Face Allegations in Offering Illegal Online Gambling under Washington State Law

More Operators Face Allegations in Offering Illegal Online Gambling under Washington State Law

by April 11, 2018

A number of online gambling operators have been hit by a series of lawsuits over the last few days, with the companies facing allegations that their online casino offerings have violated Washington state law. Late last week and early this week, a total of four lawsuits were filed ...