Events & Reports

Play Store Games Must Now Include Loot Boxes Odds

Play Store Games Must Now Include Loot Boxes Odds

by May 31, 2019

The controversial loot boxes in video games have just received another heavy blow, this time from GoogleTech blog Android Police reported earlier this week that Google’s Play Store has updated its policies on publishing games that feature loot boxes. The move comes shortly af ...

Kenya Preps Fresh New Gambling Restrictions

Kenya Preps Fresh New Gambling Restrictions

by May 30, 2019

Just when Kenya-facing gambling operators thought they could draw a breath of relief after the High Court struck down a set of proposed gambling ads restrictions, the government of the African nation came up with a comprehensive bill aiming to give the gambling industry a hard ti ...

Bet365 Deploys GiG Comply to Monitor Third-Party Affiliates’ Activities

Bet365 Deploys GiG Comply to Monitor Third-Party Affiliates’ Activities

by May 29, 2019

In a time when compliance is a word that weighs heavily on those involved in the global gambling industry, gambling operators are required to ensure that it is tightly woven in their operations and marketing strategies.Online gambling group Gaming Innovation Group today anno ...

Kenya High Court Strikes Down Gambling Ads Ban

Kenya High Court Strikes Down Gambling Ads Ban

by May 28, 2019

Kenya’s proposed highly restrictive regime on gambling ads may not come into force after the High Court’s strikedownKenya’s High Court annulled today a recently introduced ban on gambling ads across social media, outdoor adverts of betting and gaming services, celebrity endor ...

Massachusetts’ First Casino Reduces Staff to Fine-Tune Business

Massachusetts’ First Casino Reduces Staff to Fine-Tune Business

by May 27, 2019

MGM Springfield, Massachusetts’ first commercial casino resort, employs 700 fewer people than it did when it opened doors in August 2018, property officials told the Massachusetts Gaming Commission last weekNews that the hotel and casino complex located in downtown Springfiel ...

Norway’s Oil Fund to Keep Gambling Stocks Despite Crackdown

Norway’s Oil Fund to Keep Gambling Stocks Despite Crackdown

by May 27, 2019

Norway will likely allow its oil fund to keep investing in the gambling companies it wants out of its online gambling fieldThe Government of Norway is likely to allow the country’s oil fund to keep its stocks in gambling companies, even though lawmakers have embarked on a mis ...

Future of Massachusetts Sports Betting at Focus at Upcoming Hearings

Future of Massachusetts Sports Betting at Focus at Upcoming Hearings

by May 26, 2019

State lawmakers to consider nine sports betting bills, including one authored by Gov. Baker, during two hearings this weekSeveral bills calling for the legalization of sports betting in Massachusetts will be discussed by the Statehouse during two hearings scheduled for this w ...

Finnish Police, Communications Authority Launch Illegal Gambling Ads Crackdown

Finnish Police, Communications Authority Launch Illegal Gambling Ads Crackdown

by May 25, 2019

Finnish TV channels and radio stations could lose their licenses if found to be airing adverts of illegal casino, betting operationsFinland’s National Police Board and the Finnish Transport and Communications Authority (Traficom) said earlier this week that they would step up ...

DraftKings/FanDuel Anti-Bluhm, Pro-Betting Ad Pulled by Illinois Governor

DraftKings/FanDuel Anti-Bluhm, Pro-Betting Ad Pulled by Illinois Governor

by May 25, 2019

Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker quashed FanDuel/DraftKings’ ad campaign against Neil Bluhm as lawmakers race to pass sports betting legislation before session’s endThe Governor of Illinois has asked FanDuel and DraftKings to take a TV spot attacking local businessman Neil Blu ...

GVC Secures Nevada Betting, Gaming License

GVC Secures Nevada Betting, Gaming License

by May 24, 2019

GVC has secured a license in Nevada but will have to return to state regulators in 2021 and prove regulatory and legal complianceGVC Holdings was given the nod by the Nevada Gaming Commission to enter the state’s gambling market through a partnership with US casino and hospit ...

Bet365 Scales Down Gibraltar Business, Heads To Malta

Bet365 Scales Down Gibraltar Business, Heads To Malta

by May 24, 2019

After denying previous speculations, bet365 now confirms scaling down of Gibraltar operations and relocation to Malta over Brexit uncertaintyOnline gambling giant bet365 confirmed on Thursday that it has decided to scale down its operations in Gibraltar and relocate most of i ...

Is GVC Eyeing Nevada’s Online Poker Scene?

Is GVC Eyeing Nevada’s Online Poker Scene?

by May 23, 2019

GVC might be looking to bring its online poker brand to Nevada; gaming commissioners to rule on the company’s license application todayNevada gaming commissioners are heading into a busy day as the agenda of today’s meeting of the state gambling regulator is packed with matte ...

Nintendo Pulls Two Games to Comply with Belgium’s Gambling Rules

Nintendo Pulls Two Games to Comply with Belgium’s Gambling Rules

by May 22, 2019

Two Nintendo mobile games will no longer be available in Belgium due to the country’s strict anti-loot boxes policyNintendo is pulling two of its most popular mobile titles in Belgium, fearing action from the country’s gambling regulator, the game publisher announced earlier ...

Malaysian Government Moves to Tackle Illegal Gambling

Malaysian Government Moves to Tackle Illegal Gambling

by May 21, 2019

Malaysia’s legal NFOs have seen improved financial performance thanks to police’s intensified efforts to crack down on their illegal counterpartsThe government of Malaysia has stepped up efforts to tackle illegal gambling operations taking place on the territory of the countr ...

Schleswig-Holstein Online Gambling Rules Remain in Place until Mid-2021

Schleswig-Holstein Online Gambling Rules Remain in Place until Mid-2021

by May 21, 2019

The German state of Schleswig-Holstein passed last week a bill that allows for its current online gambling regulatory regime to remain in place until mid-2021The successful regulation of online gambling on the territory of Germany, one of Europe’s most lucrative markets, has ...