Public Gaming Industry
Regulatory Issues
Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission to decide on sports betting rules and licenses
WEST DES MOINES, Iowa — The Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission will meet on Tuesday to vote to adopt proposed rules for sports wagering and…
Wyoming Legislators revive gaming commission proposal
CASPER — Just three weeks ago, members of the Wyoming Legislature’s Joint Committee on Travel, Recreation and Cultural Resources decided it…
UKGC will be holding a twelve-week consultation on gambling online with credit cards
Following a recent call for evidence on the issue of gambling online with credit cards, the Gambling Commission has confirmed it will be ho…
UKGC appoints Rothschild & Co to advise 4th National Lottery licence competition
Gambling Commission appoints Rothschild & Co to engage parties interested in fourth National Lottery licence competition.
Executive Di…
Missouri State gambling regulators say slot machines spreading across Missouri are illegal
JEFFERSON CITY — In the latest attempt to slow the rapid-fire spread of untaxed and unregulated slot machines in Missouri, state gambling r…
Swedish Gambling Regulator Calls A Meeting In September As Operators Demand Clarity On Gambling Laws
The Swedish gambling regulator has agreed to hold a meeting with all licensed gambling operators in the country after the casino operators…
Belgium introduces changes in lottery and gambling rules
Belgium introduces changes in lottery and gambling rules
Belgium’s National Lottery has seen a drop in sales of 30 per cent since the…
Proposed North Carolina gaming commission OK'd by House and Sports Betting Bill Finds New Life
The idea of a consolidated state commission to regulate all gambling-related activities and boxing in North Carolina has advanced through t…
Wyoming tribe funded effort to kill gambling regulations; sides dispute who created the group
A casino managed by the Northern Arapaho tribe gave thousands of dollars to a highly secretive organization trying to kill regulated gamb…
North American Gaming Regulators Association postpones annual conference
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the North American Gaming Regulators Association's (NAGRA) Annual Conference, originally slated for 2-4 June…
Sweden’s gambling regulator levies financial penalty against online lottery betting outfit Lottoland
Sweden’s gambling regulator has doled out yet another financial penalty package, this time to online lottery betting outfit Lottoland.
On…
German State of Lower Saxony Issues First Federal Payment Blocking Order
As a part of the efforts to drive illegal igaming business from the country’s market, the German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen) has…
NY Gaming Commission to vote on sports betting regulations for upstate casinos
NY Gaming Commission to vote on sports betting regulations for upstate casinos
Following a public comment period, the state Gaming Commis…
Dutch Online Gambling Market to Open on January 1st 2021, According to Kansspelautoriteit
Rene Jansen, the chairman of the Dutch gambling regulator, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has said that he believes that Netherlands will get it…
Odds are, coronavirus will crimp Pennsylvania lottery fund, which could hurt programs for seniors
With a stay-at-home order in effect for Lehigh, Northampton and 17 other Pennsylvania counties, state lottery officials are reporting decli…
Buenos Aires Province Institute of Lottery and Casinos (IPLyC, in Spanish) has published the terms and conditions for the operators to apply for online gambling license
Buenos Aires Province Institute of Lottery and Casinos (IPLyC, in Spanish) has published the terms and conditions for the operators to appl…
UK Gambling Commission: Four gambling businesses are to pay a total of £4.5m in penalty packages as part of the our ongoing investigation into the online casino sector.
Widespread regulator action results in further £4.5m in penalty packages for online gambling sector
Four gambling bu…
UK: Covid-19 - A message from Neil McArthur to online gambling operators
Since I wrote to you last week, the response to Covid-19 has affected everyone in Great Britain. Over the last week, I have spoken to re…
6 Vegas sports gambling funds controlled by former Ponzi scheme operators
6 Vegas sports gambling funds controlled by former Ponzi scheme operators
The Las Vegas Review-Journal is good at uncovering what actuall…
iGaming Operators Must Comply With New UK Age & ID Checks
A few years ago, the online gambling market in the United Kingdom was considered one of the most liberal iGaming markets in the world as i…
Sweden could ban online casino advertising
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Sweden’s government said on Wednesday it would look at whether to ban advertising by online casinos and other forms o…
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Leading Sport Book Operators Officially Launch Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Association
Leading Sport Book Operators Officially Launch Sports Wagering Integrity Monitoring Association
SWIMA brings together sports book operato…
Dutch Gaming Authority Hits Casino.com with €450000 Fine
The Netherlands Gaming Authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has announced the latest in a series of large fines assessed against offsho…
Svenska Spel Beats Gambling Operators in Sweden
Sweden’s gambling market has continued to do well. Not surprisingly, Svenska Spel, the state-owned operator, has managed to outpace the com…
Skin Betting Gets Attention of Denmark’s Regulators as Illegal Sites Are Blocked
Denmark is cracking down on skin betting — which is gambling with virtual goods — with illegal sites getting shut down out of concern for t…
Ireland Gambling Regulator Could Be in Place by 2020: Will Issue Licenses, Impose Fines
The Republic of Ireland is finally moving forward with a plan to set up a centralized gambling regulator, but it may not be in place until…
Germany’s sixteen federal states have approved the mandate of the ‘third amended Interstate Treaty on Gambling’
Germany’s sixteen federal states have approved the mandate of the ‘third amended Interstate Treaty on Gambling’, paving the way for a new n…
Ireland Plans to Consolidate Regulation of Gambling
Horse Racing Ireland and other authorities would be consolidated
Plans call for Horse Racing Ireland and a number of other regulatory auth…