Colorado Agency Considers Ban on Fantasy Pick’Em Contests

Colorado’s Division of Gaming is developing rules for the latest in fantasy sports competition. From where Josh Kirschner of PrizePicks sits, it isn’t pretty.

Published November 6, 2023

Questions Remain After NHL Player Suspended for Gambling

Shane Pinto (l.), a player with the Ottawa Senators, has become the first person in the NHL suspended for gambling, but several questions have arisen regarding the 41-game ban....

Published November 6, 2023

Professional Golfer Suspended Three Months for Betting on Sport

Jake Staiano (l.), who plays on the PGA’s Korn Ferry Tour, was suspended for three months for betting on golf.

Published November 6, 2023

MS Lawmakers Debate Mobile Sports Betting, iGaming

Mississippi already has sports betting in casinos but a task force is hearing arguments to legalize the online version, as well as online casinos.

Published November 6, 2023

A Pair of Related Sports Betting Proposals Filed in California

Tribal leaders wanted no part in another run at sports betting so close to the 2022 defeat of their propositions. Then two related proposals pop up with exclusivity for...

Published November 6, 2023

Norwegian Operators Roll Back Marketing

In April Lottstift, Norway’s gambling regulator, ordered state-owned operators Norsk Tipping and Norsk Rikstoto to cut back advertising spending. It concluded that they don’t have to compete as much...

Published November 6, 2023

100,000 Swedes Self-Exclude From Gambling

More than 100,000 Swedes have signed up for the gambling self-exclusion system. Spelpaus, run by Sweden’s gambling authority, Spelinspektionen, has operated since January 1, 2019 when it was relaunched...

Published November 6, 2023

Netherlands Mulls Hiking Gambling Tax

Two Dutch MPs have filed an amendment to the Gambling Tax Act that would increase the tax on operators by 1 percent. That would bring it to 30.5 percent....

Published November 6, 2023

Irish Government Rethinking Proposed Gambling Ad Ban

Under pressure from Ireland’s racing industry, the Ministry in charge of gambling may be rethinking a proposal to ban gaming advertising. That is part of the Irish Gambling Regulation...

Published November 6, 2023

SBS to Give Streamers Option to Block Gaming Ads

SBS has announced that starting next year, viewers of its SBS On Demand platform will have the ability to opt out of seeing certain kinds of ads, with gaming...

Published November 6, 2023

OLG Basks in Competitive Market

The growth in both land-based and digital gaming has set records and the Ontario Lottery and Gaming Corporation is crediting competition for the increase in revenue.

Published November 6, 2023

Wynn’s UAE Gaming Project Called ‘Fantastic’

One of Dubai’s largest contractors, ALEC, has won the contract to build the casino for Wynn’s $3.9 billion casino resort. Newly appointed CEO Barry Lewis says, “It’s going to...

Published November 6, 2023

India’s Tax Collectors Chase Operators for Large GST Sums

India’s GST Council has presented casinos, racing companies and online gaming operators with demands to pay more than $12 billion in unpaid goods and services taxes (GST). The demands...

Published November 6, 2023

Brazil Lays Out Requirements for Online Gaming Market Entry

Brazil has published Ordinance No. 1330, which spells out what operators wanting to operate online casinos or offer sports betting will need to do to obtain a license. They...

Published November 6, 2023

Queensland Govt. Proposes New Casino Regulations

The Queensland state government recently proposed a bill that would greatly expand the regulatory obligations for the state’s four casinos, including mandatory pre-commitment and loss limits. Attorney General Yvette...

Published November 6, 2023

Trafficked Workers Freed from Myanmar Casinos

Approximately 200 foreigners were recently rescued from workplaces at illicit casinos in Myanmar. The United Nations has said hundreds of thousands of people have been forced into similar work...

Published November 6, 2023

Record-Breaking October in Macau

Macau casinos continue to rack up post-Covid revenue records. October GGR reached its highest level since the pandemic started at MOP19.5 billion ($2.42 billion). The city reopened to tourist...

Published November 6, 2023

Yet Another Thai Committee to Consider Legal Gaming

Thailand will form a new committee to consider legalized gaming, including casinos. A legal industry would capture domestic gamblers who now cross the border to play in Cambodia, Laos...

Published November 6, 2023

Baccarat Carries NV in September; Several Markets Show Declines

The latest round of data from the Nevada Gaming Control Board showed that the state continued its run of $1 billion-plus in revenue, thanks mostly to stellar baccarat performance....

Published November 6, 2023

Social Gambling Brands Leave Michigan

Following a two-year investigation, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel ordered the social casino Golden Hearts Games to cease operations in the state. Virtual Gaming Worlds also pulled out, and...

Published November 6, 2023