U.K. Report Indicates Hardening Stance Towards Gambling

New research from the U.K. is indicating that the public may not be as opposed to gambling reform as previously thought.

Published September 4, 2023

Malta Gaming Act Stirs E.U. Backlash

Malta recently amended its Gaming Act to make it so that operators based on the island are shielded from offshore liability. Other countries around Europe, namely Germany, haven’t taken...

Published September 4, 2023

Malta Could Join Macolin Convention on Gambling Firms

Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) is pondering the wisdom of embracing the Macolin Convention on sports betting, which it has refused to join since 2014. It has consulted an international...

Published August 28, 2023

Big Spenders Not Returning to London Casinos in Large Numbers

Rank Group CEO John O’Reilly blames London casino revenues that haven’t bounced back to pre-Covid days to a “tourist tax” caused by the removal of the VAT free-shopping from...

Published August 28, 2023

Sweden to Audit Gambling Regulator Spelinspektionen

Sweden’s National Audit Office has announced an audit of gambling regulator Spelinspektionen. Its goal is to develop a safe market and minimize customer harm.

Published August 28, 2023

Gambling Main Source of Guernsey’s AML Concerns

The island of Guernsey’s Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) received more reports on money laundering from its gambling sector than from any other source. In 2022, 73 percent of SAR...

Published August 28, 2023

Hard Rock’s Athens IR Project Falters

Hard Rock International and its partner Gek Terna are being asked to put up another €120 million ($132.18 million) to keep their integrated resort project in Athens, Greece (l.)...

Published August 21, 2023

888 Reaches £3 M Settlement With Gibraltar

The gaming company 888 has reached a £2.9 million settlement with the Gibraltar Gambling Commission. A subsidiary of 888 was found to have employed ineffective know your customer routines...

Published August 21, 2023

Italy’s Parliament Authorizes Gambling Overhaul

Italy’s Parliament has voted to revamp gambling laws as part of approving the “Tax Delegation Law.” The bill aims to reorganize tax duties and introduce “new player protection measures”...

Published August 21, 2023

UKGC Claims Gambling Stats Being Misrepresented

The U.K. Gambling Commission (UKGC) is warning that there has been a “significant increase in the misuse of statistics around gambling” to make arguments for or against specific gaming...

Published August 21, 2023

Entain Could Pay £585 Million in U.K. Bribery Settlement

Entain has reached an agreement with U.K.’s Crown Prosecution Service to pay £585 million over bribery charges stemming from its former Turkish sports betting firm Sportingbet. The alleged offenses...

Published August 21, 2023

Self-Excluded may not Work in Bulgarian Casinos

Bulgaria’s National Revenue Agency (NRA) has adopted a rule that casinos may not employ anyone who has self-excluded from entering a gambling establishment. Casinos that violate this law...

Published August 14, 2023

Serie A Revising Media, Data Packages for 2025-26

Serie A, Italy’s top soccer league, announced plans to revise its media and data packages for the 2025-26 season.

Published August 14, 2023

U.K. Sports Fans Wagered $20 Billion in Five Years

U.K. bettors are responsible for about a tenth of total online sports betting volumes since 2018, or almost $20 billion. That figure is expected to more than double in...

Published August 14, 2023

Greece Prepares for Regulatory Overhaul

The Hellenic Gaming Commission has released a new draft of regulatory updates, and interested parties may now submit feedback on the proposal through mid-September.

Published August 14, 2023

Malta Cancels Several Gaming Licenses

The Malta Gaming Authority has suspended or canceled licenses of three gaming companies. They include EGMIT Elite Ltd., SFJL Holding Ltd. and Green Feather Online. Once suspended or canceled,...

Published August 14, 2023

Ukraine Mulls Blocking Bank Loans to Self-Excluded Gamblers

Ukraine’s committee on Finance, Tax and Customs Policy is proposing that banks not loan to gamblers who have placed themselves on a self-exclusion list. It would require expanded checks...

Published August 14, 2023

Betting Sector Consultant Behind “Voice Of Gamblers” Website

The Gambler Consumer Forum purports to be the “voice of gamblers” and loudly opposes many consumer protections being proposed. However, one of the owners of the GCF is a...

Published August 14, 2023

17 Arrested in Spanish Match-Fixing Case

Spanish national police have made arrests in two cities in connection with a probe of match-fixing. The investigation involved a third-division Royal Spanish Football Federation soccer team. The police...

Published August 7, 2023

England’s High Court Rejects IGT Lottery Challenge

The High Court of England and Wales has rejected IGT’s claim against the awarding of the U.K. National Lottery contract to Allwyn Entertainment.

Published August 7, 2023