Sweden Issues First 3 Gaming Supplier Licenses

Sweden’s gaming regulator Spelinspektionen has begun issuing its first licenses to gaming suppliers. The five-year licenses are required for any provider doing business with gaming operators. Oddly, the licensing...

Published March 27, 2023

BGC: Free Bet Promotions Ban Could Create Black Market

The U.K.’s Betting and Gaming Council (BGC) is warning that a possible ban on free bet promotions could drive many bettors underground. BGC CEO Michael Dugher (l.) cited a...

Published March 27, 2023

U.K. Race Festival Raised Concerns Over Consumer Affordability

Because higher numbers of U.K. residents polled said they intended to bet more on the Cheltenham horse racing festival (l.) than they did last year, some were concerned many...

Published March 20, 2023

Russia May be Using Cyberattacks to Help Fund War

After a dip in the number, if not the severity of cyberattacks on American and international businesses, experts are seeing hack attacks increasing again. This has some speculating that...

Published March 20, 2023

Ukraine Targets Gaming Businesses for Closure

Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky (l.) has issued an executive order shutting down hundreds of gaming companies suspected of acting against the country’s interests. The list is topped by BetCity,...

Published March 20, 2023

Casinos Could Help Make Cyprus a Global Destination

With the opening of Melco Cyprus’s City of Dreams Mediterranean (l.) integrated resort expected this summer, the company could lead the way in building the island into a global...

Published March 13, 2023

KSA Fines 5 Companies €26 Million

Dutch gaming regulator KSA has issued the largest fines ever on online gaming companies since the sector was legalized in October 2021. It has fined five Maltese companies more...

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U.K. Gambling White Paper Coming Soon, Says Culture Secretary

The Gambling White Paper the government of the U.K. has been set to release for more than two years may be released soon. Culture Secretary Lucy Frazer (l.) says,...

Published March 13, 2023

Stigma Prevents Many from Seeking Gambling Harm Help in Scotland

Gamblers in Scotland who might be motivated to seek help for problem gambling are often discouraged because of the social stigma associated with that condition. So says a report...

Published March 6, 2023

French Operators Ordered to Reduce GGR for Problem Players

France's l'Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), which regulates gambling in the country, is going to require that licensees reduce their percentage of gross gaming revenues (GGR) from “problematic players.”...

Published March 6, 2023

U.K. GGY Declines 2 percent

Great Britain’s gross gambling yield (GGY) declined 2 percent to £1.2 billion in last year’s third quarter. The figure comes from the U.K. Gambling Commission (UKGC.), which used data...

Published March 6, 2023

Swedish Regulator Switches Stance of License Requirements

Under pressure from an adverse legal ruling, Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Authority, has reversed itself on the question of rejecting casino license applications because of negative equity. This arose...

Published February 27, 2023

Italy Moves to Reorganize Gaming Laws

Italy’s new “National Conservative” government is calling for a reorganization of the country’s gambling laws. Treasury Deputy Italo Volpe (l.) said his goal is “bringing stability to the marketplace.”...

Published February 27, 2023

U.K. to Let Premier League Decide on Limiting Ads on Shirts

The U.K. could have taken a stern approach and insisted on a ban on gambling advertising on Premier League shirts. But instead they are letting the league voluntarily make...

Published February 27, 2023

U.K. Gambling White Paper Delayed Again

Another day, another new Culture Secretary for the U.K. and another delay in the release of the White Paper that will detail proposed changes for the Gambling Act of...

Published February 27, 2023

BGC Calls for No New Gaming Taxes

The CEO of the U.K. Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), Michael Dugher, February 10 called for the new secretary of state for Culture, Media and Sport Lucy Frazer not...

Published February 20, 2023

UKGC CEO: Gaming Market has Settled Post-Covid

The head of the U.K.’s Gambling Commission (UKGC), Andrew Rhodes (l.) February 9 shared his perspective on the “latest research shaping regulatory decisions in U.K. gambling.” He was a...

Published February 20, 2023

DCMS Claims Reform Process White Paper Weeks Away, Urges Patience

The Department for Media, Culture and Sport’s Deputy Director Sarah Fox (l.) told an audience at the ICE Vox World Regulatory that UK’s gaming reforms are coming and to...

Published February 13, 2023

Cyprus President Impressed With Melco’s City of Dreams Mediterranean

Cyprus President Nicos Anastasiades (l.) recently visited Melco’s City of Dreams Mediterranean and said he was impressed with the $600 million development.

Published February 13, 2023

Liechtenstein Votes to Keep Casinos

Liechtenstein’s voters on January 29 resoundingly rejected a referendum that would have banned the six casinos that have operated since legalization in 2017. The vote in favor of casinos...

Published February 6, 2023