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

Finnish Study Shows way to Help Problem Gamblers

Finland’s University of Helsinki’s Centre for Research on Addition, Control, and Governance (CEAGC) has issued a report that shows a link between problem gamblers and debt consolidation. Especially when...

Published July 31, 2023

Spanish Election Deadlock Delays Gambling Reforms

A snap election in Spain on July 23 resulted in a gridlock. No party appears ready to form a government yet. This means that the reforms the government announced...

Published July 31, 2023

U.K. Says Gambling Review is on Track

The U.K.’s Gambling Commission announced the first consultations on regulations proposed by the White Paper entitled “High stakes: gambling reform for the digital age.” The consultations are expected to...

Published July 31, 2023

Svenska Spel Reports Digital Increase in Revenue

The former Swedish gaming monopoly Svenska Spel has reported dramatic increases in digital revenue for the first six months of 2023. This enabled the company to overcome less rosy...

Published July 24, 2023

U.K. Gambling Commission Dishes Out AML Fines

The U.K. Gambling Commission has fined Betfred £3.25 million and Star Racing Ltd. £594,000 for failures to properly maintain anti-money laundering procedures. The companies were also criticized for...

Published July 24, 2023

Spanish Roulette Wheel Scam Nets More than €400K

A gang of roulette wheel fraudsters ripped off many Spanish casinos, gambling halls and bingo halls by manipulating the roulette wheels over three months. The gang took in more...

Published July 24, 2023

Report: Unclear Irish Gambling Laws Could “Flood” Courts

Unclear language in Ireland’s new Gambling Regulation Bill 2022 could spark hundreds of challenges in the courts, some analysts have said. This could have the unintended consequence of driving...

Published July 17, 2023

Denmark Says Betfair Breached AML law

Denmark’s regulator Spillemyndigheden says Flutter Entertainment subsidiary Betfair breached multiple sections of its Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Act. Betfair has been given three months to bring itself into compliance.

Published July 17, 2023

Aberdeen, Scotland, celebrates first Merkur UK casino

Merkur has opened its first U.K. casino in the Scottish city of Aberdeen and the company celebrated with a grand opening on June 23.

Published July 17, 2023

Spain Begins Consultation on Updating Gambling Data

Spain has begun a public consultation on updating its “information monitoring system” for Spanish Gambling. The Spanish Directorate General of Gaming wants to begin collecting data to encourage a...

Published July 17, 2023

BGC CEO Welcomes U.K. Gambling White Paper

The CEO of the U.K.’s Betting and Gaming Council says the industry welcomes the “evidence led” approach used in the government’s White Paper. But Michael Dugher (l.) says evidence...

Published July 17, 2023

Europe’s First IR Sparks Union Protests

The first integrated casino resort in Europe, City of Dreams Mediterranean (l.), opened July 11 on Cyprus. ICR, which opened the resort, is made up of Melco Resorts &...

Published July 17, 2023

Delayed Primorye, Russia Casino Set to Begin Work

Visitors are increasing at the Primorye gambling zone in Russia and it was announced last week that construction on a long-delayed hotel and casino (l.) will begin in...

Published July 17, 2023

Amsterdam Hosts Presentation on Women’s Sports, Wagering

The iGB L!VE forum in Amsterdam includes the presentation of a study on the growth of women’s sports and women’s sports wagers. The highlights show an increasing number of...

Published July 10, 2023

U.K. Trade Body to Testify on Impact of White Paper

John White (l.), chief executive officer of the U.K. gaming trade association Bacta will testify before a parliamentary committee July 11. He will talk of possible effects of the...

Published July 10, 2023

Sweden Tightens Party Lottery Rules

The government of Sweden is conducting an inquiry of rules that govern party political lotteries. Many regulations that apply to other lotteries don’t apply to these games that raise...

Published July 3, 2023

U.K. Committee Takes Feedback on White Paper

The U.K.’s Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS), which oversees gambling in Great Britain, has created a select committee into the regulation of gambling that will begin taking...

Published July 3, 2023

France Proposes new Rules for Gambling ads

France’s gambling authority, Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ), has issued a draft decree that requires all online gambling ads to include a warning about the dangers of excessive gambling....

Published July 3, 2023