Denmark Fines Streamer for Illegal Gambling ads

Denmark’s gambling regulator has fined a Twitch streamer for advertising gambling services when it operates out of Malta without a Danish license. Spillemyndigheden recommended a fine of DKK10,000 (£1,153/$1,466/€1,341).

Published September 11, 2023

RMG: Proposed Irish Ad ban Could Hurt Horse Racing

The horse racing industry in Ireland faces an existential threat from a proposed ban on betting ads. So says the Racecourse Media Group (RMG), which holds media rights to...

Published September 11, 2023

Finland Gaming Monopoly may lay off 240

Veikkaus, Finland’s state-owned gambling monopoly will soon end that status and operate in a new regulated market. To do that, it plans to restructure, shedding 240 of its 815...

Published September 11, 2023

U.K. Criticized for Backing Away from Gambling Ad Ban

The U.K. ministry in charge of gambling is being criticized for backtracking from previous proposals to ban gaming ads. Minister Stuart Andrew is being mocked for saying there is...

Published September 11, 2023

Finnish Gambling Monopoly Supports Licensing Model

Veikkaus, the state-owned gaming monopoly of Finland, has again supported the end of its monopoly and the introduction of a market system with licenses for competing gaming companies. The...

Published September 4, 2023

U.K. Bankers May be Enabling Problem Gamblers

U.K. financial institutions’ lending practices may have the unintended consequence of extending credit to problem gamblers. The credit technology firm Abound concluded this after analyzing open banking data of...

Published September 4, 2023

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