Posts From: October 2023

The Lottery Corporation calls for credit card ban exemption

Australia’s Lottery Corporation has called for an exemption from looming gambling reform which seeks to prevent punters from gambling with credit cards due to the “low harm nature” of lotteries....

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Norway to monitor banks for illegal gambling payments

The Norwegian Lottery Authority has now informed nine banks that there will be supervision of compliance with the payment intermediary ban. According to Section 5 of the Gambling Act, it...

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Australia set to ban credit cards for online gambling

The Australian federal government will ban the use of credits cards in online gambling, with massive fines for betting companies that fail to implement the new restrictions. The Bill, set...

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Zimpler expands into Brazil

During an exciting private event, next-generation payment service provider Zimpler has announced the group’s expansion to Brazil. Over 200 guests were invited to “take off” to the South American destination...

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Relum signs payments partnership with Onlyplay

Onlyplay is an innovative game developer and provider of instant win, crash, slot, and probabilistic lottery games. A large variety of game types in different genres has allowed Onlyplay to quickly become...

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PAYMENTS COLLABORATIVE STUDY DATA MAY HELP IDENTIFY POTENTIAL AT-RISK GAMBLERS

The University of Nevada, Las Vegas International Gaming Institute (IGI) released new research that identifies various clusters of payments behavior from data provided by Sightline Payments.   IGI’s Payments Research...

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Britain rejects call to regulate crypto as gambling

Treating cryptoassets as a form of gambling would put Britain at odds with global and European Union regulators and fail to mitigate risks from the sector, Britain’s Financial Services Minister...

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SIGHTLINE PLAY+ ACCOUNTS OFFERING LIMITS UP TO $1 MILLION

Sightline announced the launch of VIP Select, which enables invited clientele to have a Play+® account with a balance of up to $1 million, a significant increase from current limits...

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Digitain expands into payment processing with Paydrom 

We are excited to announce the launch of Paydrom, a cutting-edge payment gateway powered by industry leader Digitain. Paydrom is designed to make online transactions faster, safer, and more convenient...

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Monzo reports twenty percent increase in gambling blocks

There has been an increase in people turning to tools that block them from gambling amid growing cost pressures and shrinking consumer budgets, new data has shown. Online bank Monzo...

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