Posts From: September 2024

Wyoming regulator backs study into the future of gambling in the state

The Wyoming Gaming Commission, in conjunction with the Wyoming State Legislature, has entered into a contract with Spectrum Gaming Group to conduct a feasibility study about the future of gaming...

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Sorare to be prosecuted for providing unlicensed gambling facilities

Football-themed website Sorare.com is due to appear in court next week charged with providing unlicensed gambling facilities to consumers in Britain. The hearing, which is being prosecuted by the Gambling...

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Half of Premier League clubs breaking code on gambling ads 

Half of Premier League football clubs have advertised gambling on web pages aimed at, or featuring, under-18s. A review of gambling regulation published last year resulted in English football clubs...

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Social casino adverts banned by the ASA

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has banned five ads for social casino operators, this ruling forms part of a wider piece of work on paid-for gambling-like ads, identified for investigation...

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Netherlands gambling regulator fines bingo operator

The Dutch Gaming Authority (Ksa) has imposed a penalty payment order on the owner of social media account Luxurybingods for organizing bingo games without a permit and advertising these bingo...

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Sky Bet warned for processing data without consent

Britain’s Information Commissioner’s Officer (ICO) has issued a reprimand to Bonne Terre Limited, trading as Sky Betting and Gaming, for unlawfully processing people’s data through advertising cookies without their consent....

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Tombola shutters Dutch business

Tombola International is to exit the Dutch market three years following its launch, the main reason for this is that the parent company believes that their money for technical improvements...

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Labour urged to impose stricter controls on gambling ads

The Labour government is coming under increasing pressure to impose stricter regulations on gambling advertising, following on from what many had viewed as a ‘soft touch’ approach from the Conservatives....

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MLS terminates Felipe Hernandez’s contract for involvement in sports betting

Major League Soccer has terminated the contract of Sporting Kansas City midfielder Felipe Hernandez following a probe into allegations that he violated the league’s gambling policies for the second time....

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Dutch gambling authority penalises unnamed operator for M&A violation

The Dutch Gaming Authority (Ksa) has imposed a penalty payment order on one of its licensees for incompletely providing requested information. For gambling providers with a license for the Dutch...

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