Posts From: October 2022

FIFA and FBI team up to protect the World Cup

The FBI has been back at FIFA this week, working with soccer’s governing body to protect the World Cup in Qatar from potential crime including match-fixing. Federal investigators from the United States...

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GGpoker hit with £672,829 UKGC fine over AML and social responsibility breaches

Gambling operator NSUS Limited will pay a £672,829 penalty for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. The operator which trades as GGPoker and operates ggpoker.co.uk will also receive an official...

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Genius Sports and Sportradar settle football data dispute

Genius Sports the sports data and technology company that provides data management, video streaming and integrity services to sports leagues has agreed to settle their data feed issues by agreeing to...

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ATG CEO: Focus on content not bonuses 

ATG is still Sweden’s largest gaming company on the commercial license market, this is clear after the half-yearly reports have been published. What’s even bigger is that we are also the...

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ASA reminds operators of responsibilities following influencer ban

New rules with tougher protections for under-18s came into force on 1 October, further strengthening the Committee of Advertising Practice’s (CAP) commitment to safeguard young people and vulnerable audiences. The ASA will...

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South Dakota revokes sports betting license

A casino in Deadwood and one of its top employees have lost their South Dakota gaming licenses for illegal proxy sports betting transgressions. The South Dakota Commission on Gaming (SDCG)...

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Xpoint and GeoComply in lawsuit over patent infringement 

GeoComply has accused Xpoint of infringing its patent for geolocation technology. Xpoint has become aware that a market competitor, GeoComply, has recently filed a complaint alleging that Xpoint infringes U.S. patent...

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Gambler files $29m lawsuit against BetMGM

A BetMGM customer has filed a lawsuit accusing the leading sports betting and online gaming operator of bribing him with free credits to prevent him from reporting game glitches to...

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Betfred hit with £2.9m fine for AML and social responsibility breaches

Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited will pay a £2.87m penalty for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures. The operator which runs betfred.com and oddsking.com will also receive an official warning for failures...

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PokerStars temporarily taken offline by DDoS attack

Over the past 24 hours PokerStars have experienced technical issues caused by Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS)* attacks that have resulted in temporary site outages. PokerStars can confirm that all...

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