A long-promised white paper on gambling reform that will have profound effects on the UK gambling industry is nearing completion, according to recently published reports. The Gambling Act Review is the centerpiece of a significant overhaul of UK gambling regulations that is aimed at bringing legal codes in line with contemporary technology, and increase accountability…
The specter of inflation is haunting the world economy and, according to a recent survey of UK gamblers, it's going to have a huge impact on the gaming industry. The survey, conducted by YouGov on behalf of the Department of Trust (DoTrust), a UK-based open banking solutions provider, found that a full 50 percent of…
888, one of the largest gaming operators on the planet, is looking to expand its market share with a new venture aimed at regulated African markets. 888Africa, as the venture is known, will be run by five industry veterans with the skills to set up 888 in a market that is still primed for plenty…
Operators getting ready for the launch of the regulated Ontario igaming market got a big boost this week as Google announced that it is changing its policies and will accept gambling advertisements. This is a major reversal of fortune for operators who rely on every marketing tool they can grab in the feeding frenzy that…
The red-hot US sports betting market has generated plenty of headlines for breaking revenue records since PASPA was overturned, but not many operators have made headlines for breaking the rules. That all changed earlier this week when the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) hit BetMGM with a $25,000 fine for accepting two wagers…
Across the European Union and Great Britain, gambling regulators are clamping down on operator marketing techniques, calling for fewer gambling ads and a very limited message from those ads that actually make it to market. The most recent example of this phenomenon came this week in France where the L'Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) gaming…
The Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), a British gaming trade group, is offering its support to its government's new economic recovery plan, but is also offering a word of caution about gaming reform. In a recently posted statement, Michael Dugher, Chief Executive of the Betting and Gaming Council, urged lawmakers to avoid “well-meaning but naive…
March 2022 is turning out to be a pretty lousy month for Camelot, the current operator of the UK National Lottery. Earlier this week, the Great Britain Gambling Commission (GC) fined the operator £3.15 million for multiple regulatory failures in relation to its mobile app. Camelot's big fine came on the heels of even worse…
Gaming operators in the Netherlands have been put on warning by Dutch Minister for Legal Protection Franc Weerwind. Minister Weerwind warned recently that, government officials, “will make every effort to achieve further restrictions on advertising for high-risk games of chance as soon as possible”. These are no mere boasts from a man who both has…
Reports of the death of New Jersey's sports betting market have been greatly exaggerated and were, if nothing else, extremely premature. Despite having to compete with a newly opened regulated market in nearby New York, NJ operators pulled in nearly $1 billion in wagers for the month of February, 2022. According to the New Jersey…
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