Despite ready access to regulated sports betting in most parts of the country, Americans are still flocking to black market websites. According to a recent report from the American Gaming Association (AGA), unlicensed operators take in $511 billion from Americans every year and robbing badly needed tax revenue from state governments. The AGA pulled its…
Swedish lawmakers have rejected a bill that would have severely limited gambling advertisements in the country and regulated gambling in the same category as alcohol. Late last week the Culture Committee of Sweden’s Riksdag released a report outlining the rules governing the Swedish-facing gaming industry, without several points anti-gambling advocates had argued should be imposed…
Video game loot boxes are “an insidious gateway to gambling that’s being widely used to target out kids.” That's how Andrew Wilke, an independent MP from Tasmania sees the widely used video game feature and he's aiming to shut off loot box access to the children of Australia. Earlier this week, Wilke introduced a bill…
In recent public statements, UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) CEO Andrew Rhodes outlined his philosophy on the moral boundaries of his office's responsibilities to UK players. In short, Rhodes says he's interested more in how operators protect players than he is in making a moral judgement about how much players spend. “I’m not saying these operators…
A Texas lawmaker is pushing forward legislation that would put an end to a growing segment of "private" poker clubs, that are not exactly private. Under current Texas law, anyone can host a perfectly legal poker so long as the game takes place in a private establishment, there is a level playing field, and the…
Ireland is completely re-tooling its gaming regulatory structure with the launch of a new regulator, the Gambling Regulatory Authority, and a host of new regulations for it to enforce. The GRA is tasked with updating the rules governing online and land-based gaming - including licensing and player protection regulations. One of the more significant elements…
Almost a third of children in the United Kingdom have gambled with their money over the course of the course of the last year. That's the main finding from the UK Gambling Commission's (UKGC) recently released report titled, Young People and Gambling Report. The report, which was produced by a firm called Ipsos, was once…
California voters shot down two ballot measures aimed at bringing regulated sports betting to the Golden State. These defeats come despite the fact that the supporters of the bills spent an eye-popping $600 million in their efforts to turn the doomed bills into law. Proposition 26 would have allowed existing tribal gaming interests to offer…
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) is making the prosecution of rogue affiliates working for unlicensed, offshore casinos a priority as it moves forward into 2023. It's a move that highlights how seriously Australian officials take black market gaming operations, and the affiliates that support them. In a report titled, Online gambling affiliate services:…
Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gambling regulator, has a message for operators as they get ready for the upcoming World Cup - avoid a "bombardment of advertising." In a recent blog, KSA chairman René Jansen warned operators that although severe limits on gambling advertisements won't be in effect when the World Cup takes place in December,…
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