Petfre (Gibraltar) Limited is being hit with a £2.87 million fine ($3.06 million USD) for social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) failings at Betfred and Oddsking.com. The fine is one of the largest the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has issued in quite some time, and shows that the regulator is back in business after the…
Philippine Senator Joel Villanueva is sponsoring a bill that, if passed, would ban all forms of online gambling in the country. Senator Villanueva is also pushing for the bill to be enacted into law as soon as possible, citing the urgency of protecting citizens against the financial and social dangers of excessive gambling. In a…
Betway Limited is facing a £400,000 ($452,000 USD) for inadvertently advertising its products to children on a website specifically devoted to children. The blunder was accidental, but the consequences, from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) are very real for the operator. At the heart of the issue are Betway Limited logos that appeared on the…
Beginning in October, streaming giant Twitch will be banning roulette, slots, and dice game streams from unregulated casinos. This move follows last month's move by the company to ban the sharing of links and referral codes from those same unregulated casinos. Twitch made the announcement via Twitter earlier this week in response to an uptick…
California voters have two chances to expand their regulated gaming options when they take to the polls in November. But, according to a recent poll from the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC), most of them aren't very enthusiastic about Propositions 26 and 27. (Prop 26 would expand table gaming and add sports betting for…
Autoplay and reverse withdrawals are about to become a thing of the past for Swedish online gambling enthusiasts. The popular features were recently banned by Spelinspektionen, the Swedish gambling regulator, as part of an ongoing effort to curb problem gambling. The new changes come just days after Sweden installed a new right-leaning government lead by…
While Europe slumbers in the sweet glow of summer holidays, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has been hard at work issuing fines to operators who have stepped out of line. Earlier this week, the Commission issued a £1.36 million ($1.61 million USD) to Spreadex, a UK-facing sports betting and financial trading site for various violations…
Entain, one of the UK's biggest gaming operators, was hit with a £17 million fine from the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) for a variety of regulatory failures. The company's record-breaking fine also came with a warning that future violations could result in the loss of its license. The £17 million in fines was spread out…
As cryptocurrencies and online gambling become more common in the United States, the American Gaming Association (AGA) is calling on the Biden administration to consider cryptocurrency's impact on gambling operators. In a recent letter addressed to Undersecretaries Nellie Liang and Brian Nelson, AGA President Bill Miller spoke of the industry's crypto concerns and the importance…
A group of UK football fans are calling on lawmakers to implement a complete ban on Premier League gambling sponsorships. The effort is being led by a group of recovered gambling addicts called Football Supporters Against Gambling Adverts, and already has 45,000 signatures on a petition supporting its efforts. Their goal is to gather one…
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