Online gambling operator LeoVegas was hit with a £1.32 million ($1.61 million USD) for violations of social responsibility and anti-money laundering (AML) rules. It's another example of how UK regulators are holding operators accountable by enforcing AML and social responsibility rules to the letter. LeoVegas' violations occurred over a period between October 2019 and October…
Regulated sports betting is coming to the state of Massachusetts after years of political bickering and haggling. The Bay State is now the 36th US State to legalize sports betting (30 state and Washington DC are operational, five states - including Massachusetts have legalized but aren't online yet). Massachusetts' entry into the regulated sports betting…
The GB Gambling Commission recently published a comprehensive guide for operators on the subject of handling customer complaints. Published earlier this week on the GB Gambling Commission's main website, Advice for licensees on improving complaints handling, walks operators through some very basic components of customer service that most operators are probably already familiar with. The…
GambleAware, the UK's top gambling addiction charity, is calling on the government to institute much tighter controls on children's access to video game loot boxes. The call comes in the wake of the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport's (DCMS) recent announcement that loot boxes would not be part of the ongoing review of…
Belgian players and operators will have to shift gears this fall when the Belgian government implements a new €200 weekly deposit limit. It's just the latest move by a European state to limit the damage done by problem gambling, and reign in the marketing efforts of gaming operators. Under the terms of the new law,…
Britain's top football clubs are meeting this week to determine the parameters of a proposed voluntary ban on taking jersey sponsorships from betting operators. The seven teams of the Premier League are hoping that a voluntary ban on their terms will head off a more draconian ban by lawmakers in the future, according to a…
Great Britain’s Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) is calling on video game developers to do more to prevent children from purchasing loot boxes without parental consent. The DCMS is not, however, interested in banning loot boxes entirely - not yet, anyways. It's a debate that underscores the fine line between video games…
It's official. The long-awaited, oft-delayed review of the UK's Gambling Act of 2005 is being delayed until the UK has a new prime minister. Though there hasn't been an official announcement of this latest delay yet, Daily Mail reporter Tom Witherow broke the news in a Tweet reading, "Breaking: The gambling white paper has been…
The push to legalize online gambling in California took a major step backwards this week when the California Democratic Party announced that it would not be endorsing any of the legalization bills on the ballot this November. Party officials say they're not against gambline per se, it's just that the bills being offered on the…
Will the long-awaited review of England's Gambling Act ever get released to the public? Will the recent resignation of British PM Boris Johnson delay the white paper that's certain to impact the gaming industry indefinitely? These are questions that the UK's number one safe gambling advocate, GambleAware are demanding that UK politicians answer. The organization…
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