Gambling regulators at Singapore's Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) are overhauling their country's gaming code with an emphasis on re-defining what is actually gambling and how violators of the Remote Gambling Act should be punished. It's part of a multi-year effort to put the country's gaming code in line with contemporary technology. One of the…
Philippines President Rodrigo Duterte is encouraging his countrymen to, "Go ahead and gamble," after years of discouraging the activity as a moral vice. It's a moral turnaround that's based solely on a desire to shore up his country's cash reserves and illustrates the serious impact the pandemic is having on the economies of countries across…
Norwegian lottery officials have issued a directive ordering Betsson to cease all operations aimed at Norwegian players. In their missives, the Norwegian Lotteries Authority (Lottstift) allege that the Maltese-licensed operator is operating in the country without a license and, in doing so, are infringing on Lottstift's long-held monopoly on lottery games. At the heart of…
Norwegian lottery officials have issued a directive ordering Betsson to cease all operations aimed at Norwegian players. In their missives, the Norwegian Lotteries Authority (Lottstift) allege that the Maltese-licensed operator is operating in the country without a license and, in doing so, are infringing on Lottstift's long-held monopoly on lottery games. At the heart of…
If House Bill 4308 is passed into law, the range of tribal gaming in the United States will increase dramatically. That's because HB 4308 would consider any wager placed on a server on tribal land in the same light as a wager placed in a land-based casino - and that could throw a lot of…
The Betting and Gambling Council (BGC), a UK trade group that promotes the interests of online gambling operators, is calling for the installation of an ombudsman to help process consumer complaints. Suggestions of an enhanced framework for dealing with complaints comes as UK lawmakers initiate a long-planned review of the UK's 2005 Gambling Act, an…
The National Hockey League (NHL) is entering a long-term deal with Sportsradar that will have the company providing data streams for both sports betting and official statistics. It's yet another sign of the normalizing relations between professional sports leagues and the world of regulated sports betting. Under the terms of the deal, Sportsradar will be…
Bally's Corporation is expanding its US sports betting portfolio with the impending launch of a mobile sports betting app in Kansas. The arrangement involves a multi-year deal with the Boot Hill Casino in Kansas City though, through the vagaries of Kansas sports betting laws, the company will not actually own the sportsbook it's ostensibly operating.…
The regulators at the UK's Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) have a message for UK bingo operators: you're not so special when it comes to rules governing gambling. That appears to be the gist of a recent effort by the ASA to gently remind bingo operators that the products they offer are a form of gambling…
Regulated sports betting in Colorado continues to be an unfettered success as Centennial State players dropped close to $250 million worth of wagers in May 2021. That's up an astonishing 1500 percent over May 2020 and was boosted considerably by the Denver Nuggets' playoff run. May 2021 marked the first anniversary of regulated sports betting…
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