Life is tough for European facing gambling operators. All across the Continent, and in the UK, lawmakers and regulators are cracking down on an industry they say is operating out of control. Earlier this week, UK regulators made a move to ban the use of credit cards in gambling transactions - a move that's likely…
New Jersey's fight for regulated sports betting and online gambling was a years-long effort that took plenty of resources and stretched all the way to the Supreme Court. But the whole time Garden State lawyers were fighting they had one goal in mind - save Atlantic City's struggling casinos and turn NJ back into a…
The day the UK-facing gambling industry has long feared has finally arrived. Starting April 14, the use of credit cards for almost all gambling transactions will be banned by order of the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). To say that this will have a major impact on UK gambling operators is something of an understatement. The…
The fallout from the UK's regulatory crackdown on gambling operator continued in earnest this week as LeoVegas pulled its Royal Panda brand from the UK market. Royal Panda was not, apparently, pulling in the kind of revenue LeoVegas was expecting and the uncertain future of regulated gambling operations in the UK is so uncertain that…
If there's one subject that's really captured the interest of lawmakers across Europe and the UK, it's gambling. From the United Kingdom to Sweden, governmental authorities are cracking down on gambling operators and the way they conduct their business, with a particular focus on their advertising practices and their treatment of problem gamblers. It's a…
When Betway, a UK gambling operator, produced a YouTube prank video starring West Ham footballer Declan Rice they thought they were seizing the spirit of contemporary advertising. After all, millions of people love prank videos and millions more love football. After all, when you put a boot on Rice's Range Rover and have Westham Captain…
Gambling operators in Sweden may soon have a lot more in common with their UK counterparts than they'd prefer. That's because Swedish lawmakers are discussing a major regulatory crackdown on the Swedish-facing gambling industry. In particular, members of Sweden's legislative body and cabinet members, led by Minister of Social Security, Ardalan Shekarabi, are discussing how…
Maryland lawmakers are readying legislation that would allow for regulated sports betting in their state. SB 58, which was filed late in 2019 by Senator Chris West (R). In doing do, West assured that the bill would be one of the first item on the legislative agenda for 2020. Under the term of the bill,…
Are UK gambling operators addicted to the free spending problem gamblers in their respective VIP programs? That's the conclusion of a secret report by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) that was recently reported on by the Guardian Newspaper. According to the Guardian, the UKGC recently took a deep look at VIP gamblers at a number…
The casinos of Macau have something of legendary place in the annals of gambling history. During the early 2000's they roared to life on the strength of Macau's status as a semi-autonomous state within the sprawling administrative giant that is the Chinese government. At its height, Macau hosted endless junkets of prosperous Chinese businessmen and…
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