William Hill, the UK gaming giant, is gently reminding its US-facing affiliates that promoting unlicensed gambling sites to American audiences is strictly forbidden. It's a sentiment that has a sound legal foundation and is backed up by nothing less than the New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement. Late last week, the UK operator sent out…
Paddy Power, the Irish bookmaker with a reputation for running cheeky advertisements ran afoul of Irish ad regulators who deemed a series of ads from the company to be "racist". Earlier this week the Advertising Standards Authority for Ireland (ASAI) ruled that a group of Paddy Power ads for the 2019 Six Nations tournament earlier…
The government of Ireland is getting ready to change up the laws governing how much players can risk and win on gaming devices (more commonly known fixed-odds betting terminals in other countries). But rather than lowering the stakes and payouts, as has been done in England, the Irish authorities are actually looking at raising them.…
Online gambling is illegal in most parts of the world but, in most places, the people doing the gambling are not usually the ones who wind up standing before a judge in a court of law when the operation is busted. Like most vices, the customer gets a slap on the wrist while the operator…
Retail betting shops in the United Kingdom are taking an absolute beating in the wake of new rules and regulations designed to curb the country's growing issues with problem gamblers. Since new rules limiting the maximum stakes on video betting terminals to just £2 (down from £100) life has not been easy for the land-based…
Any many countries across the world illicit gambling comes in the form of an innocuous looking machine that sits in the back corner of the local bodega, pub, or social club. These devices usually track the credits a player earns, which are then cashed in and paid out of the cash register. The degree to…
Australian telecom regulators are getting ready to shut off their citizen's access to offshore gambling sites by blocking access to them entirely. It's a move that's, ostensibly, designed to protect Australian consumers from fraud, and protect problem gamblers from themselves. Under the terms of the plan, the Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) will completely…
Spanish online gambling operators have introduce a new advertising code that's designed to head off similar, possibly much more draconian, rules from Spanish gaming regulators. It's a move we're seeing repeated by operators across the globe as home governments crack on common practices like bonus offers, while demanding new protections for problem gamblers. The new…
Will regulated sports betting finally bring peace to California's fractious gaming industry? Does it have the potential to bring together groups like tribal gaming interests, horse tracks and card rooms together in service of the greater good? The answer to these questions is an amazed, "yes." Late last week, 18 California Indian tribes, including the…
UK betting operators are getting very serious about protecting problem gamblers from the dangers of overindulging in casino gaming. Under the banner of the newly formed Betting and Gaming Council (BGC), a newly formed trade group, the operators announced a new algorithm called the Anonymous Player Awareness System (APAS) that's designed to, literally, stop problem…
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