An Indiana lawmaker is looking to make regulated sports betting more appealing to professional sports leagues by including a one percent "integrity fee" in his latest effort to legislate legal wagering. The fee would be collected by operators and used by the leagues to combat the kind of game-fixing that doesn't really flourish in the…
Lawmakers in Indiana are getting on board the sports betting bandwagon and are quietly preparing for a positive decision from the US Supreme Court on the matter. According to reports from LegalSportsReport and the Indiana News & Observer, Republican Representative Alan Morrison of Terra Haute is ready to introduce legislation that would bring sports betting…
David Hair, a 50-year-old Ontario man, was sentenced to three years in prison and a $3 million fine for his role in organizing a massive, but illegal, Canadian sports betting ring. Hair was the head of the Platinum Sportsbook (Platinum SB) a pay-per-head (or credit betting) site that had hundreds of players and earned tens…
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) is investigating 17 online gambling companies for potential lapses in their efforts to stop money laundering, and other criminal activities, through their sites. Five of those operations could, potentially, lose their gaming licenses. It's a major move for the Commission that suggests it will be keeping its promise to clamp…
Irish Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe is putting the brakes on a plan to double his country's current tax on gambling. Donohoe, and other government officials are worried that such a massive increase would create job losses and push punters towards illegal gambling operations. Donohoe's plan to double the current tax on gambling operators from one…
Sometime in the next few months, the US Supreme Court will decide the fate of regulated sports betting in the United States. Though the outcome of the state of New Jersey's epic quest to bring this form of gambling to its customers is anything but a sure thing, many US States are working feverishly to…
Gaming regulators in New Zealand have ruled that in-game loot boxes are not a form of gambling. The decision is a big victory for the video game industry and its recent efforts to beef up revenue streams through loot boxes and other in-game transactions. The announcement regarding loot boxes came from the Gambling Compliance office…
An ambitious, and anonymous, group of entrepreneurs is looking to sell the Poker.com domain for the low, low price of just $20 million (USD). While it may seem like a stretch, there's a very real chance that the owners of this very valuable piece of internet real estate could get their asking price. If you're…
Government officials in New South Wales (NSW) are being criticized for allegedly failing to release a university study that casts the impact of poker machines and gambling in a negative light. It's the latest salvo in the battle over gambling Down Under and it could have a big impact on both land-based and internet operators.…
A coalition of Australian media groups is working feverishly to water down the impact of their country's broad new ban on gambling advertisements during sports broadcasts. Their efforts to protect advertising revenue from a "siren-to-siren" advertising ban are meeting with objections both from anti-gambling forces and the gambling industry itself. At issue is a proposed…
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