The Australian government's efforts to clean up the Aussie facing gambling industry entered a new phase this week as media regulators cracked down on gaming operators who hide behind the .cc domain. Based out of the Cocos (Keeling) Islands, a territory of Australia that's planted smack in the middle of the Indian Ocean, the .cc…
Kenyan Interior Cabinet Secretary Fred Matlangi is sick and tired of foreign gambling operators who move to his country and flout local gaming regulations by illegally importing Chinese slot machines. That's why Matlangi is giving international gaming machine owners and operators until June 30 to get right with the law or face deportation. Matlangi's announcement…
Could Little Red Riding Hood and the Big Bad Wolf entice children into a life marred by gambling addiction? That seems to be the conclusion drawn by the UK Advertising Standards Authority in a recent case involving online slots developed and promoted by ProgressPlay Ltd. According to a complaint lodged with the advertising regulator by…
It's been a rough week for former Cherry AB CEO Anders Holmgren. Late last week Holmgren was arrested by Swedish authorities under suspicion of insider trading. Days later, the Swedish-based gaming operator terminated him from his position by the company's board of directors. Holmgren's, seemingly self-made, problems began last November with the announcement that the…
Free-to-play casinos and casino games have long been a tool in the marketing toolbox of gaming operators across the globe. Some of these casinos are standalone entities that offer free casino games for casual players and sell chips to those who are a little more serious. Other free-to-play casinos are gateways to traditional online gaming…
Australian lawmakers are worried that their country's obsession with gambling is having a negative impact on children and problem gamblers alike. After years of enduring airwaves choked with ads for sportsbooks and casinos, they've cracked down hard on everything from when operators can advertise to war on unlicensed operators. This recent regulatory uptick is having…
David Baazov, the embattled former Amaya Gaming CEO, is telling a Canadian judge that there's no way he could have engaged in insider trading in the massive PokerStars deal because he didn't think it would even happen. Undercutting one of your greatest business successes is a novel way of avoiding the law, but Baazov and…
Across the European continent local governments have always acted aggressively when it comes to protecting their gambling monopolies and the tax revenue those monopolies generate. In theory, aggrieved operators have had the opportunity to take their complaints about these unfair trade practices to the European Commission in hopes of receiving some redress. With a recent…
A financial analyst in Ontario, Canada and a group of his friends are feeling the heat from fraud investigators over their actions in the days leading up to Amaya Gaming's purchase of PokerStars back in 2014. The men join former Amaya Gaming CEO David Baazov in the cloud of suspicion that's resulted from alleged insider…
Two Indonesian man were publicly flogged to the tune of 24 lashes in the province of Aceh for the crime of gambling. The extreme punishment was inflicted on Dahlan Silitonga, 61, and Tjia Nyuk Hwa, 45 not for running an illegal backroom casino; or wagering with an offshore sportsbook; or any of the gambling offenses…
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