Compliance Updates

The most recent compliance updates of the online and land based gaming industry in the European Union, Asia, Russia and Americas

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MGCB Continues Crackdown on Unlicensed Online Casinos

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  The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) has taken decisive action against five offshore online casinos, sending cease-and-desist letters for violating state gaming laws. These websites offer a variety of casino games, such as slots, poker, blackjack, Keno, bingo, and game show games, in addition to sports betting. The following unlicensed operators are now under…

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YouTube Plans Crackdown on Gambling-related Content

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Reading Time: < 1 minute   YouTube has announced a crackdown on gambling-related content, tightening its policies to limit exposure to unapproved betting services. Under the new rules, which won’t go into effect until later this month, creators will be prohibited from verbally mentioning gambling platforms that aren’t approved by Google and displaying their logos…

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Dutch Gambling Authority Cracks Down on Online Gambling Autoplay Feature

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Reading Time: < 1 minute   The Netherlands’ gambling authority, Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has addressed an online gambling provider on the use of gaming software with an option for autoplay. Offering autoplay is not permitted in the Netherlands. With autoplay, a player can automatically continue playing after each bet without having to do anything. Because this…

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Dr. Zoltán Guller Becomes the New Chairman and CEO of Szerencsejáték Zrt.

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Reading Time: < 1 minute   Hungarian Minister of National Economy Márton Nagy appointed Zoltán Guller, Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Hungarian Tourism Agency, as of March 5, 2025, as the Chairman and CEO of Szerencsejáték Zrt., which will be under the ownership of the Ministry of National Economy from February 26,…

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Ireland Embraces GRAI: Transforming the Landscape of Online Betting

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Reading Time: 3 minutes   The Minister for Justice, Mr Jim O’Callaghan T.D. has signed the order to commence parts of the Gambling Regulation Act 2024 to enable the Authority to become operational and the order to establish Údarás Rialála Cearrbhachais na hÉireann, the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland, on a statutory basis. Minister O’Callaghan…

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ANJ Sanctions Committee Imposes €800,000 Fine on SPS Betting

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Reading Time: 2 minutes   On 22 January 2025, the Sanctions Committee of the French National Gambling Authority (ANJ) met to examine a procedure referred by the ANJ Board concerning the operator SPS Betting, which had allegedly failed to comply with its obligations relating to the self-exclusion system offered to players on the Unibet website…

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