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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IAGR announces Toronto as host city for 2025 conference

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Hot on the heels of its most attended conference in history, the International Association of Gaming Regulators (IAGR) is excited to announce that its 2025 conference will take place in Toronto, Canada, from October 20 to 23, 2025. The event will be held in partnership with the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) at…

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KSA Imposes a Fine of €675,000 on NetX Betting Limited

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Reading Time: < 1 minute   The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) has imposed a fine of €675,000 on NetX Betting Limited for offering online gambling without the necessary permit. This is prohibited. NetX had previously been given a penalty payment order for the illegal offer. NetX offered illegal online gambling on pferdewetten.de and betbird.com, in…

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Aristocrat Awarded First Gaming-Related Vendor License from GCGRA

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  Aristocrat announced that the company was the first international slot and online technology company to be granted a Gaming-Related Vendor license by The General Commercial Gaming Regulatory Authority (GCGRA), the federal entity overseeing commercial gaming activities in the United Arab Emirates (UAE). This announcement grants Aristocrat the ability to provide the company’s land-based electronic…

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Seminole Tribe of Florida and West Flagler Parties Announce End of Legal Challenges and Beginning of Partnership to Offer and Promote Jai Alai on the Hard Rock Bet App

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  West Flagler Associates LTD, Bonita-Fort Myers Corporation, Southwest Florida Enterprises Inc. and Isadore Havenick (the “West Flagler Parties”) and the Seminole Tribe of Florida have entered into a comprehensive agreement whereby the West Flagler Parties have agreed to refrain from engaging in any future litigation with respect to the Seminole Tribe’s gaming operations and…

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Brazilian Ministry of Finance and IBIA sign sports betting integrity agreement

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  The Brazilian Ministry of Finance and the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) have signed a sports betting integrity cooperation agreement. It will allow both parties to share information concerning suspicious betting activity connected to Brazilian sport and collaborate on any investigations. The agreement brings together the governmental body responsible for ensuring that the Brazilian…

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BOS on Sweden’s signing of the Macolin Convention: Welcome, but unreasonable to only include state gambling companies in the work against match-fixing

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Reading Time: < 1 minute   In a memorandum from the Ministry of Social Affairs, the Swedish Government has proposed that Sweden sign and ratify the so-called Macolin Convention. This convention regulates the cooperation of the member states of the Council of Europe in the work against match-fixing. The Swedish Trade Association for Online Gambling…

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