Compliance Updates

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

Videoslots joins the International Betting Integrity Association

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  Videoslots’ sportsbook will now be part of a unique global monitoring and alert system after the operator became a member of the International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA). It joins many of the world’s leading sports betting operators in the association, whose members account for around $137bn (€115bn) of global betting turnover per annum and…

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IGT Becomes First US Industry Supplier to Achieve G4 Responsible Gaming Accreditation for Sports Betting

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  International Game Technology PLC (IGT) has announced that it has become the first U.S. supplier in the gaming industry to receive Global Gambling Guidance Group (G4) responsible gaming accreditation for its sports betting operations. With this monumental achievement from G4, IGT is certified in responsible gaming across its four product segments encompassing lottery, gaming,…

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Nevada Gaming Control Board: Notice 2022-36 Adoption of Amendments to Regulations of The Nevada Gaming Control Board and Nevada Gaming Commission

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  At its meeting on April 21, 2022 the Nevada Gaming Commission adopted amendments to regulations as follows: NGC REGULATIONS 1.137, 5.225, 5.230, 5.2305, 5.235, 5.240 and 5.242: Cloud Service Computing Service Provider Regulations Draft dated April 12, 2022 Effective upon adoption NGC REGULATION 3.070: Licensing: Qualifications Draft dated February 3, 2022 Effective upon adoption…

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Northern Ireland Gambling Reform Bill Becomes Law

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  A bill designed to bring stricter regulation of gambling in Northern Ireland has received Royal Assent, meaning it has officially become law. The Betting, Gaming, Lotteries and Amusements Bill modifies several aspects of gambling laws in NI, which were last updated in the 1980s. One of the changes brought about through the bill is…

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AGCO issues monetary penalties to BetMGM Canada and PointsBet Canada for alleged advertising and inducement infractions

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  In order to protect the public interest and ensure Ontario’s igaming market operates responsibly and with integrity, the Registrar of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO), has served two AGCO-registered internet gaming operators with Notices of Monetary Penalty for alleged infractions of the Registrar’s Standards for Internet Gaming (the Standards), pertaining to advertising…

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Massachusetts Senate Passes Sports Betting Bill

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  The Massachusetts Senate has passed a bill that would allow legal sports betting – but with a prohibition on many forms of marketing – in the state. The chamber reviewed Senate Bill 2844, which added a clause to the Massachusetts General Laws clarifying that sports betting, whether online or land-based, was not a form…

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