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The most recent compliance updates of the online and land based gaming industry in the European Union, Asia, Russia and Americas
Marcus Boyle has been chosen as the new Chairman of the UK Gambling Commission, according to a report from the Sunday Times. The 55-year-old is reportedly taking over the role from Bill Moyes, whose term as Chairman of the gambling watchdog comes to an end this year. Boyle is a former board member at…
read moreIrish bookmakers have agreed to an industry-wide ban on credit cards and a pre-watershed whistle-to-whistle advertising ban for live sport. The bans are part of an updated Code of Practice for safer gambling, introduced by the Irish Bookmakers’ Association (IBA), which outlines a comprehensive set of industry commitments in terms of player protection measures.…
read morePointsBet Holdings Limited has announced that Cliff Castle Casino Hotel, a Subordinate Economic Organization of the federally recognized Yavapai-Apache Nation (Cliff Castle), with whom its wholly-owned subsidiary PointsBet Arizona LLC had entered into an agreement to pursue online sports betting market access in Arizona, did not receive a sports betting license awarded by the…
read moreDanish gambling operators have launched a new dedicated board for the handling of complaints related to advertising within the country’s gambling industry. The new board (Spilreklamenævnet) will allow consumers and organisations to file complaints about gambling marketing activities. Elite Gaming, Dansk Automat Brancheforening, Dansk Kasinoforening, Danske Lotteri Spil, Danske Spil, Det Danske Klasselotteri, Landbrugslotteriet,…
read moreThe courts have sent a strong message to those who post illegal gambling advertisements, fining Merlehan Bookmaking Pty Ltd, trading as TopSport, $60,000 last week, as a result of an investigation by Liquor & Gaming NSW. Liquor & Gaming’s Compliance Director Marcel Savary said under the Betting and Racing Act 1998, it is an offence…
read moreTribe announces strategic partnership with Fubo Gaming Inc. The Ak-Chin Indian Community is pleased to announce the Community has been awarded a special license to provide online sports betting via a mobile app, accessible within Arizona. Subsequent to the license being awarded, the Community announced its partnership with Fubo Gaming Inc. to develop and…
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