Compliance Updates

  The International Betting Integrity Association (IBIA) has urged the New Zealand government to adopt an international gaming licence system. The New Zealand government launched a public consultation into widening the number of permitted operators allowed to offer online betting services in the country. At present, TAB and Lotto NZ are the online firms allowed…

  France is going to introduce a new national gambling authority, L’autorité nationale des jeux (ANJ) to replace the current regulator, l’autorité nationale de régulation des jeux en ligne (ARJEL), ahead of the privatisation of lottery monopoly La Française des Jeux (FDJ). Currently, online gambling in France is regulated by ARJEL, while casinos, horse racing…

  Members of the Gaming Regulators’ European Forum (GREF) have completed the study about the effects of microtransactions in video games, which has included the use of “loot boxes.” The members of the Forum have chosen not to implement measures which would restrict such features, despite receiving specific recommendations to do so. The report on…