Compliance Updates

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

Denmark legislators move to restrict gambling bonus offers

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Jesper Petersen, a Social Democrat MP in Denmark, revealed the legislators’ concern over the spiraling gambling bonus offers. He said in television interview that online gambling sign-up bonus offers, especially those through television promos, were getting out of control. He pointed out that some operators provide bonuses as high as DKK10k (US$1,640). According to Petersen, bonuses…

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Belgium’s Gambling Commission rules against loot boxes

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Kansspelcommissie, Belgium’s gaming commission ruled against a few video games and warned millionaire penalties if they’re not adjusted. The threatened operators face fines up to US$2 million if a number of popular video games are not adjusted. The Belgian Gaming Commission calls these loot boxes game of chance, and if these are further exploited, they…

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Court order on NJ gambling could affect other states

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New Jersey is expecting an imminent Supreme Court order to make sports betting legal. The state has challenged the 1992 federal Professional Amateur Sports Protection Act (PASPA). It is expected that the court will give the state permission allowing it to legalise sports betting. If it happens, many other states, mainly West Virginia and Pennsylvania,…

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Nevada Gaming Commission changes gambling regulation

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The Nevada Gaming Association Commission has changed its gambling regulations for dealing with intoxicated gamblers. The commission clarified the new rules. Casinos are not allowed to let “visible impaired” people to gamble, which include the customers who are drunk or high on drugs. The regulation is not entirely new, but it just makes the existing rules tougher,…

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Italian Gambling Regulator introduces New Self-Exclusion Programme

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In its bid to help the problem gamblers, Agenzia delle dogane e dei Monopoli, Italy’s major gambling regulatory body, has introduced a new self-exclusion programme. This will be applicable throughout the country. The launch of the new programme arrives after the industry-wide public demand for the upgrading of the country’s existing responsible gambling measures for at-risk customers. In…

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Swedish gambling regulator to get funding as ahead of looming market regulation date

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Lotteriinspektionen, the gambling authority of Sweden, could receive increased funding from the government, as the country is nearing the completion of the reformulation of gambling legislation. It is expected that the regulatory body will be entrusted with larger responsibilities and will need more funding to carry them out. The government has already mooted a proposal in…

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