Compliance Updates

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

Gambling ads pay off to Swedish media

The HALLO ECHO

The latest trends from Sweden reveal that in online gambling advertising are paying handsome dividends to Swedish media outlets, in spite of the regulatory endeavors to to reduce the activity. As per the analysis conducted by Sifo Advertising Measurements and Dagens Media, a whopping €560 million was spent on online gambling advertising in 2017. This expenditure…

read more

Swiss voters to have say on online gambling domain-blocking

The HALLO ECHO

Switzerland’s scheme to occlude the domains of internationally licensed gambling sites will encounter a voter referendum post the successful collection of sufficient signatures by the opponents. On Thursday, a 60k-signature petition objecting the government’s plan to block international gambling operators from accepting action from Swiss punters was submitted by a coalition of Swiss political party youth groups,…

read more

Malta set to regulate blockchain services sector with world’s first legal framework

The HALLO ECHO

Malta is all set to launch the world’s inceptive legal framework for designing a regulatory body in order to manage services in Blockchain sector, Artificial Intelligence, and Internet of Things (IOT) devices, within the next few weeks. This was affirmed while addressing the Unlock Blockchain conference organised at the Dubai International Financial Centre, by the…

read more

Italy opens poker bidding

The HALLO ECHO

The Italian online gaming market has seen massive growth since 2016. The bidding process to propel online poker platforms in Italy has been already set off this week. In order to select innovative online poker and iGaming operators, the Government of Italy has publicised the inception of the bidding process. Moreover, the shared online poker…

read more

Spain clears decks for poker liquidity sharing with France

The HALLO ECHO

Spain and France have advanced towards shared online poker liquidity with another step, following the official publication of Spain’s new regulations. The resolution signed by Spanish gaming regulator Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ) on December 29 was published by the Spain’s Official State Gazette on Monday legalising the online poker liquidity sharing between the state-licensed…

read more

India to set further controls on online gaming

The HALLO ECHO

The Law Commission of India has come up with further oppositions against the online gaming services. Although the Indian market is most confined globally, the online gaming industry could face further restrictions in compliance with a document of recommendations released by the country’s Law Commission yesterday. As per the report, the legal authority recommends legislators…

read more