Compliance Updates

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

New Gaming Bill tabled in Maltese Parliament

The HALLO ECHO

Press Release – 13 March 2018 – The Parliamentary Secretary for Financial Services, Digital Economy & Innovation, Hon. Silvio Schembri announced that a motion has been presented in Parliament for the first reading of a new Gaming Bill which will seek to repeal all the existing legislation and replace it with a singular primary Act of…

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The Japanese lawmakers all set to vote for the IR bill

The HALLO ECHO

The IR implementation bill could promptly get an assent as the Japanese lawmakers are all set to vote for the IR bill and come to a conclusion whether to permit two or six cities to host venues. After considerable lobbying by the casino industry for regulations in Japan over a decade, lawmakers are finally ready…

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Government of UK extends guidance to the Gibraltar-based business stakeholders

The HALLO ECHO

Following UK’s withdrawal from the EU, the government of UK extended their guidance to the  Gibraltar-based business stakeholders, for almost a year.  And the government of  United Kingdom released a statement with regard to Gibraltar’s financial services firms’ access to local markets until 2020. The British government is very much keen on assuring that the Gibraltar…

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Pier Paolo Baretta calls for Italy to cling to the terms of the shared online poker liquidity agreement 

The HALLO ECHO

Making himself loud and clear in an interview with GiocoNews, Pier Paolo Baretta, the outgoing Undersecretary of State at the Italian Finance Ministry affirmed earlier this week, that Italy should apply the terms of the shared online poker liquidity agreement it signed with France, Spain, and Portugal in Rome, last summer. Clinging to his,  responsibility of gambling…

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Australia Adds Loot Boxes to New Online Gambling Safety Guidelines

The HALLO ECHO

The Australian government has further weighed in on the subject of loot boxes in games by referencing the randomized loot purchase in a series of “online gambling” guidelines. Australia’s guidelines for loot boxes can be found on the Office of the eSafety Commissioner’s site, a government office that includes information on “helping all Australians have safe,…

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The Congress of Japan finally addressing the IR implementation bill will determine the trajectory of the casino industry

The HALLO ECHO

The IR Implementation Bill is currently under the consideration of the Congress of Japan. Addressing of the IR Implementation Bill by the Japanese Congress finally will determine the trajectory of the casino industry in the nation. Investors all around the world are looking forward to the regulation on the Japanese market as it is estimated…

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