Compliance Updates

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

Dutch Gaming Authority slaps €350k penalty

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  The Dutch Gaming Authority, Kansspelautoriteit has slapped a fine of  €350,000 on CyberRock Entertainment and Honeydew Trading within. These companies were found to have offered games of chance to Dutch customers through various websites, mainly play2wincasino.com and supremeplay.com. Both the websites are “almost entirely” Dutch, the Kansspelautoriteit said, while other sites change after player log-in…

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Jeremie Kanter joins SBTech as Chief Compliance Officer

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  Highly experienced gaming executive hired to continue raising award-winning standards across new and existing markets   Leading sports betting and gaming technology supplier SBTech has hired highly experienced gaming executive Jeremie Kanter as its new Chief Compliance Officer. Kanter has more than 14 years’ B2B and B2C experience in the gaming industry across senior…

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China bans popular poker apps

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  The Chinese authorities have blocked some of the most popular poker mobile apps, including Poker King and Poker Tribe platforms, in its renewed bid to crack down online gambling. The Chinese government wants to have a firm control over online gambling sphere. Some estimates suggest that the online poker apps used to generate 50…

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Cayman Islands amends gambling law

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  The government of Cayman Islands has amended the gambling regulations. In the newly proposed the Gambling Amendment Bill 2018, which will be discussed in the next Meeting of the Legislative Assembly, the government plans to increase the penalties for engaging in acts of illegal gambling. The purpose of the bill, according to the government…

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Italian gaming industry overcomes ad prohibition

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  The gaming industry in Italy seems to have overcome the government’s recent ban on gambling advertising. While the government decision came as a virtual shock, the industry is moving ahead without much hiccup, a recent report of local online gambling trade body LOGiCO suggests. According to the LOGiCO report, 94.5 per cent of adult…

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FA to introduce a levy on bets

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  In an interesting move, the English Football Association (FA) has decided to introduce a levy on bets for extracting more money from the gambling sector to fund football development at grassroots level. Martin Glenn, chief executive of the FA, said that the move could push funding for the body’s “Football Foundation” initiative past £100 m…

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