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Kansspelautoriteit Proposes New Licensing Rule

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  Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the gambling regulator in the Netherlands, has announced a new rule that would implement a two year “cooling off” period for potential gambling licensees. The rule, which is still at the draft stage, requires all operators applying for a KSA licence to have refrained from providing online gambling products to consumers in…

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Kenya Orders Safaricom to Shut Down Betting Payments

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  Kenya has ordered Safaricom, the leading telecommunications company in Kenya, to stop processing payments for sports betting companies. Liti Wambua, Acting Director of the Betting Control and Licensing Board, told Safaricom that the licences for all 27 betting firms had not been renewed. Wambua said that such payments should stop pending the outcome of…

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UKGC: new licence conditions for Casino 36, with money laundering and social responsibility failures

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  Personal management licence holders at Casino 36 must undertake extra training as part of a £300,000 penalty package for money laundering and social responsibility failures. A UK Gambling Commission investigation revealed the operator had failed to ensure adequate customer Enhanced Due Diligence (EDD), Source of Funds (SOF) and Source of Wealth (SOW) checks were…

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Coljuegos Approves eCOGRA as Independent Testing Laboratory

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  Coljuegos, the online gambling regulator in Colombia, has approved eCOGRA as an independent testing laboratory. This follows the recent approval from IPLyC, which enables eCOGRA to test and certify online platforms and games. Shaun McCallaghan, chief executive at eCOGRA, said that it was the end product of close liaison and hard work by his…

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Malaysian Government to Update Gambling Laws

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  The Malaysian government is going to amend the existing gambling laws in the country. News about the gambling law amendment emerges shortly after the police announced more than 14,700 individuals have been detained and more than MYR3.8 million was seized in raids against illegal gambling since the beginning of the year. Home Minister, Muhyiddin…

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Aristocrat Claims Breach of Intellectual Property Law Against Ainsworth

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  Aristocrat Technologies has lodged proceedings in the Federal Court against Ainsworth Game Technology, alleging the breach of intellectual property law. Aristocrat claimed that Ainsworth stole the designs to one of its most successful slot machines. The dispute centres on the technology which Aristocrat developed for its popular Lightning Link machine, which it alleges was…

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