UKGC: New age and identity verification rules – changes to the LCCP from Tuesday 7 May
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  New rules come in on Tuesday 7 May surrounding age and identity verification procedures for online operators. These new rules follow an open consultation and aim to ensure operators verify customers’ age and identity details quickly and robustly. The changes to LCCP will affect remote betting and gaming operators, and some remote lotteries. They…

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Playup Fined For Offering Illegal Gambling Inducements
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  Betting operator PlayUp Interactive Pty Limited has been convicted and fined $7,500 after being found guilty of communicating illegal inducements to gamble, following an investigation by Liquor & Gaming NSW. PlayUp pleaded guilty to breaching NSW gaming laws in Downing Centre Local Court on 30 April, and in addition to the fine was ordered…

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Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) Hails Passage of Assembly Bill 221 That Expands Nevada’s Gaming Technology Workforce
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  The Association of Gaming Equipment Manufacturers (AGEM) announced the passage by the Nevada Legislature of Assembly Bill 221 that expands the state’s technology and manufacturing workforce by giving those 18 to 20 years legal status as a “gaming employee” working for slot machine, systems, table game and component suppliers. Previously, Nevada statute prohibited any…

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Maltese Company Yobetit Welcomed by Swedish Market
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  Yobetit recently acquired its Swedish license, providing the Maltese iGaming company with the opportunity to break into the Swedish market – and that’s exactly what they’ve done. Prior to obtaining the Spelinspektionen Swedish license, Yobetit’s marketing was focused on Maltese players, but now the horizon has widened. Swedish players are flocking to sign up…

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Casumo Expands Service Offering into Denmark
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  Casumo, the Malta-based online gaming operator, has secured a five-year licence from the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden). Casumo will focus on a mobile-first approach and run a media campaign to promote its online casino services in Denmark. According to Oscar Simonsson, the co-founder and CEO of Casumo, securing the licence was an important milestone…

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Joint Competition and Markets Authority / Gambling Commission letter to the gambling sector
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  “The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) and Gambling Commission (the Commission) have now concluded their joint programme of work concerning suspected breaches of consumer protection law in the remote gambling sector. This work focused in particular on the fairness, transparency and potential for consumers to be misled by a number of terms and practices…

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ESBK Receives Applications for Online Gaming Licences
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  Eidgenössische Spielbankenkommission (ESBK), the Swiss gambling regulator, has received applications from four casino operators for online gaming licence. The four operators are Grand Casino Baden, Casino Davos, Grand Casino Luzern and Casino Zürichsee. ESBK will check with the Swiss National Council, the Bundesrat, to make the final decision. Operators who get the licence will…

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Gaming Arts Celebrates Company Milestones with Approval of its Pop’N Pays™ Video Reels and Record Number of Cabinet Orders
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  Gaming Arts, LLC , an end-to-end gaming technology provider of electronic gaming machines, bingo, keno, and interactive casino-wide promotional systems, announced multiple achievements across several areas of the Company’s business. Recently, the Company received jurisdictional approvals of its first two Class III land-based slot themes in the Pop’N Pays™ family of games, Piñatas Olé™ and Big Top™, housed on the…

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