South Africa gambling operators react to new casino bill
The HALLO ECHO

South African legislators are about to relocate the country’s casinos to Trade Bay, much to the sadness of many local gambling operators. The move was opposed by the local gambling operators, which would be an enactment of the Western Cape Nineteenth Gambling and Racing Amendment Bill, 2018, and this would lead to a serious downfal…

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Ukraine to launch strict measures to control gambling
The HALLO ECHO

Volodymyr Groisman, the Prime Minister of Ukraine, has announced that the government will establish a new regulatory regime for gambling business soon.  “We are now fighting smuggling, and soon we’ll get to the lotteries, where shadow money streams are huge, as far as I understand. They have to be directed to the state budget, ”…

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Lotteriinspektionen publishes its new gaming licensing application forms
The HALLO ECHO

Sweden’s gambling regulator, Lotteriinspektionen, has published the newly created application forms to obtain gaming operator license in the country on the Swedish government will bring into effect a new licensing frame work for gaming operators from January 1, 2019. Licensed operators and new companies interested in being part of the regulated Swedish market will be…

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ESSA Statement: Law Commission report proposing a regulatory framework for betting in India
The HALLO ECHO

Brussels, 6 July 2018: “ESSA welcomes the Law Commission’s recommendation to licence and regulate sports betting in India. We strongly encourage Parliament and state legislatures to enact the broad premise of the Law Commission’s recommendations and in line with the detailed response ESSA provided to the consultation last year. As the Law Commission states, prohibition…

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BMM Welcomes Obed Mathabe as Technical Compliance Manager for BMM South Africa
The HALLO ECHO

BMM Testlabs, the world’s best gaming testing laboratory and technical consultancy, is pleased to welcome Obed Mathabe to our South African office and test lab based in Kyalami, Midrand as Technical Compliance Manager. Zeena Rossouw, VP, Operations & Sales Africa commented, “We are very pleased to welcome Obed to BMM South Africa to join our…

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Mexico to regulate online gambling
The HALLO ECHO

Mexico has been reviewing its gambling legislation for regulating the online gambling sector. The legislators want to bring the online gambling scene in line with the rest of the gambling industry in the country. With the economy in the country steadily improving, more people have disposable income that they can spend on the likes of…

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UKGC enforcement report – new guidance to help operators make gambling fairer, safer and crime-free
The HALLO ECHO

The Gambling Commission has yesterday published a report into enforcement action it has taken against operators over the past year. The Enforcement report highlights the lessons it wants gambling businesses to learn from its investigations and provides guidance to them on anti-money laundering, customer interaction, self-exclusion, unfair terms and practices and marketing and advertising. Neil…

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Introduction of new MGA Regulatory Framework moves to 1st August 2018
The HALLO ECHO

Following the notification of the draft new legal framework regulating gaming through the Technical Regulation Information System (‘TRIS’) process in virtue of Directive (EU) 2015/1535 (the ‘Directive’), a Detailed Opinion has been issued by a Member State in relation to the draft Gaming Authorisations Regulations (the ‘Regulations’).  The European Commission and another Member State have…

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