ESSA Statement: Law Commission report proposing a regulatory framework for betting in India
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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Sweden to release details of license application process
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Sweden’s national lottery regulatory body, Lotteriinspektionen, will provide application documents for new licenses in the country in public domain from July 10. The licenses are envisaged by the new gambling bill, which will come into effect from January 1, 2019. The bill proposes changes in various aspects such as international cooperation, responsible gambling, supervision, and…

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Call in Germany for review of gambling regulation
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Georg Stecker, the chief executive of the Association of German Gaming Machine Manufacturers (Deutsche Automatenwirtschaft), has urged for a review of country’s gambling regulations. Analysing the present status of the industry at the Gaming Machine Industry Summit in Berlin, he called for a review of the present legislation on casinos, lottery and slot machines and…

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The Dutch start to enforce the Loot Box ban
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The Dutch gambling authority will enforce a new ban on loot boxes. They identified four games that offer loot boxes that are considered gambling. According to the public broadcast company these games are FIFA 18, DOTA 2, PlayerUnknown’s BattleGrounds and Rocket League. These games had until the 20th of june to make changes to the…

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