The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has issued a $45,000 fine to MGM Resorts-owned MGM Springfield for allowing players under the age of 21 to access the gaming floor.
The civil administrative penalty from the Investigations and Enforcement Bureau (IEB) of the Massachusetts Gaming Commission follows multiple incidents of persons under the age [...]
Britain’s Gambling Commission has agreed a six-figure settlement with online gaming operator SkillOnNet for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures.
The operator will pay £305,150 in lieu of a financial penalty as a part of its settlement, with the proceeds to be directed to socially responsible causes.
The penalty relates to breaches [...]
English Premier League footballer Ivan Toney has been suspended from all football and football-related activity for eight months for breaching The Football Association’s betting rules.
The Brentford striker was charged with 262 breaches of FA Rule E8 in total between 25 February 2017 and 23 January 2021.
The FA subsequently withdrew 30 [...]
iGaming platform provider and operator Soft2Bet is set for further growth in Europe after securing sports betting and online casino licences in Greece.
The company has received clearance to enter the regulated Greek iGaming market under two seven-year licenses from the Hellenic Gaming Commission.
“The issuance of our betting events and casino [...]
Spain’s Ministry of Consumption has entered into a data sharing deal with the General Directorate of Police (DGP) to carry out criminal investigations into potential match-fixing and betting fraud.
The agreement will enable the Spanish National Police to analyze and investigate betting alerts detected by a network of entities that are [...]
The UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has ruled against an advertisement for the Kwiff betting and gaming brand for being inappropriately targeted.
The ad appeared on the website of Portsmouth Football Club within a news article about the Junior Blues, the club’s membership program for children aged 4-17.
The featured text stated: [...]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has issued a formal warning to Feral Holdings for providing prohibited interactive gambling services in Australia.
The company operates the CS:GO Roll website, where players have been able to deposit ‘skins’ in the game Counter Strike: Global Offensive in exchange for in-game coins that [...]
Caesars Entertainment is preparing to enter Kentucky’s regulated sports betting market through partnerships with racetracks Keeneland and Red Mile Gaming & Racing.
The agreements give the operator market access to offer legalized mobile sports wagering in Kentucky when the market opens early next year, and include plans to open Central Kentucky’s [...]
Betsson is being threatened with a multi-million Euro fine by Finnish authorities over the content of its websites.
According to an order dated 7 April and published today by Finland’s National Police Board, Betsson must remove any marketing material that is targeted at people in Finland from its website, or face [...]
Sports betting operator Betr has launched its online sportsbook in its second US state after going live in Massachusetts.
Betr is the 7th operator to go online in the state after temporary licences were issued to nine companies ahead of the opening of the market on 10 March, with Fanatics and [...]
Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has been ordered to re-examine the way it imposes penalty fees to operators after a ruling by Sweden’s Supreme Administrative Court.
In its judgment on a case involving operator Genesis Global and Spelinspektionen concerning warnings and penalties issued under the country’s Gambling Act, the Court noted that [...]
The Norwegian Gaming Authority is recommending that state-owned operator Norsk Tipping reduce its marketing expenditure by 20 per cent this year.
The recommendation follows the authority’s recent successful efforts to clamp down on advertising by unlicensed online gambling operators, which in turn reduces the need to promote the country’s gambling monopoly.
“We [...]