Britain’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has banned a radio ad for the LeoVegas-owned brand BetUK after it was found to have strong appeal to under-18s for featuring retired footballer Adebayo Akinfenwa.
The ruling forms part of a wider piece of work banning gambling ads which, under strengthened rules, are prohibited when [...]
Italian media regulator AGCOM has imposed a fine of €1.35 million on messaging platform X for gambling advertising violations.
The fine was imposed on X last week and was announced by the Italian regulator on 12 March.
The fine relates to nine violations, one for each ‘Blue Tick’ account promoting content of [...]
The Dutch Government has appointed Michel Groothuizen as the next chairman of gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA).
Groothuizen will take over as chair of the KSA on 1 July, succeeding René Jansen who announced last October that he would be stepping down.
Groothuizen has served as a member of the main board of [...]
Australia’s financial intelligence agency has commenced an enforcement investigation into Hillside (Australia New Media), operator of bet365.
The AUSTRAC investigation will examine bet365’s compliance with anti-money laundering legislation and follows an order issued by the agency in November 2022.
The order required two corporate bookmakers, bet365 and Flutter Entertainment’s Sportsbet, to appoint [...]
Casino operator Encore Boston Harbor has been fined $40,000 by the Massachusetts Gaming Commission for accepting sports wagers on two unauthorised events.
The fine was issued after Encore’s sportsbook accepted wagers on two events involving a collegiate team based in Massachusetts that was not competing in a collegiate tournament.
The events were [...]
Online gaming operator Gammix has vowed to challenge last week’s €19.7 million fine from the Netherlands Gambling Authority.
The company says the “outrageous and unsubstantiated” penalty from Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) is based on “falsified data, extreme inaccuracy and highly suspect mathematics”, and has vowed to appeal the decision.
“Now that [...]
The Gambling Authority of the Netherlands has imposed a fine of almost €20 million on online gambling operator Gammix.
The fine is the highest penalty ever issued by Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) and follows a €4 million fine imposed on Gammix in 2022 for serving the market without a licence.
“Dutch [...]
New Jersey Attorney General Matthew Platkin has appointed Mary Jo Flaherty as interim director of the Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) to replace David Rebuck, who is retiring after 13 years in the role.
Rebuck is the longest-serving director in DGE’s history and is retiring after a total of 36 years [...]
Denmark’s gambling regulator Spillemyndigheden has expanded the country’s blacklist of illegal gambling operators with 83 websites added.
This marks the 10th time that the regulator has gone to court to block illegal websites that offer sports betting and online casinos to Danes without a licence.
The latest additions bring the country’s [...]
Switzerland’s two gambling regulators have added another 141 domains to their respective blacklists of illegal gambling operators, bringing the combined total to nearly 2,000 websites.
In the latest update, the Swiss Federal Gaming Commission (CFMJ) added 99 sites to its blacklist of illegal operators targeting Swiss players without a local licence.
This [...]
The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has appointed Joseph Hillier as the agency’s new chief strategy officer and corporate secretary.
Hillier joins the AGCO from the Office of Ontario Attorney General Doug Downey, where he served as chief of staff since 2020.
He has also been a key strategic [...]
The Massachusetts Gaming Commission has begun a search for a new chair to replace Cathy Judd-Stein, who is retiring next month.
Judd-Stein will retire from public service upon the completion of her term on March 21, having first been appointed to the Massachusetts Gaming Commission in January 2019 by then Governor [...]