Authorities in Bremen have pledged to further reduce the number of licensed gambling venues in the state after rejecting applications for seven retail permits in the past week.
The Ministry of Interior of the Free Hanseatic City-State of Bremen, Germany, has received new permit applications from operators of 20 of the [...]
London-listed Entain has agreed a £17m regulatory settlement with Britain’s Gambling Commission for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures.
The gaming operator has also had additional conditions attached to its operating licence to ensure that a member of the board oversees an improvement plan, and that a third-party audit the business [...]
Malta-headquartered betting exchange operator Smarkets has become the latest operator to be fined by Britain’s Gambling Commission for anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings.
The operator will pay a financial penalty of £630,000 after an investigation by the Gambling Commission revealed a series of failings. They included customers being allowed to [...]
Law enforcement authorities in the German state of Bremen are conducting checks this week to ensure that sports betting outlets are complying with the government’s recent order to close.
The retail betting outlets were ordered to close in late July for failing to provide sufficient documentation to comply with local licensing requirements in [...]
A coalition of five provincial lottery operators in Canada are calling on the federal government to work with the provinces and regulators to protect Canadians from illegal online gambling sites operating across Canada.
Lottery operators in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, Quebec and the Atlantic provinces say that the rise in unlicensed [...]
iGaming platform provider EveryMatrix is set to expand its presence in North America after securing license approval in the Canadian province of Ontario.
The approval from the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) allows the supplier to distribute gaming content from Armadillo Studios and Spearhead Studios via its casino integration [...]
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld complaints against two gambling ads by bookmaker Coral and casino operator Rank.
The complaint against Rank related to an in-app ad for the online casino game Wolf Gold, which irresponsibly suggested that gambling can be a way to solve financial concerns and achieve financial [...]
Italy’s communications authority AGCOM has fined Google €750,000 for hosting videos on YouTube that it considers to be forms of gambling advertising.
The creator of the videos, Top Ads Ltd., has also been fined €700,000 for violating Italy’s gambling advertising ban.
Alongside the financial penalties, AGCOM has ordered YouTube to remove more [...]
Stockholm-listed online gaming operator LeoVegas has had a new condition attached to its licence and been fined £1.32m by Britain’s Gambling Commission.
The sanctions follow a review of LeoVegas’ operations in Great Britain between October 2019 and October 2020, during which the time the company failed to employ adequate procedures and [...]
Flutter Entertainment-owned betting and gaming operator FanDuel Group has named Carolyn Renzin as chief legal officer.
In an expansion of her responsibilities, Renzin will serve as FanDuel's chief legal officer alongside her existing role as chief compliance officer, having joined the company in October 2019 as vice president of legal, regulatory [...]
Efforts to combat illegal online gambling in Australia have led to the blocking of 90 websites in the three months to June 30.
The majority of the blocked websites offered illegal online casino-style games to players in Australia, with others promoting unlicensed gambling as affiliates.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) [...]
Sweden’s gambling regulator will receive SEK44.1m (€4.15m) in penalty fees from eight operators who failed to prevent betting on sporting events which involved players under the age of 18.
The penalties relate to the early days of Sweden’s regulated iGaming market in 2019 and follow the fines issued to three operators [...]