The UK’s Public Accounts Committee has criticised the government for failing to proactively fund gambling related research that could help to design an effective regulatory response to gambling harms.
The Committee stated in a report released Sunday (June 28) that despite repeated references to the need for evidence based policy-making, the [...]
Lawmakers in the Netherlands voted Tuesday on a number of motions concerning the regulation of online gambling, with the option of delaying the market opening among the motions adopted.
The motion to delay the opening of the regulated online gaming market from the planned date of 1 July 2021 was approved [...]
California Senator Bill Dodd and Assemblyman Adam Gray have withdrawn their sports betting proposal ahead of its scheduled committee hearing Tuesday.
Their proposal sought to amend the constitution of California to legalise retail and online sports betting operated by horserace tracks and federally recognized Indian tribes, while allowing non-tribal gaming operators [...]
Lawmakers in the US state of Georgia have tacked sports betting legislation to an unrelated traffic bill in an effort to boost state finances following the economic disruption caused by COVID-19.
The proposed legislation would negate the need for a statewide referendum to authorize sports betting by handing authority to the [...]
Lawmakers in Michigan have introduced legislation to authorise the state’s licensed casinos to launch online gaming operations.
The bill introduced June 16 relates to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic and would enable Michigan’s state and tribal casinos to be considered to hold an internet gaming operator license.
The authority to offer online gambling [...]
Australian Independent MP Andrew Wilkie has introduced an amendment to ban social casinos across the country.
Introduced last week, the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Banning Social Casinos and Other Measures) Bill 2020 seeks to amend the country’s Interactive Gambling Act 2001 to make it illegal to offer social casino services to Australian [...]
Louisiana residents will decide in November whether to authorise sports betting in the state’s 64 parishes.
Residents will be given a vote on the proposal at the statewide election scheduled for November 3 after Governor John Bel Edwards signed a bill Thursday authorizing the proposition.
The bill (SB 130) requires the approval [...]
Efforts to legalise single-event sports betting in Canada may finally begin to gain traction now that major North American sports leagues have reversed track to support the move.
The Canadian Gaming Association has long called for single-event sports betting to be legalised and lawmakers have previously progressed legislation through the House [...]
Gambling advertising in the Netherlands will be further restricted under new rules adopted this week by lawmakers.
Advertising for licensed lotteries and games of chance in the Netherlands is currently prohibited on radio and television between the hours of 6am and 7pm but will change according to product type under a [...]
Sweden’s state-owned gaming operator Svenska Spel has called for more protection from lottery betting providers in order to safeguard its contributions to social causes.
The company, which operates national lottery games in Sweden alongside other betting and gaming activities, said that the country’s commercial gambling operators are circumventing its lottery monopoly [...]
The government of Norway has taken further steps to try and protect the nation's gambling monopoly with new restrictions on gambling advertising by offshore operators.
The newly approved legislation gives the Norwegian Media Authority powers to combat advertising by unlicensed online gaming operators, both on TV and the internet.
The new powers [...]
Germany has submitted its proposed new gambling legislation to the European Commission for approval.
The fourth State Treaty on Gaming is scheduled to come into force on July 1st 2021 and will legalise online casino gaming in the country for the first time.
Under the proposed legislation, operators will be able to [...]