The Government of Queensland in Australia has approved The Star Entertainment Group’s remediation plan, comprising more than 100 initiatives across casino management and operations.
The plan will direct wide-ranging reforms in areas such as governance, culture, financial crime, safer gambling and risk management.
The government’s acceptance of the plan follows a string [...]
Live casino supplier CreedRoomz has expanded its European footprint after securing licence approval to launch its games in Denmark.
The approval from the Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) enables CreedRoomz to offer its portfolio of live casino games to Danish players for the first time, including titles such as Richie Roulette, Roulette [...]
Leading betting operator bet365 has gone live in its seventh US state with the launch of its online sportsbook in Louisiana.
bet365’s launch in the Pelican State is through a partnership with Amelia Belle Casino, a riverboat casino owned by Boyd Gaming.
Louisiana joins bet365’s existing US operations in Colorado, Iowa, Kentucky, [...]
Gaming operator Gauselmann Group has won a tender to operate up to 10 land-based casinos in the German state of Lower Saxony (Niedersachsen).
Lower Saxony’s existing casino licence expires on 1 September 2024, with operation of the state’s existing casinos to be taken over by Gauselmann under its Merkur brand for [...]
The Swedish government is proposing new measures to strengthen consumer protection in the gambling and lottery sector, as well as introducing higher penalty fees for violations of the country’s Money Laundering Act.
In a referral submitted to the Legislative Council, the government is proposing that a written requirement should apply to [...]
Elys Game Technology is set to launch its mobile sports betting offering in the United States for the first time through a partnership with Caesars Entertainment.
Elys has secured a market access agreement with Caesars to enter Colorado with its SportBet.com brand, marking its first foray into North American mobile sports [...]
Easygo-owned betting and gaming operator Stake has entered Colombia’s regulated iGaming market through the acquisition of Betfair Colombia from Flutter Entertainment.
The strategic acquisition marks a significant milestone in Stake's expansion strategy in Latin America and includes Betfair Colombia’s licence, which has been granted until 2025.
“Expanding into the Colombian market is [...]
Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has announced his plans to launch retail and online sports betting in the state.
The Governor’s plan would protect tribal investments in brick-and-mortar facilities by allowing Oklahomans to place in-person bets at retail venues operated by federally recognized tribes.
The plan would also allow Oklahomans to place bets [...]
The Seminole Tribe of Florida will create over 1,000 new jobs at its land-based casinos through the launch of its expanded gambling offering next month.
The Seminole Tribe and Seminole Hard Rock plan to launch craps, roulette and sports betting at all six Seminole Casinos, as part of the Gaming Compact [...]
The Department for Culture Media and Sport (DCMS) has belatedly announced the appointment of seven new commissioners to Britain’s Gambling Commission.
Charles Counsell, Helen Dodds, Sheree Howard and Claudia Mortimore have been appointed for terms of five years, while Lloydette Bai-Marrow, Helen Philips and David Rossington have been appointed for terms [...]
Operators who want to secure priority consideration for their sports betting licence application in Brazil have less that 30 days to submit expressions of interest to the Ministry of Finance.
According to an ordinance published in the official gazette on 27 October, operators that submit an expression of interest to the [...]
Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has imposed a €6.79 million fine on GoldWin Limited for offering online gambling to players in the Netherlands without a licence, while a €900,000 fine has also been imposed on MKC Limited.
An investigation by the regulator found that Dutch players could access GoldWin’s Westcasino.com site [...]