Maryland’s Sports Wagering Application Review Commission (SWARC) has approved amended regulations to accelerate the award of B1, B2 and Mobile sports betting licenses.
The regulations must now be approved by the Maryland General Assembly’s Joint Committee on Administrative, Executive and Legislative Review, at which time they become effective on an emergency [...]
The Australian state of Victoria has introduced strict new harm minimisation rules for online betting providers.
The new Ministerial Direction issued by the Labor Government aims to deliver more protection to online gamblers and requires operators to deliver monthly account activity statements to customers.
It also gives customers greater capacity to opt [...]
All “high-risk” online gambling sponsorship agreements will be prohibited in the Netherlands under an amendment proposed by the minister for legal protection, Franc Weerwind.
Licensed providers of high-risk games in the regulated Netherlands online gaming market are already facing a ban on untargeted advertising from next year, with Weerwind’s proposed amendment [...]
Canada’s Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has expanded its executive management team with the appointment of Josée Turcotte as chief legal officer.
Turcotte begins her new role on 18 July, and brings extensive executive management, legal counsel and governance experience in financial services and capital markets, in both private [...]
The Michigan Gaming Control Board (MGCB) is on track to secure an additional $7m in funding to promote responsible gambling initiatives and to effectively manage higher-than-expected internet gaming activity.
The additional funding was agreed by lawmakers as part of the state’s 2023 fiscal year budget, which has now been submitted to [...]
Germany’s new national gambling regulator has brought in Nadja Wierzejewski to lead efforts against unlicensed online gambling and its related advertising.
Wierzejewski joins the regulator on July 1 from the Supervisory and Service Directorate of the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, where she served as head of gambling supervision since 2008.
In her new [...]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has unveiled plans to introduce a new online gambling national self-exclusion register during the second half of this year.
The register will apply to all licensed online and telephone betting operators and will enable Australian gamblers to exclude themselves from participation for periods ranging [...]
Belgium’s Gaming Commission has submitted ten recommendations to the Minister of Justice to strengthen online gambling regulations.
The recommendations are in response to a request from the Ministry to better protect online gamblers, with the Commission noting that online games are currently very poorly regulated.
“Ten years after its legalisation, gross gaming [...]
Britain’s Gambling Commission has issued guidance for operators ahead of the introduction of new consumer protection rules which come into force in September.
The new rules apply from 12 September and require online operators to monitor players for indicators of harm, identify vulnerable customers, and employ automated and manual customer interaction [...]
The Belgian National Lottery has been forced to defend itself against claims that it has sought to influence the government’s position on a ban on gambling advertising.
Belgium’s Loterie Nationale issued a statement Wednesday challenging a report by Belgian newspaper Het Laatste Nieuws (HLN), which claimed that the lottery had offered [...]
An audit of the first year of regulated sports betting in Colorado has identified shortcomings in the licensing process and called into question the practice of licensees carrying forwarded losses to reduce their future tax liability.
The report by the Colorado Office of the State Auditor (OSA) was released this week [...]
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has charged a former employee of Penn National Gaming’s iGaming arm with insider trading.
David Roda, a former software engineer at Penn Interactive Ventures, has been charged in connection with Penn National’s $2bn acquisition of Toronto-based Score Media and Gaming last year.
Filed in federal district [...]