The Nevada Gaming Control Board (NGCB) has approved wagering on a number of eSports events.
The board issued approvals this week for sports betting licensees to offer bets on the 2020 North America League of Legends Championship Series and the 2020 League of Legends European Championship and Masters tournaments, as well [...]
Consumers in the United Kingdom are no longer allowed to gamble using credit cards under new rules which came into force today.
In January, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) announced the credit card ban as another vital layer of protection for consumers.
The [...]
The Belgian Gambling Commission has introduced a new weekly deposit limit of €500 for all players of online gaming.
The new rule comes into force immediately and applies to all online gamblers, limiting their weekly deposits to a maximum of €500 per individual, irrespective of the number of online gaming accounts [...]
Latvia’s gambling regulator has confirmed that the nationwide suspension of gambling activities also applies to online gambling operators, whose licenses will now be suspended.
Latvia adopted emergency legislation related to the COVID-19 pandemic in late March, prohibiting the operation of gambling and lotteries during the state of emergency. However, contradictory provisions [...]
The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has suspended two operator licences with immediate effect and commenced reviews over failures to fully integrate the GAMSTOP self-exclusion scheme.
In January, all online operators were notified that participating in GAMSTOP by 31 March was a requirement of their licence conditions and social responsibility code.
Two online [...]
Singapore Pools has suspended all lottery draws and totalizator sales in line with stricter measures that have been brought in to manage the COVID-19 crisis in Singapore.
All online lottery and betting sales end today (6 April), while retail outlets will be allowed to stay open until the end of the [...]
Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) will establish a new gambling regulator this year as it begins a wider review of the industry.
The MHA will expand the mandate of the Casino Regulatory Authority (CRA) by reconstituting the statutory board as the Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA), giving it powers to regulate [...]
The Administrative Court of Linkoping has decided the appeals of eleven gambling operators who were accused of offering bets on Swedish football matches involving players under the age of 18.
Swedish gambling law prohibits operators from offering bets on sporting events where the majority of players are under the age of [...]
Licensed betting and gaming operators in the UK have been working with the Gambling Commission (UKGC) to make gambling safer and reduce harm across the sector.
The collaborative work with the industry followed three challenges laid down by the regulator, with working groups established in January, concentrating on use of VIP [...]
The Spanish government has published new regulations today that restrict gambling operators' ability to market to consumers during the current COVID-19 state of emergency.
More than fifty new measures have been introduced with immediate effect through a Royal Decree to reinforce those already adopted by the Spanish government in the past [...]
US online gaming industry group iDEA (iDevelopment and Economic Association) has launched a three-prong strategy that would allow any land-based US operator to launch online gaming in states without iGaming legislation.
All US casinos have closed their doors to customers due to the COVID-19 outbreak, robbing state governments of hundreds of millions of [...]
The state-owned Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) has released P12bn (€217.6m) to the National Treasury to help cushion the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The remittance comprises the agency’s cash dividends for 2019 and is P5.67bn higher than PAGCOR is required to remit.
PAGCOR chairman and CEO Andrea Domingo said that [...]