Brazil’s sports betting legislation has been approved by the Chamber of Deputies, with online casino gaming added back into the bill.
The Chamber of Deputies approved a request for urgent debate on the bill (PL 3626/23), which was approved yesterday, with the government expecting regulation to increase revenue and contribute to [...]
The Western Australia Government has confirmed that Michael Schaper has resigned as chair of the Gaming and Wagering Commission (GWC).
Schaper will step down from his role as state regulator in February due to other commitments, having serving less than one year of his three-year tenure.
He was hired as an independent [...]
The Dutch Government is working on three proposals for the future of the state-owned National Lottery operator Nederlandse Loterij.
The Ministry of Finance and Ministry of Justice and Security have been exploring possible future options for the lottery, after a previous evaluation earlier this year found that state ownership of the [...]
Britain’s Gambling Commission has launched its latest public consultation covering financial penalties and financial key event reporting in the industry.
The consultation on financial penalties aims to bring transparency to the way penalties are calculated in enforcement actions.
It includes a proposal for determining the starting point for the penal element of [...]
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has named Charles Mizzi as its next chief executive officer.
Mizzi will succeed Carl Brincat, who is stepping down at the end of January after three years in the role.
Mizzi joins the MGA following a five-year tenure at Residency Malta Agency, the government entity responsible for [...]
Independent testing lab Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has appointed Richard Howarth as chief business officer for the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region.
In his new role, Howarth will oversee business growth strategies for GLI’s testing labs in Adelaide, Melbourne, Sydney and Macao.
Howarth most recently served as chief business officer of Australian technology supplier [...]
The Canadian province of Manitoba has appointed nine new members to form the Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries Corporation’s new board of directors.
Following the election of the NDP government in October, the new board has been appointed by Manitoba’s Sport, Culture, Heritage and Tourism Minister Glen Simard, and will be chaired [...]
Italy’s communications authority AGCOM has issued combined financial penalties of more than €3 million to Google and Twitch International for violating the country’s gambling advertising ban.
The regulatory authority initiated procedures against Google and Twitch after uncovering more than 80 YouTube and Twitch channels containing more than 20,000 videos featuring ads [...]
Gambling revenue in Denmark was down 29 per cent to DKK431.1 million (€57.8 million) in October 2023, as new player ID checks began.
At the start of October, new mandatory player identification checks were introduced for retail betting in Denmark which may have contributed to the monthly slump in betting revenue.
Total [...]
Britain’s Gambling Commission has launched a second set of consultations into proposals aimed at making gambling safer.
The consultations launched on Wednesday (Nov. 29) will run for 12 weeks and include topics relating to socially responsible incentives, customer-led safer gambling tools, improved transparency on customer funds in the event of insolvency, [...]
A Committee of the state parliament of Victoria has called for the introduction of further safeguards to protect the community from gambling-related harm.
The Public Accounts and Estimates Committee (PAEC) of the Australian state made its recommendations to government following an eight-month review of state Auditor-General’s reports from 2017, 2019 and [...]
Gambling regulators in Europe and North America have agreed a partnership to enhance collaboration among their member authorities.
The agreement between the Gambling Regulators European Forum (GREF) and the North American Gaming Regulators Association (NAGRA) aims to improve knowledge-sharing and strengthen cooperation between regulators on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean.
“At [...]