A federal judge has granted Xpoint’s motion to dismiss a patent infringement complaint from rival GeoComply after finding GeoComply’s geolocation patent to be invalid.
GeoComply had accused Xpoint of patent infringement following the latter’s launch in August 2021 in the US, where it provides geolocation technology for online gambling in New [...]
10bet operator Blue Star Planet has agreed a £620,000 settlement with Britain’s Gambling Commission.
The payment in lieu of a financial penalty relates to shortcomings in the company’s anti-money laundering and responsible gambling policies between November 2019 and June 2021.
A compliance assessment by the Gambling Commission found that the company failed [...]
Netherlands gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has handed fines totalling €1.8 million to two unlicensed online gaming operators.
Curaçao-based Equinox Dynamic and Slovakia’s Domiseda and Partners have each been fined €900,000 for accepting players from the Netherlands without authorisation, and for failing to verify the age of players.
The fine for both companies [...]
Netherlands-licensed online gaming operator Bingoal has been fined €350,000 by the Dutch gambling regulator.
The fine imposed by regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) relates to the early days of the licensed market in June 2022, when the operator failed to consult the country’s national self-exclusion register before accepting new players.
The regulator explained in [...]
Playtech has gone to court in England to settle a dispute relating to its Caliplay joint venture with Mexican gaming operator Caliente.
The dispute relates to the strategic agreement between the two partners, under which Playtech provides its software, technology and various services to Caliplay in return for fees.
The strategic agreement [...]
Svenksa Spel’s televised Keno and Lotto draws have been deemed to be a form of advertising by Sweden’s media authority.
Svenska Spel paid for the Keno and Lotto programs and also paid TV4 an additional compensation for airing the programs, which the broadcaster described as a sponsorship agreement.
This prompted a complaint [...]
Malta-based online gaming operator JOI Gaming has been fined by the Netherlands gambling regulator for sending marketing messages to players aged 18 to 24.
The operator has been fined €400,000 by Dutch regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) for marketing messages sent between December 8, 2021 and March 7, 2022, promoting the Jacks.nl online [...]
UK-based online gaming operator InTouch Games has been hit with a £6.1m penalty by Britain’s Gambling Commission.
The latest penalty means that InTouch Games has now paid over £11m to the Gambling Commission since 2019 for repeated failings.
The penalty announced today (Jan. 25) by the Gambling Commission follows a failed compliance [...]
Estonian online betting and gaming operator TonyBet has been fined more than £400,000 by Britain’s Gambling Commission.
TonyBet will pay a £442,750 penalty and receive a warning for failing to have fair and transparent terms for players at its .co.uk website, as well as for anti-money laundering (AML) and social responsibility [...]
Britain’s Gambling Commission has announced a £337,631 regulatory settlement with Vivaro Limited, operator of the Vbet online betting and gaming brand.
The operator has agreed to pay the regulatory settlement following a series of failings in its anti-money laundering and safer gambling processes.
An investigation by the Gambling Commission found that Vivaro failed [...]
The Hellenic Gaming Commission has significantly expanded its blacklist of illegal online gambling sites with the addition of more than 1,000 new domains.
The 36th update to the country’s iGaming blacklist brings the total number of blocked domains to 4,418.
As with the previous update back in September, the blacklist includes a [...]
Entain’s Ladbrokes brand has been reprimanded by the UK Advertising Standards Authority for a Twitter message that featured a number of prominent Premier League footballers.
The tweet contained an embedded video showing an image reel of Premier League footballers Philippe Coutinho, Jesse Lingard and Kalidou Koulibaly, set against a background of [...]