Betting and gaming operator Flutter Entertainment has failed in its bid to challenge a $1.3bn judgement before the Kentucky Supreme Court.
The judgement relates to the activities of Flutter brand PokerStars in Kentucky between 2006 and 2011, prior to its acquisition by Flutter Entertainment.
Flutter petitioned the Kentucky Supreme Court to rehear [...]
Leading online betting operator bet365 has been issued with a warning and a SEK1m penalty fee by Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen.
The operator is the latest to be issued a fine and warning for offering bets on a Swedish football match involving players under the age of 18.
Following an investigation by [...]
Malta-based online casino operator Casumo has been hit with a second fine by Britain's Gambling Commission for social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures that took place in 2018 and 2019.
The current management team, headed by chief executive Shelly Suter-Hadad who was brought in from Mansion in late 2019, has overhauled [...]
Sports betting operator Action247 has had its Tennessee operating license suspended indefinitely due to concerns about the adequacy of the company’s internal controls.
The license suspension was handed down on Friday (March 19) at an emergency meeting of the Tennessee Lottery’s Sports Wagering Committee after Action247 self-reported a number of violations.
The [...]
Denmark’s Gambling Authority (Spilllemyndigheden) has added 55 new online gambling domains to the country’s growing blacklist of unlicensed operators.
The ruling will require internet service providers (ISPs) to block access to the 55 domains, the highest number to be simultaneously blacklisted since the Authority began blocking sites in 2012.
It marks the [...]
Britain’s Gambling Commission has fined online gaming operator InTouch Games £3.4m for social responsibility, money laundering and marketing failures.
The operator of UK-focused brands such as mrspin.co.uk, pocketwin.co.uk and slotfactory.com was found to have breached social responsibility, money laundering and marketing regulations by failing to interact with players who showed signs [...]
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has identified a further 18 online casinos that illegally serve Australian consumers.
A total of 18 websites are included in ACMA’s latest sweep of illegal operators, who will now be subject to blocking by Australian internet service providers.
The majority of the sites operate under [...]
Sweden’s gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has issued a warning and combined SEK175m (€17.4m) penalty fee to ComeOn and three of its operating subsidiaries for offering unauthorised bonuses to players.
The regulator said that the four companies had violated the country’s gambling legislation by offering bonuses on repeated occasions, and by distributing gifts [...]
The UK Advertising Standards Authority has banned an ad by Ladbrokes which showed a man excitedly waiting for the start of a horse race.
The ad prompted one complaint from an individual who believed that it depicted gambling behaviour that was socially irresponsible.
The video on demand ad on All4 was seen [...]
Swedish gambling regulator Spelinspektionen has issued an injunction to iGaming operator Videoslots for violating the country’s online casino deposit limit.
The regulator said Tuesday that Videoslots players were able to circumvent the Covid-related SEK5,000 per week deposit limit by cancelling withdrawal requests from their gaming accounts, in some cases up to [...]
US lotteries and gaming operators are celebrating the decision of the First Circuit Court of Appeals, which on Wednesday upheld the 2019 ruling by the US District Court of New Hampshire regarding the applicability of the Wire Act to online gaming and lottery sales.
The New Hampshire court issued a ruling [...]
The Kentucky Supreme Court has reinstated an $870m judgement against online poker operator PokerStars, which is now owned by Flutter Entertainment.
The case dates back to 2010, when the Commonwealth of Kentucky sought recovery of alleged losses by Kentucky residents who played real-money poker on PokerStars' website between 2006 and 2011.
Kentucky [...]