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Gambling Commission suspends licence of InTouch Games

Online gambling operator InTouch Games has had its UK operating licence suspended as a result of repeated anti-money laundering failures and concerns about the company’s operating practices.

The licence suspension by Britain’s Gambling Commission follows previous regulatory action which has seen InTouch Games pay over £11 million in regulatory settlements to [...]

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NetX Betting ordered to withdraw from Dutch market

The Netherlands Gambling Authority is threatening to impose a fine of up to €75,000 on Malta-based NetX Betting for serving players in the Netherlands without a local licence.

NetX Betting is accused of targeting its pferdewetten.de. website at players in the Netherlands and was notified in March of the gambling regulator's [...]

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Twitch streamer fined for illegal gambling advertising in Denmark

The Danish Gambling Authority has taken action against a Twitch streamer for advertising unlicensed gambling providers.

The case represents the first time that the Danish Gambling Authority has reported a streamer to the police for illegal gambling advertising.

The Danish police investigated the streamer earlier this year and found evidence to support [...]

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Victoria issues fine over YourPlay gaming machine breaches

Australia’s largest operator of electronic gaming machines has been fined AUD$550,000 by the Victorian Gambling and Casino Control Commission (VGCCC) for operating machines without the mandatory YourPlay pre-commitment technology installed.

The Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH) was fined for operating 220 gaming machines without YourPlay, the statewide pre-commitment scheme that [...]

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Danish gambling regulator adds 49 websites to iGaming blacklist

The Danish Gambling Authority (Spillemyndigheden) has expanded its blacklist of illegal gambling operators with a further 49 websites added to the list.

The regulator asked the Copenhagen City Court to block 49 websites that were found to offer illegal gambling services to players in Denmark, marking the ninth time that the [...]

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Basketball

Fox Bet fined in New Jersey for bets on college sports

Flutter Entertainment subsidiary TSG Interactive US Services has been fined for offering prohibited bets on New Jersey college sports through the Fox Bet brand.

Fox Bet was previously warned for offering bets on college games involving a New Jersey team in 2021 but has since notified the New Jersey Division of [...]

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BlueBet

BlueBet faces six-figure fine for betting billboards in Victoria

Australian betting operator BlueBet faces a fine of close to AUD$1 million for alleged unlawful advertising.

The fine relates to a billboard advertisement that was displayed between 29 August 2022 and 11 September 2022 in the Australian state of Victoria, and follows a complaint from a member of the public.

“All wagering [...]

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bet365

ASA rules against promoted tweet by bet365

The UK Advertising Standards Authority has upheld a complaint against a bet365 promoted tweet that featured Swiss footballer Granit Xhaka.

The promoted tweet was identified as potentially breaching advertising regulations by the ASA’s artificial intelligence system Active Ad Monitoring.

The tweet was published by Sky Sports Premier League and promoted by bet365 [...]

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Star Entertainment fined $140,000 by Queensland gambling regulator

Star Entertainment has been fined AUD$140,000 following an investigation by Queensland’s Office of Liquor and Gaming Regulation (OLGR).

The casino operator was found guilty of 11 offences at its two Queensland casinos in Brisbane and the Gold Coast, with seven of those charges relating to accepting credit wagers of more than [...]

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PlayUp

PlayUp fined in Australia over self-exclusion failure

PlayUp has been fined by the Northern Territory Racing Commission (NTRC) in Australia after a self-excluded player was allowed to open a new account and resume gambling.

The NTRC, which licenses a host of online betting operators in Australia, has ruled that PlayUp Interactive contravened condition 15 of its sports bookmaker [...]

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Massachusetts sportsbooks fined over prohibited collegiate team wagers

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission (MGC) has issued fines to all three of the state’s casinos for offering sports bets on an unauthorized event involving a Massachusetts collegiate team.

All three of the casinos’ retail sportsbooks were found to have offered wagering on an unauthorized event involving a Massachusetts collegiate team not [...]

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First civil penalty proceedings issued for illegal gambling in Australia

The Federal Court of Australia has ordered Diverse Link to pay a civil penalty of AUD$5 million for breaching the country’s Interactive Gambling Act 2001 (IGA).

In a judgment released Monday by Justice David Thomas, Diverse Link was found to have provided a prohibited interactive gambling service through Redrawpoker.com and the [...]

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