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YGAM named as ICE London charity partner

YGAM, the charity whose social purpose is to inform, educate and safeguard young people against gaming and gambling harms, has been named as the official charity partner of ICE London 2023.

Confirming the partnership, Clarion Gaming managing director Stuart Hunter commented: "We are delighted to welcome YGAM as our official charity [...]

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Columbus Ohio

Ohio regulator to fine BetMGM, Caesars and DraftKings over ad violations

The Ohio Casino Control Commission is seeking a $150,000 fine from three licensed sportsbook operators for violating the state’s sports betting advertising rules.

The state gambling regulator intends to take administrative action after issuing Notices of Violation against BetMGM, American Wagering (Caesars) and Crown OH Gaming (DraftKings) for violations of Ohio [...]

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Netherlands

Advisory Division of Netherlands parliament questions aspects of proposed gambling ad ban

The Advisory Division of the Netherlands Council of State has published its opinion on the government’s proposed ban on untargeted advertising by online gambling operators.

The Advisory Division, which provides guidance to government and parliament on legislation, said that it understands the government’s desire to protect vulnerable gamblers but noted a [...]

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DraftKings facing $350,000 fine as Ohio sports betting market opens

The Ohio Casino Control Commission is taking administrative action against DraftKings for violating advertising rules ahead of the opening of the state’s regulated sports betting market on 1 January 2023.

DraftKings (trading as Crown OH Gaming) has been issued a Notice of Violation by the Commission after being found to have [...]

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DCMS Select Committee to investigate UK gambling regulations

The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has launched an investigation into UK gambling policy and the Government’s progress towards addressing concerns about problem gambling.

The DCMS committee inquiry will investigate existing gambling regulations and examine whether these can keep up with innovations in online gambling, as well as [...]

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Sweden prepares to amend Gambling Act with new bill

Sweden’s Ministry of Finance has introduced amendments to the Gambling Act in an effort to better combat unlicensed gambling and match-fixing.

The bill introduced Tuesday (20 December) also includes an amendment to allow gambling operators to process player information for responsible gambling and anti-fraud purposes and is slated to come into [...]

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Advertising Standards Authority

ASA raps Ladbrokes for Twitter ad

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 [...]

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Bulgarian Gaming Association to introduce code of conduct for advertising

Members of the Bulgarian Gaming Association have committed to rein in advertising amid a growing outcry over the volume of gambling ads throughout the day.

A meeting organised by the Council for Electronic Media and the National Revenue Agency Tuesday (Dec. 13) heard that gambling advertising in Bulgaria has surged in [...]

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Playtech and Holland Casino join responsible gambling research project

Playtech and Holland Casino Online are taking part in a new research project led by Erasmus University Rotterdam in collaboration with the University of Amsterdam.

The four-year project will build a comprehensive responsible gambling framework to examine how best to tailor tools to customers' individual needs, risk levels and behaviour patterns.

Titled [...]

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Swedish Gaming Act amendment aims to authorise additional data processing

The government of Sweden has proposed changes to the country’s gambling legislation to allow operators to process additional personal player information.

The proposal aims to amend the Gaming Act to establish a right for operators to process personal information for the purpose of reducing the negative consequences of gambling, in line [...]

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Mindway AI

Mindway AI adds Britt Boeskov as new board member

Danish safer gambling solution provider Mindway AI has named former Kindred Group senior executive Britt Boeskov as a new board member.

Boeskov spent more than 17 years at Kindred Group in various executive roles, including chief operating officer and chief experience officer. Her last corporate role was as senior vice president [...]

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Norway renews Norsk Rikstoto exclusive horse race betting licence

Norwegian state-owned operator Norsk Rikstoto has been granted the exclusive rights to continue offering horse race betting to players for a further ten years.

Norsk Rikstoto has held a monopoly on horse race betting in the country after being formed in 1982 by the Norwegian Trotting Association (Det Norske Travselskap) and [...]

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