Shares in Tabcorp Holdings soared by more than 23 per cent in Sydney on Monday after the company was awarded a new 20-year wagering and betting licence by the Government of Victoria.
Following a competitive selection process involving rival Sportsbet, Tabcorp retained the rights to conduct betting activities across the Australian [...]
Chile’s Chamber of Deputies has voted in favour of a bill to legalise and regulate online gambling for the first time.
The online betting bill was introduced by the previous administration in Chile and was approved by the lower house of the National Congress on Tuesday 12 December.
The legislation will regulate [...]
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 [...]
Everi Holdings’ chairman and CEO Michael Rumbolz has been named as the new chairman of the American Gaming Association (AGA).
The AGA’s board of directors has elected Rumbolz to succeed Hard Rock International chairman and Seminole Gaming CEO Jim Allen, who has served as AGA chairman since January 2022.
Rumbolz begins his [...]
Ohio’s voluntary self-exclusion program Time Out Ohio (TOO) is offering state-wide access to software that blocks online gambling sites and apps across all devices.
In partnership with UK-based Gamban, Ohio becomes the first state in the US to offer effective aid for any individual looking to self-ban from gambling, free-of-charge.
“A Gamban [...]
Australia’s ban on gambling using credit cards and cryptocurrency will come into force next year after lawmakers voted on Wednesday in favour of the proposal.
The amendment to the Interactive Gambling Act 2001 will bring online wagering into line with land-based gambling regulations and bans the use of credit cards, credit-related [...]
The American Gaming Association (AGA) has expanded its executive team with the appointment of Joe Maloney as senior vice president of strategic communications.
Maloney will join the AGA in January from the NFL’s Washington Commanders, where he has served as vice president of public affairs and strategic communications for the past [...]
Entain-owned Betent, operator of the Betcity brand in the Netherlands, has been fined €3 million by the Dutch gambling regulator.
The fine relates to failings in the company’s anti-money laundering and responsible gambling policies and procedures in the period between December 2022 and May 2023.
According to Dutch regulator Kannspelautoriteit (KSA), Betent [...]
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 [...]
Ontario's gambling regulator is strengthening the regulated online gaming market with the introduction of a centralised self-exclusion system.
The centralised system will be deployed by iGaming Ontario (iGO), the online arm of the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario, with a request for proposals to select a supplier due to open [...]
The Government of Queensland in Australia has approved The Star Entertainment Group’s remediation plan, comprising more than 100 initiatives across casino management and operations.
The plan will direct wide-ranging reforms in areas such as governance, culture, financial crime, safer gambling and risk management.
The government’s acceptance of the plan follows a string [...]