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Michigan Governor Rick Snyder has nixed attempts to make the State the fifth to allow online gambling by vetoing Bill HB4926 during his last week in office. HB 4926, which was approved by both the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives earlier this month, included provisions for the regulation of real money internet casino gaming and …
In a press briefing last week, deputy director of the Research Office of China’s Supreme People’s Court, Zhou Jiahai issued a public statement on five “guiding” cybercrime cases saying the perpetrators would be severely punished in accordance with the law and warning “cyberspace is not an “out-of-law place”. The highlighted cases would form a precedent in terms …
Đà Nẵng police have bust an online gambling ring and detained thirteen suspects comprising seven Chinese nationals and six Vietnamese. The operation was supported by mostly Chinese punters, Police said, and involved bets of around VND5 Billion (US$272,000) placed through websites 6u2q.cn, tyc345.cc and xilefucai.com. Eleven passports, 99 mobile phones and twenty-seven laptops were seized …
Paf is the latest operator to receive a Swedish online gambling license from gaming authority Lotteriinspektionen. The company already holds a major presence in the market having operated licenced gambling on cruise ferries in Swedish waters since 1974. The new online licence is Paf Group’s fifh online licence for a locally regulated market. “As a Swedish CEO …
Slovakian President Andrej Kiska has vetoed the new Gambling Act passed by the country’s parliament earlier this month, TASR reports. Kiska recommended the act be rejected in its entirety saying the gambling industry requires a “more sophisticated” regulatory approach which goes beyond the scope of the existing bill. In addition Kiska expressed concern on consumer protection and the …
Michigan will become the sixth US state to regulate online gambling once Governor Richard Snyder signs the measure into law. HB 4926, which was approved by both the Michigan Senate and the Michigan House of Representatives this week, includes provisions for the legalisation of real money internet casino gaming, as well as internet sports betting.
Somewhat tardy Q3-2018 numbers released this week by the Portguese regulator Serviço Regulação e Inspeção de Jogos do Turismo de Portugal (SRIJ) showed continued impressive online revenue growth, boosted especially by the performance of the online casino sector, where eight licensees generated overall revenue of Euro 19.1 million in the period ending September 30. Over …
Italy’s coalition government gave further confirmation of its intent to take a tough stance against gambling Wednesday when it made proposed tax hikes public in a budget document amendment that has still to be passed by the Italian parliament. The proposal includes a hike to online casino operator taxes of 5 percent to 25 percent …
Spain’s new regulator-approved advisory committee for responsible gambling (‘Consejo Asesor del Juego Responsible – CAJR’} formed early this month – see previous reports) has already attracted some influential industry support. Local media reports indicate that industry executives Francisco Feijoo Legal Counsel for Luckia, María José Gallardo VP of R.Franco Spain and Alberto Eljarrat Chief Executive …
Online gambling group Betway has announced the first fruit of its marketing collaboration signed in August this year with Saatchi & Saatchi – a new campaign based on the notion of ‘having a Hunch’ in life…the feeling that all sports fans experience at one time or another, prompting them to stick by their hunch despite …
Answering a question in the upper house of parliament this week, India’s Union Minister of Law and Justice, Ravi Shankar Prasad, confirmed that the recommendation of the Law Commission of India earlier this year was for a complete ban on gambling. Our readers will recall that the interpretation of the recommendation became confused when many …
The reportage earlier this week that UK gambling firms were about to agree to significantly reduce the volume of gambling advertising was confirmed Thursday when the Industry Group for Responsible Gambling (IGRG) – which coordinates five trade bodies – announced details of the proposed voluntary reductions. Jeremy Wright, the UK government’s culture secretary, said gambling …
The UK Gambling Commission has opened a consultative window to discuss a national responsible gambling strategy, inviting all interested parties to submit recommendations and ideas before the March 2019 closing date. The project is aimed at developing safer gambling protocols, structures, best practices and strategies, with the imperative of protecting vulnerable consumers and under-age audiences. …
Reports from US online media this week indicate that South Carolina Senator and Republican Party beneficiary of land casino magnate Sheldon Adelson, Sen. Lindsey Graham is about to adopt another approach in his protracted and so far unsuccessful war against online gambling. The persistent senator reportedly plans to use the Congressional confirmation hearings to select …
Police in Poipet City, Cambodia have reported the arrest on online gambling charges of 55 people, including 47 Malaysian and 8 Chinese nationals following raids in the city. Major Sok Bora said city police worked with provincial police and court prosecutors to raid two different villas in Poipet commune’s Samakky village at about 3pm on …
Online gambling revenues continued to soar in New Jersey in November, with online casino revenues the star performer according to figures released Thursday by the regulator. The New Jersey Division of Gaming Enforcement (DGE) reported online gambling revenue up 30.7 percent y-o-y at $26.94 million, a marginal increase on the previous monthly record of $26.75 …
With the public more closely focused on gambling following high profile anti-FOBT and over-advertising campaigns in political, media and activist circles, online gambling companies should brace themselves for more of the same in the year ahead as the UK parliament’s Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Committee begins to enquire into links between video gaming and …
According to a report in the Guardian newspaper Tuesday the London legal firm Mackrell Turner Garrett has filed suit seeking GBP 1.5 million in victim compensation settlements against FTSE-listed betting firms’ – William Hill Plc and Paddy Power Betfair Plc (PPB). The victim compensation claims relate to addicted gamblers wagering with stolen money at William …
Barclays Bank has integrated controls to its banking app enabling users to stop their card being used by certain types of retailers including gambling websites and betting shops. Claiming to be the first high street bank to offer the service, Barclays has implemented the measure in an effort to help customers struggling with addictions and empower …
Preceding last week’s news break that gambling companies are considering a reduction in television advertising during live matches the Gambling Commission released statistics showing that British online bookmaking firms earned more than GBP 1 billion last year from online football betting alone. The Gross Gambling Yield for remote football bets in 2017/18 soared 57 percent …
Officials of the National Bureau of Investigations and the Philippine Charity Sweepstakes Office (PCSO) have been criticised for the illegal shuttering of five online gambling operations run by Globaltech Mobile Online Corporation in Quezon City that saw the arrest of 15 individuals last month. In reviewing the case, the Department of Justice concluded that before …
All EU member states, except Denmark, have not fully implemented EU consumer protection guidelines for online gambling, putting the protection of online gamblers at risk by leaving them exposed to unequal and inadequate levels of protection, according to a new study published by the City University London and commissioned by the European Gaming and Betting …
Gambling has injected more than $385 million into Pennsylvania state coffers in the first year since a law was passed to expand gambling in the state, surpassing state budget estimates. Upfront licensing fees for casinos, online casinos, and sportsbooks; mini-casino auction profits; and tax revenue from lottery expansion and daily fantasy sports have combined to …
Argentina’s capital province of Buenos Aires has passed Budget 2018 legislation paving the way for the regulation of online gambling for the first time…but legislators and drafters will now have to drive the proposals through parliament. The provincial government of Buenos Aires has moved the possibility of regulated and licensed gambling closer by including provisions …