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'Bespoke Framework' Not Right For Crypto, Say Australian Senators

A report by an Australian Senate committee has recommended against proceeding with a bill that seeks to introduce a "bespoke framework" for the regulation of digital assets.
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Ontario Operators Eager For Guidance On Advertising Changes

Companies offering online gaming and sports betting in Ontario have to be ready to pivot their marketing strategies to proactively comply with recently introduced regulations prohibiting the use of current or retired athletes in advertisements for their products.
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Indiana Fines FanDuel $110,000 For Fraudulent Account Funding

Flutter-owned FanDuel will pay $110,000 to settle five of six counts of violating Indiana sports-betting regulations, according to an agreement approved by the Indiana Gaming Commission.
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Working Group To Trial Affordability, Says UK Commission

The UK Gambling Commission expects to form a working group to trial financial risk checks and is questioning plans to require gamblers to provide their job title for affordability assessments.
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'Bespoke Framework' Not Right For Crypto, Say Australian Senators

A report by an Australian Senate committee has recommended against proceeding with a bill that seeks to introduce a "bespoke framework" for the regulation of digital assets.
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Payments

Ontario Operators Eager For Guidance On Advertising Changes

Companies offering online gaming and sports betting in Ontario have to be ready to pivot their marketing strategies to proactively comply with recently introduced regulations prohibiting the use of current or retired athletes in advertisements for their products.
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Gambling

Indiana Fines FanDuel $110,000 For Fraudulent Account Funding

Flutter-owned FanDuel will pay $110,000 to settle five of six counts of violating Indiana sports-betting regulations, according to an agreement approved by the Indiana Gaming Commission.
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Gambling

Working Group To Trial Affordability, Says UK Commission

The UK Gambling Commission expects to form a working group to trial financial risk checks and is questioning plans to require gamblers to provide their job title for affordability assessments.
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Gambling

Impact Index August 2023

VIXIO’s impact index dropped 10 points in August, below the 2022 average but 30 points higher than August 2022.
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Payments

Has The Metaverse Run Out Of Gas? Not For Banks And Payment Firms, Sources Say

Despite media reports that interest in the metaverse is waning, banks and payments firms are still engaged as the nascent sector moves on from its "hype phase".
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Payments

Brazil Takes Critical Step Toward Full Online Gambling Regulation

Brazil’s Chamber of Deputies has passed a bill to regulate sports betting and online casino games, but only after amending the legislation to limit the duration of licences costing more than $6m to a term of just three years.
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Gambling

Instant Payment Battle Heats Up In The US, As RTP Surpasses 1m Daily Transactions

The Clearing House’s (TCH) real-time payment network (RTP) has hit a major daily transactions milestone, as TCH seeks to highlight the success of its own infrastructure following the launch of FedNow.
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Payments

Too Much Too Soon? UK Crypto Firms Overwhelmed By New FCA Rules

UK crypto firms are struggling to meet new compliance demands set out by the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), following its decision to put two major deadlines in two consecutive months.
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Payments

Apple Pay Later Passes On Australia, Citing ’Regulatory Challenges’

One of Apple’s top executives has confirmed that the company has no immediate plans to launch its buy now, pay later product in Australia, despite an ongoing wipeout of local firms from the market.
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Payments

Summer Surge As UK Open Banking Surpasses 11m Milestone

More than 11m payments were made using open banking technology last month, Open Banking Limited has announced, more than double the same time last year.
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Payments

Beyond Brussels: Reaction To The Digital Euro

As the dust settles on the European Commission’s Single Currency Package, there are questions as to how easily the key payments legislation will pass and how the industry will react.
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Payments

Amid Rising Regulatory Tension, U.S. Fantasy Sports Landscape Shifting

Mounting regulatory scrutiny of new variants of daily fantasy sports contests comes amid a significant shake-up of the national leaderboard in a segment formerly synonymous with DraftKings and FanDuel.
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Gambling

Canadian Fintechs Push Government For Renewed Commitment As Open Banking Development Wanes

As open banking struggles are becoming more apparent in Canada, the fintech industry is calling on the government to renew its commitment to open banking.
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Payments

Digital Euro Regulation Delivers More Scepticism Than Clarity

The EU’s payments community has long accepted the inevitability of a digital euro being issued, but that does not mean people are pleased or engaged.
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Payments

BetMGM Launches In UK Using LeoVegas

MGM Resorts International has launched BetMGM in the UK via its subsidiary LeoVegas, but not with Entain, which is joint owner of the same sports-betting and online casino brand in North America.
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Gambling

Early Mover: Singapore Finalises Regulatory Framework For Stablecoins

Singapore is moving towards becoming one of the first jurisdictions to regulate stablecoins, after the central bank finalised a regulatory framework that could soon become law.
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Payments

Brazil’s Sports-Betting Lobbying Battle May Accelerate Broader Gambling Expansion

Sports betting still faces an uncertain path to implementation in Brazil, with one plausible scenario involving the combination of legal amendments with separate legislation to regulate casinos, video-bingo and all forms of online gaming.
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Gambling

Brazil Sports-Betting Regulation Misses Yet Another Deadline

Another promised deadline for the introduction of a so-called provisional measure to regulate sports betting in Brazil has now come and gone, with the congressional recess meaning that the industry is unlikely to see legislation until at least mid-August.
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Gambling

California Lacking Knowledge On Problem Gambling, Audit Finds

With less than two months before Californians decide the fate of two ballot initiatives to open the nation’s largest state to legal retail and mobile sports betting, a recent audit found the state agency charged with raising awareness of problem gambling is unprepared for any expansion of gaming.
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Massachusetts Operators Seek Changes To Data Privacy Rules

Sports-betting operators took advantage of a Massachusetts Gaming Commission regulatory workshop to express their concerns over newly approved data privacy rules that govern the use of customer information and allow patrons to request operators erase their data.
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North Carolina Switching Gears On Sports Betting, iLottery

Professional sports leagues, franchises and venue operators will essentially have the ability to choose which mobile sports-betting operators can obtain licenses in North Carolina under proposed changes to the state’s wagering law passed earlier this year.
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Lindar Media To Pay Almost £700,000 Over Compliance Flaws

The operator of online bingo site MrQ will pay a £690,947 settlement to the UK Gambling Commission for a series of anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings.
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News In Brief: September 18-September 22, 2023

An advert for the People's Postcode Lottery in which a couple's wedding worries are fixed by winning a jackpot has been ruled non-compliant by the UK advertising regulator.
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UK Gambling Commission Chief Tussles With Racing Post Over Affordability

UK Gambling Commission chief executive Andrew Rhodes has criticised the Racing Post in an open letter, claiming the racing publication’s “imbalanced” coverage was leading readers to “misunderstandings” about the impact of betting affordability checks.
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Still Reeling From Cyberattack, Las Vegas Braces For Casino Strike

Casino employees in Las Vegas are scheduled to vote on September 26 on whether to authorize their unions to strike as last week’s crippling cyberattack continues to haunt MGM Resorts International.
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New York Discusses Gambling Addiction Prior To 2024 Legislative Session

With New York set to reconsider legalization of iGaming and iLottery in 2024, appropriate resources for responsible gambling treatment and prevention services are expected to be key topics of concern in a state where more than 600,000 adults are experiencing addiction issues.
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Irish Sports Push For Betting Levy Increase 

Irish sports organisations have called on the government to increase the betting levy from 2 to 3 percent. 
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US Court Says CFPB Cannot Police Payments For Discrimination

A Texas federal court has overturned an interpretation by the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) which enabled the fierce consumer protection agency to go after discriminatory practices in financial service markets.
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Is The EU On Track To Solve Its Open Banking Problem?

The EU’s open banking progress has been slow, and even branded "disappointing" by some, but there is optimism that the new Payment Services Regulation could deliver improvements with the introduction of tighter rules.
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