Insights Archive

November 23, 2022

Sweden Fines Kindred, ATG, Pinnacle For Money Laundering Failures

The Swedish Gambling Authority has penalised three gambling operators for failings in anti-money laundering and anti-terrorist financing efforts, including Kindred’s Spooniker and the part government-owned ATG horseracing company.

November 23, 2022

Michigan Lottery Director Helped Democrats Hold U.S. Senate

The most vivid example of the gaming industry’s growing influence on state and national politics may be the slim majority held by Democrats in the United States Senate.

November 23, 2022

India State Ministers Back Turnover Tax On Online Gaming

Indian state ministers responsible for taxation are closing in on a 28 percent goods and services tax on online gaming turnover, a worst case scenario for the industry that may trigger legal action.

November 23, 2022

Maryland Set To Launch Mobile Betting Wednesday Morning

After a two-year wait, state-wide mobile betting in Maryland is finally set to launch, with seven operators expected to go live.

November 23, 2022

Polish Football Flags Fears Over International Match-Fixing Syndicates

The Polish Football Association is cooperating with the country’s law enforcement to thwart what it describes as a rising wave of match-fixing by international criminal groups who earn substantial winnings from bets.

November 23, 2022

Spain Issues 53 Sanctions In First Half To Online Operators

Spain’s Ministry of Consumer Affairs has announced that the General Directorate for the Regulation of Gambling closed 21 gambling web platforms and levied more than €88m in fines in the first half of 2022.

November 22, 2022

Australia’s Treasury Proposes Removing Credit Act Loophole For BNPL Providers

In a new review of buy now, pay later (BNPL) regulation, Australia’s Treasury calls time on a key loophole that has allowed the industry to remain outside traditional lending rules.

November 22, 2022

Digital Euro Brings Little Added Value, Complains Dutch Banking Association

The Dutch Banking Association has openly criticised the European Central Bank’s digital euro project, bringing some of the private concerns of many in the payments industry out into the open.

November 22, 2022

Canada Lays Out Supervisory Expectations For Payment Firms

One year after Canada introduced new legislation for retail payment activities, the central bank has set out how it plans to supervise payment service providers.

November 22, 2022

New UK Lottery Operator Must Reform Player Protection And Charitable Links, Say MPs

New UK National Lottery operator Allwyn must do more to protect players from gambling harm and pay more to GambleAware after a “poorly managed” tender, MPs have said.

November 22, 2022

American Gaming Association Claims Mischaracterizations In New York Times Series

The New York Times published its long-awaited series on the expansion of sports betting in the United States this weekend, criticizing the industry for overly lofty projections for tax revenues and marketing partnerships that target college students.

November 22, 2022

Islamic Party's Success Jeopardises Online Reform In Malaysia

The possibility of online gambling regulation in Malaysia may have been extinguished for the foreseeable future, following shock gains by a leading Islamic party in Saturday’s national elections.

November 22, 2022

U.S. Federal Court Rules Horseracing Integrity And Safety Act Unconstitutional

The Horseracing Integrity and Safety Act, a federal anti-doping law enacted in 2020 that created a private agency to regulate the industry, has been struck down by a federal appeals court as an unconstitutional delegation of government power to a private entity.

November 22, 2022

Massachusetts Receives 12 Applications For Mobile Sports-Betting Licenses

Despite heavy early interest from operators, Massachusetts’s gaming regulator reported Monday that it had received fewer applications than available slots for mobile sports-betting licenses.

November 21, 2022

It’s A No From Me! Lithuania President Vetoes Payments Law

Data protection problems prevent amendments to payments law coming into effect in Lithuania, as the legislation heads back to the country’s parliament.

November 21, 2022

India U-Turns On Personal Data Lockdown, Permits Cross-Border Transfers In New Bill

Three months after withdrawing a bill that sought to impose restrictions on cross-border transfers of personal data, the Indian government has had a rethink, publishing a new bill with fewer localisation requirements.

November 21, 2022

Turkey Proposes Changes To Payment Card Rules

Turkey’s Banking Regulation and Supervision Agency has published a draft amendment to its payment card regulations aimed at incentivising international players to partner with local processors in the country.

November 21, 2022

Sweden's Culture Committee Opposed To 'Adjusted Moderation' Of Gambling Ads

Sweden’s culture committee wants legislators to reject proposals relating to the “adjusted moderation” of gambling advertising in a government bill introduced earlier this year designed to enhance controls on the industry.

November 21, 2022

Norway Restarts Daily Kindred Fines, Says Operator

Norway has reinstated a series of multi-million euro fines against Kindred, only weeks after a deal to suspend the enforcement was reached, according to the Stockholm-listed operator.

November 21, 2022

Allwyn Deal To Buy Camelot Ends UK Lottery Licence Challenge

Czech lottery giant Allwyn has agreed to buy current UK National Lottery operator Camelot in a deal that is set to end the bitter legal battle between the two.

November 21, 2022

FanDuel Looks To Extend U.S. Sports-Betting Dominance With Marketing Spend Advantage

When FanDuel started to see marketing spend decline among its competitors following this year’s Super Bowl, the Flutter-owned company saw an opportunity to hit the accelerator, according to CEO Amy Howe.