Insights Archive

February 15, 2023

Digital Payments Surge In Nigeria As Cash Policy Brings Chaos

New limits on cash withdrawals have accelerated Nigeria’s shift towards digital payments, but government attempts to replace high-value banknotes have led to riots and a standoff between the central bank and Supreme Court.

February 15, 2023

Gaming Industry May Struggle To Use Biometrics Without Violating Privacy Laws

In what could become a wake-up call for the casino industry, a federal court in Illinois awarded $228m in damages last October in a class-action lawsuit against a railroad company for collecting fingerprints of customers without obtaining their written consent.

February 15, 2023

India's Cricket Body Bans Gambling Deals With Women's Teams

India’s governing body for cricket has warned the five teams in the Women’s Premier League to reject branding, advertising or other associations with the gambling, cryptocurrency and tobacco sectors or face disciplinary action.

February 15, 2023

Northern Ireland Gambling Inquiry Told To Take 'Prevention-First' Approach

The Northern Ireland All Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling has met for the first oral evidence session of its inquiry into public health approaches to tackling gambling-related harms.

February 15, 2023

Georgia Bill Seeks Legal Sports Betting Without Referendum

Legislators in Georgia have started to discuss a new plan to bring sports betting to the Peach State, the latest effort in a multi-year saga that has seen lawmakers employ several different strategies.

February 14, 2023

Brussels Publishes Pan-EU Digital Wallet Toolbox

In preparation for legislation, the European Commission has published the first version of a common EU toolbox for digital identity solutions.

February 14, 2023

PhonePe Becomes First Provider To Support UPI International Payments

PhonePe, one of India’s largest fintechs, has announced that it will become the first platform to support cross-border payments made via India’s Unified Payments Interface (UPI).

February 14, 2023

Down But Not Out: What Next For Crypto Post FTX?

Sam Bankman-Fried and the FTX collapse has not brought about the end for crypto, market players suggest, as they look to 2023 with optimism that things will turn around for the industry.

February 14, 2023

Beware The Kraken: SEC Forces Kraken To End Crypto Staking

The crypto exchange has agreed to pay $30m and end its crypto staking programme to settle an investigation by the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).

February 14, 2023

Flutter Considers Additional US Listing, With Chance Of Full Move

Flutter Entertainment has said it will consult shareholders on a plan to additionally list its shares on US exchanges, with a possibility of later making a US exchange its primary listing.

February 14, 2023

Kyrgyzstan Proposes Years In Prison For Illegal Gambling

Kyrgyzstan’s Ministry of Internal Affairs wants to introduce strict punishments for people organising illegal gambling in the country.

February 14, 2023

Ukrainian Regulator Empowered To Sanction Russia-Backed Firms

Ukraine’s gambling regulator has been granted additional powers to punish companies with links to Russia.

February 14, 2023

Fixed-Odds Wagering Struggling For Widespread U.S. Adoption

Fixed-odds betting on horseracing is a natural evolution of the U.S. gaming industry but something that has been lost in all the attention sports betting and internet gaming has received over the last five years, according to a betting company executive.

February 14, 2023

U.S. Betting Operators Facing Legislative Pushback Over Advertising

The recent introduction of federal legislation to ban sports-betting advertising underscores a wider 2023 trend of U.S. lawmakers putting the industry on the defensive against proposed marketing restrictions.

February 13, 2023

EU Parliamentarians Back EU-Wide Digital Wallet

The new digital identity framework would provide EU citizens with digital access to key services across borders in the trading bloc.

February 13, 2023

India Flags Dedicated Law For Online Gaming

India’s information technology minister has confirmed the government’s commitment to passing an online gaming law, which would pave the way for formal national regulation with state government assent.

February 13, 2023

California Referendum Re-Run Not Expected In 2024

California tribal leaders are not anticipating a further referendum on sports betting in 2024 after last November’s crushing defeat of a sportsbook-backed ballot initiative and amid a lack of full alignment among tribes on mobile wagering.

February 13, 2023

Two U.S. States Differ On Gambling But Governors Find Common Ground

Utah and New Jersey are like night and day when it comes to casinos and sports betting, but the governors of both states were on the same page in advocating responsible gaming during the annual winter meeting of the National Governors Association in Washington, D.C.

February 13, 2023

Flutter Expands African Presence With Morocco Deal

Flutter-owned Sisal has continued its expansion into Africa by inking a contract with Marocaine des Jeux et des Sports to provide sports betting in Morocco.

February 13, 2023

Chile Operators Argue Over Online Gambling Tax Rates

Negotiations about the shape of Chile’s online gambling bill continue behind the scenes of the congressional Economy Commission, with offshore operators and land-based casinos duking it out over tax rates and licence conditions.

February 10, 2023

APP’s Enough! UK Regulator Consults On Fraud Name And Shame Plans

The Payment Systems Regulator wants to see greater transparency on how financial firms are treating victims of authorised push payment scams.