Insights Archive

January 2, 2025

Bank Of Lithuania Proposes Comprehensive State-Level Fraud Prevention Strategy

In another sign that European regulators are intent on addressing fraud, the Bank of Lithuania has unveiled an action plan for tackling the issue from a policy perspective.

January 2, 2025

2025 Set To Be Another Non-Stop Year For Regulatory Change

As 2024, 2023 and 2022 have shown, there is no rest for the wicked when it comes to payments regulation, and both the UK and EU look set for more compliance changes.

January 2, 2025

Outlook 2025: Slower-Paced North American Expansion Expected To Continue

After years of multi-jurisdictional growth in the online gaming market in North America, there was very limited expansion in 2024 and that trend is expected to continue in 2025.

January 2, 2025

POGO Ban In Force As Officials Begin Hunt For Assets, Fraudsters

The Philippine ban on foreign facing online gambling operators (POGOs) and their support services is now in effect, with officials moving to hunt down illegal operators and confiscate their assets.

December 23, 2024

Brazil Operators Facing Race To The Starting Line

With just days until Brazil’s regulated market launch on January 1, the industry does not know exactly how many operators will be able to clear the remaining compliance hurdles and be licensed to go live.

December 23, 2024

News In Brief: December 23-December 27, 2024

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission has fined Underdog, while the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board has decided not to move forward with amendments to its self-exclusion regulations.

December 23, 2024

Evolution Facing UK Licence Review

Supplier giant Evolution’s UK licensing status has been put under formal review after the Gambling Commission identified Evolution games being offered in the UK through unlicensed operators.

December 23, 2024

Regulator Confident Revamped Gaming Rules Are Benefitting Nevada

The Nevada Gaming Control Board will take additional steps to amend or remove outdated gaming regulations in 2025 following several successful initiatives over the past year, according to board chairman Kirk Hendrick.

December 23, 2024

Philippines Allows Special Service Providers To Escape POGO Ban

The Philippine government has indicated that one section of the foreign-facing online gambling industry – Special Class of Business Process Outsourcing (SCBPO) licensees – will survive a ban on the sector.

December 23, 2024

Colombia's President Takes Aim At Gambling Industry

Colombia President Gustavo Petro has come out swinging against the gambling industry, blaming unregulated operators for the failure of his 2025 budget bill, which was rejected by Congress.

December 20, 2024

Italy Opens New Licensing Process For Online Gambling

The Agency of Customs and Monopolies published the tender notice in the European official gazette on December 18, officially kicking off the procedure for awarding the new nine-year online gaming concessions.

December 20, 2024

Swedish Supreme Court Upholds Fines Against Kindred And Other Violators

Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court has denied the appeals of several gambling operators to further reduce fines imposed by the national gambling regulator for various compliance violations over the past three years.

December 20, 2024

News In Brief: December 16-December 20, 2024

Norway appoints new gambling director, the UK names interim Gambling Commission chair, the Ukrainian regulator dismisses "fake" media reports surrounding its activities and two U.S. Representatives introduce legislation in the House to prohibit wagering on U.S. elections.

December 20, 2024

U.S. iGaming Advocates Confronting Casino Opposition

Supporters of expanded iGaming will enter 2025 facing broader opposition than at any time in recent years, with impressive revenue growth in New Jersey, Michigan and other markets proving to be a double-edged sword.

December 20, 2024

Week In Crypto: El Salvador, In Need Of IMF Cash, Agrees To End Bitcoin Experiment

El Salvador has reached a new loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that will see the central American nation cut back its efforts to promote Bitcoin as a method of payment.

December 20, 2024

Difficulties Persist For Expat Payment Accounts In The EU

A member of the European Parliament has highlighted the continued difficulty of opening basic payment accounts across EU member states, despite clear legal protections in EU law.

December 20, 2024

Curaçao's Regulator Welcomes 'New Era Of Regulation'

The Curaçao Gaming Control Board has said the recently passed and much anticipated National Ordinance on Games of Chance (LOK) marks the “ushering in” of a “new era of regulation”.

December 19, 2024

U.S. Senate Sports-Betting Hearing Draws Mixed Reactions

Tuesday’s U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on sports betting drew a variety of reactions from stakeholders throughout the industry looking ahead at the prospect of federal intervention.

December 19, 2024

Paraguay's Congress Approves New Gambling Law

Paraguay's Congress has granted final approval to legislation that will update the country's gambling law and enable a more competitive market for online sports betting.

December 19, 2024

New Zealand Plans To Slash Merchant Fees In Interchange Overhaul

New Zealand’s competition regulator is hoping to save merchants NZ$260m ($150m) per year in payment costs if its new draft caps on interchange are enacted into law.

December 19, 2024

Daily Dash: Canada Seeks 40-Fold Increase In AML Penalty Fines

After TD Bank, Canada’s second-largest lender, was hit with a record-breaking money laundering fine in the US, Canada is also looking to beef up its own penalties.