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Automatic Pix Goes Live, Enabling Recurring Payments in Brazil

Pix, Brazil’s instant payments system, has introduced a recurring payments mechanism, aiming to simplify bill payments for consumers.
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Sweepstakes Ban Under Consideration in New York, Vetoed In Louisiana

As one state legislature looks to reinforce regulatory actions against sweepstakes gaming operations, another has seen the governor veto a legislative ban, calling it unnecessary.
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Pay.UK Sets Out Ideas For Reforming UK’s Payments Infrastructure

Payment system operator Pay.UK has unveiled a package of proposed reforms to the organisational framework for interbank payments, urging “radical” change to prevent the UK falling behind on infrastructure and innovation.
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Presidential Decree Confirms Brazil Betting Tax Hike

A sharp increase in the main tax applied to online betting in Brazil became reality late Wednesday when an emergency decree was published in the Brazilian government’s official gazette.
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Sports-Betting Advertising Banned In Ecuador

Ecuador President Guillermo Lasso has signed a regulatory decree under a national communications law to ban sports-betting advertising, provoking uproar from the nation's football clubs.
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Gambling

Marathon Not A Sprint To Resume Sports Betting In Florida

It has been almost two years since the Seminole Tribe accepted its last sports wager, and despite a landmark court victory in June, it may take another two years before sports betting resumes in Florida — if at all.
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Gambling

Ontario Regulators Affirm Ban On Athletes In Online Gaming Advertising

Ontario gaming regulators have finalized new rules prohibiting the use of active or retired athletes, as well as other celebrities, from appearing in advertisements for online sportsbook operators.
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Gambling

Suicide-Prevention Charity Says Gambling Lobbyist Twisted Guidance

​​​​​​​The Samaritans suicide-prevention charity is condemning as “disgraceful” comments on suicide by the UK’s top gambling trade group chief, calling them an attempt to twist the agency’s guidance and “downplay the devastating impact gambling products can cause”.
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Gambling

Australian Slots King ALH Fined For Pulling Harm Technology

A Victoria state court has fined leading slots operator Australian Leisure and Hospitality Group (ALH) A$600,000, including costs, for its “wilful” failure to install pre-commitment technology on hundreds of slot machines.
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Gambling

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

New York Set To Write US History With Public Beneficial Ownership Register

While US federal efforts are stuttering, New York is moving fast ahead with its own beneficial ownership register proposal that goes far beyond its federal counterpart.
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Payments

Nevada Regulator Clarifies Need For Gaming Device Field Tests

Nevada gaming regulators are making it easier for manufacturers to get their products on the casino floor as they ease requirements for field testing of new technologies, slot machines and table games.
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Gambling

Maryland Lottery Penalizes DraftKings For Underage Marketing

Maryland regulators have approved a series of consent agreements with monetary penalties, including a near six-figure payment from DraftKings for marketing to underage persons.
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Gambling

Will Scientific Sports-Betting Models Make Intuition Wagers Obsolete?

The house always wins and technological advances have given sportsbooks even more of an advantage in the digital era, but a college professor in New York is trying to tilt the playing field more toward overmatched gamblers.
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Gambling

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

UK Regulator Fines Morgan Stanley For WhatsApp Misuse

After WhatsApp use cost big banks billions of dollars in fines in the US, a UK regulator has now handed out the first fine to Morgan Stanley for discussing trade matters on personal devices.
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Payments

No CBDC Anytime Soon, Says Australia’s Central Bank, As Regulatory Issues Surface

The Reserve Bank of Australia's research has found that a central bank digital currency (CBDC) in the country could pose opportunities for payments innovation, but the chances of one being issued in the short term are unlikely.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Binance Woes Continue

Binance has wound down its debit card product in Latin America and the Middle East, while Sweden’s central bank has said its central bank digital currency project is shifting focus.
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Payments

Massachusetts Operators Given Data Privacy Rules Delay

Massachusetts regulators have approved a temporary waiver for sports-betting operators to implement newly-approved data privacy rules after all of the state’s operators requested a delayed implementation.
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Gambling

Illegal Online Operations Migrating From Laos To Myanmar: Report

Government pressure on illegal online gambling operations in Laos’ Golden Triangle Special Economic Zone has resulted in migration of operations to Myanmar border towns near Thailand, according to the International Crisis Group.
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Gambling

Sports Betting Taking On Harmful Characteristics Of Slots Play, Study Says

Sports betting has transformed into “a faster and more harmful gambling mode” akin to gambling on slot machines, so regulators and researchers will need to move quickly to keep up with potential harm, according to a recent academic study.
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Gambling

News In Brief: August 21-August 25, 2023

Golfer Rory McIlroy expresses concerns over bettors attempting to affect the outcome of golf events.
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Gambling

Singapore Regulator Defends Cheque Phase Out

Singapore’s financial watchdog has expressed sympathy with those hit by its decision to eliminate corporate cheques, but suggests there is no going back.
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Payments

Japan Closes In On Cashless Goal

Cash payments have declined steadily in Japan, which increases convenience for consumers and can also contribute to environmental goals, Payments Japan has said.
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News In Brief: July 7 - July 11, 2025

Super Group exits U.S. iGaming market, while the AGA supports bill restoring full gambling loss deduction
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Bulgarian Stakeholders Welcome Proposed Restrictions But Warn They Could Boost Black Market

A Bulgarian gambling trade group and others have warned that the government's proposal to restrict risky gambling behaviour could push players to the black market and is “not supported by established European regulatory models”.
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'Milestone' Passed As Bahrain Introduces Licensed Stablecoin Regime

The Central Bank of Bahrain (CBB) has announced that providers will be able to issue single-currency stablecoins backed by the Bahraini dinar, the US dollar or any other fiat currency it deems acceptable.
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Further EPI Expansion Bolsters Europe’s Payments Sovereignty Agenda

Five new European banks have joined the European Payments Initiative (EPI) and will begin to roll out Wero to their customers.
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Worldline Scandal Reminds European PSPs Of The Importance Of AML Compliance

The exposé on French payments giant Worldline may see European payment service providers (PSPs) face increased scrutiny from both national and regional anti-money laundering (AML) authorities.
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UK Competition Regulator Opens Consultation On Worldpay Sale To Global Payments, Signalling Possible Probe

The UK’s Competition and Markets Authority is to investigate Global Payments’ anticipated acquisition of Worldpay, potentially signalling a deeper investigation ahead of a mid-July deadline.
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European Supplier Licensing In 2025: The New Normal

Gambling suppliers have been forced to say goodbye to the era when licensing oversight was either an afterthought or a jurisdictional idiosyncrasy. Now, firmly in an era where scrutiny on the B2B sector is at an all-time high, European jurisdictions are bedding in a new normal for the sector.
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Philippine Politicians, Treasury Move Against Domestic Online Gambling

Clouds are forming over Philippine domestic online gambling as government officials float a new tax and senators lead a charge for restrictions on e-wallets, buy-ins and even a full industry ban.
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Nevada Congresswoman Seeks To Rescind Limits On Deductible Gambling Losses

Nevada Representative Dina Titus, whose congressional district includes the Las Vegas Strip, is set to introduce legislation to repeal a controversial provision in President Trump’s “One, Big, Beautiful Bill” that would limit declarable losses for gamblers.
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Dutch Affordability A Success, Claims Regulator

The Dutch gambling regulator has said it is happy with the effects of its controversial affordability regime despite worrying revenue trends, arguing that it has reduced dangerous gambling.
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