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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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Match-Fixing Probe, Politics Delaying Brazil Sports-Betting Regulation

The Brazilian Ministry of Finance is clashing with the government over the best course of action to regulate sports betting, insisting on pushing through with plans for an emergency measure that were abandoned at the 11th hour.
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Gambling

Rhode Island Senate Approves Online Casino Bill

The Rhode Island Senate approved legislation to permit online casino gaming Thursday, a key step in its effort to be the first state to legalize online casinos in 2023.
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Gambling

Dutch Regulator Admits Shared Uncertainty Over Ad Rules

The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) will not rush to enforce the country’s impending ban on non-targeted advertising, in part because it does not yet know exactly how it will work in practice, its chief executive has said.
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Gambling

U.S. Betting Expansion Impacting Sport Integrity, Say Industry Experts

Sports-betting operators are not ready for a divorce yet from the nation’s professional sports leagues despite another violation of sports gambling rules in the National Football League (NFL).
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Gambling

Half Of Finnish Gambling Money Going Offshore

Half of the online gambling money spent by Finnish people goes outside the monopoly, according to a new report by the Finnish Competition and Consumer Agency (KKV).
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Gambling

News In Brief: June 5-June 9, 2023

Peru’s Congress submits its online gambling bill for final approval, BetMGM launches online sports betting in Puerto Rico, SciPlay's board of directors committee to review and consider a bid from Light & Wonder and Osaka police have made surprise inspections of more than 20 “amusement casinos”.
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Gambling

Impact Index May 2023

VIXIO’s impact index rose by just one point in May to 87, below the 2022 baseline and 13 points lower than May 2022.
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Payments

Devil In The Details - UK Experts Ponder PSR New Fraud Reimbursement Rules

As the UK Payment Systems Regulator (PSR) publishes minimum requirements for reimbursing authorised push payment fraud victims, industry representatives warn of the potential unintended consequences.
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Payments

Australian Treasury Unveils ’Biggest Payment System Overhaul In 35 Years’

Time is up for Australia’s legacy bulk payments infrastructure under the Treasury’s latest Strategic Plan, as the country moves towards a fully instant payments future.
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Payments

German Supplier Warns Restrictions Aid Black Market

Restrictions on slot games make German gambling operators so uncompetitive that channelisation may be as low as 30 percent, according to the head of a games supplier.
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Gambling

North Carolina House Green Lights Mobile Sports-Betting Bill

North Carolina is poised to become the largest U.S. state to legalize mobile sports betting in 2023 after final passage of an amended bill on Wednesday.
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Gambling

Thailand, Myanmar Junta Cut Power To Online Gambling Hubs

The Thai government has cut the electricity supply to an infamous online gambling and scam syndicate precinct in Myanmar, triggering a local army’s threat to shut down nearby border crossings.
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Gambling

888 Shares Soar After Former Entain Executives Buy 6.6 Percent Stake

On Tuesday, ex-Entain executives announced that they have put together a share of 6.6 percent in 888 Holdings, news which caused the stock in the company to soar as high as 26.5 percent on Wednesday, continuing the previous day's gain of 14 percent.
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Gambling

Barstool's 'Can't Lose Parlay' Subject Of Massachusetts Regulatory Hearing

The Massachusetts Gaming Commission took testimony but issued no decision on Wednesday over whether a “can’t lose” parlay promotion offered by Barstool Sportsbook violated the state's sports-betting and marketing regulations or should be considered satire.
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Gambling

Dutch Fine For Winning Poker Network After Breaching Order

The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) has reinvestigated two operators that were ordered to stop receiving Dutch players and threatened with fines, revealing that Winning Poker Network has failed to comply with its demands.
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Gambling

Botswana Hails Progress Towards Licensing Betting, Gaming Machines

Botswana is continuing with its plans to better regulate and grow its gambling market, releasing preliminary licence applications for betting, totalisators and gambling machines, as well as addressing public questions about their details.
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Gambling

Sweden Proposes Payments Contingency Planning Regulations

Sweden’s central bank is looking for feedback from key payment service providers in the region as it ramps up its preparedness work for times of crisis.
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Payments

SEC Sues Binance In New Lawsuit, Seeks Permanent Ban From US Market

Binance’s days in the US could be numbered after the crypto exchange was hit by another major lawsuit seeking its expulsion from the market and disgorgement of revenue.
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Payments

UK Committee Launches Working Groups To Make Open Banking Flourish

The UK Joint Regulatory Oversight Committee is setting up dedicated workstreams to take forward recommendations for the next phase of open banking in the UK.
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Payments

UK Operators Call For Social Media Support To Help Vulnerable Gamblers

Social media companies should help tackle problem gambling by cutting out advertising for vulnerable users, the UK gambling industry has said.
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Romanian Government Eyes Legislation To Decentralise Gambling Licensing

Romanian Prime Minister Ilie Bolojan has announced that his government plans to propose a draft legislation that will enable municipal authorities to decide on licences for local gambling outlets.
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FCA’s Guardrails For BNPL Aim To Bring Consumer Duty Requirements To The Space

Buy now, pay later (BNPL) users are set to gain new protections under proposals published today by the UK’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), which has set a compliance deadline of July 2026.
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UK Industry Wrangles With Rapidly Approaching Cross-Sell Ban

When 2025 draws to a close so will the era of lucrative cross-selling promotions in the UK, with operators and affiliates facing the tall task of adapting successfully to another major shift in marketing compliance.
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Bailey Cool On UK CBDC Suggestions

Hopes of a British central bank digital currency (CBDC) were dealt a blow by the governor of the Bank of England, Andrew Bailey, who said he “remained to be convinced” of the need for one.
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EU Lawmakers Insist Digital Euro Must Safeguard Privacy And Preserve Cash Access

The European Parliament’s Civil Liberties Committee (LIBE) has called for stronger guardrails for privacy and guaranteed access to physical cash in its opinion on the EU's proposed legislation to establish a digital euro.
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Regulatory Influencer: Malta’s Key Observations on Website Practices of Crypto-Asset Service Providers

Earlier in the year, the Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) conducted a thematic review of websites belonging to all the crypto-asset service providers (CASPs) authorised by the MFSA in relation to Regulation (EU) 2023/1114 on Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA). This was part of the MFSA’s commitment to consumer protection, ensuring that the information provided was fair, transparent and not misleading. Following its review of websites, the MFSA sent out a Dear CEO letter to CASPs laying out its findings.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Philippine Central Bank As Payments Policeman And… Online Gambling Saviour?

The Philippine online gambling industry’s rapid transition from a disgraced foreign-facing segment to flourishing domestic sector is approaching a crunch moment as payments channels come under unprecedented scrutiny.
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Peru President Vetoes Consumption Tax Bill

Peru’s president has partly vetoed a bill that would reduce the impact of a controversial consumption tax applied to online gambling.
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Ukraine Releases Flurry Of Consultations As It Seeks To Update Gambling Rules

Ukrainian licence holders will only have two months to comply with a long list of updated regulations under a key new proposal, as the country unleashes a flurry of consultations aimed at updating and aligning rules as well as improving industry oversight.
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California Tribes Seeking Second Win With Anti-Sweepstakes Legislation

In the wake of an opinion from California’s attorney general that threatens the future of daily fantasy sports in the state, Indian gaming tribes are looking to score a second major policy victory that could threaten sweepstakes operations as well.
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