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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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Western Australia Probe Findings Could Imperil Ex-Crown Boss

A barrister representing former top Crown Resorts executive Barry Felstead has objected to provisional findings of Western Australia state’s probe into Crown Perth that could see him prosecuted and even jailed.
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Gambling

Belgium Set For Slots Crackdown But No Cut Yet In Age Restrictions

Belgian politicians are set to agree a crackdown on slot machines and the use of bonuses by operators to entice new gamblers, but wider reform of advertising rules and age limits are a long way off.
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Gambling

Penn Targeting Profitability, Ontario Over 'Irrational' U.S. Marketing Battle

Penn National Gaming expects to see profitability from its U.S. interactive division as early as this coming football season, CEO Jay Snowden said during a quarterly earnings call on Thursday.
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Gambling

News In Brief: January 31-February 4, 2022

Greece's gambling regulator has launched a whistle-blowing service to report unlicensed websites.
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Gambling

SCA Not Good Enough To Prevent Fraud, Portuguese Regulator Warns

Although strong customer authentication (SCA) rules are a good thing for reducing fraud, they will need to continue being looked at as criminals become more effective, a panel at the EU’s financial education conference agreed.
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Payments

Indians To Pay With Digital Rupee As Early As This Year

​​​​​​India’s finance minister has proposed the introduction of a digital rupee alongside plans to tax cryptocurrency incomes.
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Payments

U.S. Invites Participants In Digital ID Sprint

U.S. federal financial regulators have opened a registration period for participants to join their Tech Sprint aimed at increasing the efficiency and security of digital identity proofing.
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Payments

EU Payment Associations Raise Alarm About PSD2/GDPR Problems

Nine payments lobby groups have sent a joint letter to the EU’s regulators expressing their concerns about the European Data Protection Board’s guidelines regarding the interplay between the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and the revised Payment Services Directive (PSD2).
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Payments

Germany-Wide Regulator Debuts Name, Website

The new Germany-wide gambling regulator based in Saxony-Anhalt has launched a website and unveiled its name as it prepares for a January 1, 2023 launch.
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Gambling

The More Things Change, The More They Stay The Same For Florida Gaming

The failure of two high-profile ballot initiatives on casinos and sports betting, plus a federal court ruling against a landmark tribal gaming compact, means it is almost as if Florida has become the gaming industry’s enigmatic Sphinx.
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Gambling

Nevada Gaming Board Approves Las Vegas Sands Sale Of Venetian

The Nevada Gaming Control Board on Wednesday recommended approval for Apollo Global Management’s purchase of the Venetian and its associated properties from Las Vegas Sands.
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Gambling

Personnel Moves - January 2022

Norsk Tipping is to get a new chief executive, changes at the top for IGT and leading Australian trade group appoints a new CEO.
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Gambling

Stablecoins Could Serve As Digital Safe Haven During Crypto Market Distress, U.S. Fed Says

​​​​​​U.S. Federal Reserve analysis suggests that stablecoins have a huge potential to grow and could serve as a digital safe haven currency during periods of crypto market distress.
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Payments

EuReCA! EU Launches AML Database

The European Banking Authority has unveiled its central database for anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing (AML/CTF).
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Payments

Meta Bids Diem A Goodbye

After sending shockwaves through the financial industry, and becoming a nightmare scenario for central banks, Meta has sold the fruits of its stablecoin project to Silvergate Bank.
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Payments

Mississippi Misses Out On Mobile Sports Betting Yet Again

The slow start for gaming bills in 2022 continued on Tuesday with a crucial deadline passing in Mississippi without consideration of a bill that would expand mobile sports betting in the Magnolia State.
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Gambling

Virginia Might Dangle Casino In Stadium Offer For D.C. Football Team

As the NFL’s Washington Football Team prepares to unveil its new nickname, lawmakers in Virginia are preparing to spend up to $1bn to lure the team to their state and may throw a brand new casino into the bargain.
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Gambling

Sweden Reprimands Betway Over Negative Equity

The Swedish Gambling Authority has reprimanded Betway’s Swedish unit for having negative equity in 2019 and the regulator warned the company needed to fix its finances in order to get a licence renewal from the end of 2023.
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Gambling

Playtech Evaluates Alternatives As Aristocrat Deal Likely To Fail

Playtech said it is evaluating “attractive M&A proposals” as it expects the shareholder vote on Aristocrat Holdings' buyout proposal later today will not pass.
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Gambling

GAMSTOP To Operate Single Customer View Trial

Trade group the Betting and Gaming Council has announced that UK charity GAMSTOP will operate a highly anticipated single customer view trial.
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Romanian Gambling Ad Restrictions Incoming But Lawyers Flag Need For Clarity

Romania’s new Audiovisual Code introduces several important changes, clarifications and restrictions; however, questions raised about the definitions, such as sports personality or influencer, have not been “thoroughly defined”, according to legal experts.
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Australia’s Project Acacia Blossoming Into Six-Month Testing Phase

Project Acacia, Australia’s research program into wholesale digital currency, has reached a “significant milestone”, with participants selected to explore innovations in digital money and settlement infrastructure.
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Big Tech Joins Forces With Telcos Under Hong Kong’s Latest Anti-Scam Charter

Financial regulators in Hong Kong have announced the launch of a new anti-scam charter that will see telcos and big tech firms participate for the first time.
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U.S. Senate Fails To Roll Back Change To Gambling Tax Deductions

The effort to reverse one of the tax hikes in President Donald Trump’s “One Big, Beautiful Bill” came up short in the Senate on Thursday due to opposition from a lone senator who sought to add an exemption of religious colleges from the federal endowment tax.
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Regulatory Influencer: Concurrent Market Liberalisation In The Two Congos

Two of the French-speaking jurisdictions within the Congo Basin, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and the Republic of Congo (Brazzaville), have simultaneously embarked upon devising gambling regulation. Following years of relying upon aged legislation, which monopolised the operation of gambling to state-owned entities, the Congolese market is finally liberalising.The bigger picture
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California's Daily Fantasy Sports Opinion: Key Policy Points To Watch

California Attorney General Rob Bonta's opinion last week that deemed daily fantasy sports to be a form of illegal gambling is a new policy wrinkle in a state that has consistently been a flashpoint when it comes to the gaming market.
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French Regulator Reignites Calls For Whistle-to-Whistle Ban and Loss Limits

France’s gambling regulator has once again reiterated calls to introduce a whistle-to-whistle advertising ban, as well as loss limits for players aged 18-25 years old.The president of France’s National Gambling Authority (ANJ), Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, said changes to the country's regulatory framework are “essential” for a sustainable gambling industry model during her closing remarks at a conference addressing gambling addiction on June 27, 2025.
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CFPB Suffers Double Shock As Budget Slashed And Redundancies Ruled Lawful

Opponents of the US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) have experienced twin triumphs, as an injunction halting the agency's restructuring has been lifted and the federal budget bill has almost halved its funding.
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Regulatory Influencer: The Key Updates to the EU’s Payment Services Package

The EU has for some time been working on updating its regulation of the payments sector, planning to issue a revised directive and to introduce a bloc-wide payment services regulation.
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FCA’s £21m Monzo Fine Emphasises That Growth Must Be Responsible

By imposing the fine on the challenger bank, the UK financial services regulator has sent a reminder to disruptors that they must pay attention to their regulatory duties.
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