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News & Analysis

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.

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.

News In Brief: February 6-February 10, 2023

Brazil's parliament is pushing the country's financial authorities to investigate money spent with offshore gambling sites.

India Budget Introduces Online Game Tax, Delighting Industry

New provisions in India’s budget for 2023 have brought online gaming in from the cold, codifying tax rates for winnings from online and offline games and streamlining their collection.

News In Brief: January 23–January 27, 2023

An online casino bill is launched in Maryland, Ontario revenues spike as licensed market comes fully online and investigations continue into exclusive betting licence tender in Paraguay.

Research & Reports

Asia Gambling Outlook - September 2022

This edition of VIXIO GamblingCompliance's Outlook provides high-level intelligence and forecasts for the Asian online gambling market, as it navigates ongoing damage, dislocation and opportunity from the coronavirus pandemic, and as major emerging markets including Japan and India balance forces supporting prohibition or liberalisation.

This outlook report includes:

India: Government Unveils New Data Protection Bill

On July 27, 2018, the Indian government unveiled the report on data protection compiled by Justice B.N. Srikrishna's committee of experts and the accompanying Data Protection Bill 2018, which were submitted to the Ministry of Electronics & Information Technology.

Upon analysing the current global approach and the Indian approach to data protection, the report, entitled "A Free and Fair Digital Economy:
Protecting Privacy, Empowering Indians", provides a deep analysis of the proposed new regime and the provisions of the introduced bill.

Practical Guide: The Regulation and Self-Regulation of Skill Games in India

This report takes a look at the self-regulation operators in India are creating and the industry groups they are forming in the key skill games sectors, in an attempt to pave the way to a more sustainable and regulated market.

Data & Forecasts

Market Monitor: World Lottery Association Compendium

This report contains around 40,000 data points across over 150 lotteries and 85 countries, as collated annually by the World Lottery Association. The dataset displays total sales, GGR, digital sales & digital GGR by product category in horizontal time series and filterable table views.

IFHA Global Horseracing Report - 2008 to 2019

Latest annual data from the International Federation of Horseracing Authorities (IFHA). The data released contains the following information: Number of flat and jump races by country and horserace betting turnover, amount returned to bettors and deductions by country. There are approximately 6,130 data points in this document.

Delta Corp Report - FY2008 to FY2018

Latest Annual Report data from Indian-listed Delta Corp. The data released for the operator contains the following information: Casino gaming revenue, sales by operating segment, total expenditure, profit from operations and profit before tax. There are approximately 95 data points in this document.