Insights Archive

March 28, 2024

Indiana Lawmakers Change How Regulator Funds Enforcement Actions

The Indiana Gaming Commission, which levied the most enforcement actions of any U.S. gaming regulatory agency last year, will no longer be able to use the dollars it collects to fund further enforcement investigations under a bill signed by Republican Governor Eric Holcomb.

March 28, 2024

Hungary Remains Unfriendly To International Operators

Despite changes to online betting rules that European courts have said were too exclusionary, one of the country’s leading gambling lawyers says there are no signs of new operators entering Hungary.

March 28, 2024

Denmark Legislation Would Expand Regulator's Powers, Disclosure Rules

New Danish legislation would for the first time give the Danish Gambling Authority the power to issue orders and reprimands, but the regulator would still have no direct authority to fine.

March 28, 2024

UK Consultation Response Will Help Track Impact Of Review Changes, Says Gambling Commission

The UK Gambling Commission's latest consultation response will require operators to report regulatory returns more consistently and will allow the regulator to see "much more quickly" the impact regulatory changes are having on the industry, a senior official from the Gambling Commission has said.

March 28, 2024

Influencers Risk Jail Time For Bad Financial Promotions, FCA Warns

Social media influencers risk being prosecuted if they promote financial products without due regard to consumer protection, the UK Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has said, even if they are based overseas.

March 28, 2024

Daily Dash: UK's Payment Systems Regulator Consults On New ATM Rules

A UK regulator is seeking views on new rules that will affect the country’s ATM network, and Hong Kong has issued a warning against fraudsters falsely claiming to be part of the island’s CBDC pilot.

March 28, 2024

Maltese Regulator Calls For 'More Concrete Measures' On DORA

Financial firms in Malta need to do more work to become compliant with the EU’s Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA) before it comes into effect on January 17 next year, the Maltese Financial Services Authority has said.

March 27, 2024

Pennsylvania Supreme Court Declines To Consider Skill-Games Appeal

The Pennsylvania Supreme Court has decided not to hear an appeal from state officials contesting the legality of so-called skill-game devices, leaving in place one of several lower court rulings that have found the controversial machines are not illegal gambling.

March 27, 2024

Brazilian Municipality Opens Country's First Video Lottery Facility

The São Paulo municipality of Poá has opened a video lottery facility, the first of its kind in Brazil since a landmark Supreme Court ruling allowing states and cities to conduct a wide range of lottery activities.

March 27, 2024

Georgia Sports-Betting Bill Set For One Last Stand

Supporters of legalizing sports betting in Georgia are making one final push to try to get legislation through both chambers of the state's General Assembly before this year's legislative session ends on Thursday.

March 27, 2024

French Regulator Says Review Forced Licensees To Fix Dubious T&Cs

French gambling licensees have corrected ambiguous and sometimes illegal clauses found in terms and conditions, following a National Gambling Authority (ANJ) review, the authority has said.

March 27, 2024

Visa, Mastercard Reduce Card Payment Fees In Bid To Settle Long-Running US Merchant Lawsuit

Visa, Mastercard and their associated bank issuers have settled a 20-year antitrust class action lawsuit with US merchants to reduce credit card processing fees and constraints on charging consumers different fees for various payment cards.

March 27, 2024

Daily Dash: Mastercard, Worldpay Launch Global Partnership To Tackle Payments Fraud

Worldpay has adopted Mastercard’s Ethoca Alerts system to combat erroneous chargeback attempts, and the UK’s BT Group has partnered with Adyen to launch its own tap-to-pay iPhone app.

March 27, 2024

Czech Industry Satisfied After Dust Settles On Reforms

Czech gambling stakeholders have said they are tentatively satisfied with a series of sweeping changes to gambling regulations that unlocked live dealer games and offshore enforcement.

March 26, 2024

Brazil Authorises First Certification Lab

Gaming Laboratories International (GLI) has become the first independent testing lab granted permission to certify betting systems and games in Brazil's forthcoming regulated market.

March 26, 2024

Yggdrasil Receives Sweden's First Fine For Supplying A Banned Operator

The Swedish Gambling Authority has issued its first fine for supplying an unlicensed operator on the country’s prohibition list to Yggdrasil Gaming.

March 26, 2024

Expect No Sympathy From FCA On Wind-Down Plans

Wind-down requirements are front and centre of expectations for payments firms and e-money institutions operating in the UK, as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) raises the regulatory bar and treats them increasingly like banks and other financial services companies.

March 26, 2024

UK's Mandatory Reimbursement Model 'Incentivises Crime', Says AusPayNet CEO

The UK is taking a dangerous gamble in its latest measures to combat authorised push payment (APP) fraud, the CEO of Australia’s largest payments association has said.

March 26, 2024

Daily Dash: Big Tech Under Pressure As EU Opens First DMA Investigations

The European Commission has opened new investigations into several big tech “gatekeeper” platforms under the Digital Markets Act (DMA), and open banking platform Trustly has launched a new cross-border partnership with MoneyGram.

March 26, 2024

888 To Change Name To Evoke, Focus On Core Markets

888 Holdings has proposed changing its name to evoke Plc amid plans to focus on key markets of the UK, Denmark, Italy and Spain, as it reviews its US online gambling operations.

March 26, 2024

Victoria Regulator Rules Crown Resorts Can Keep Melbourne Casino

Australian casino operator Crown Resorts will retain its casino licence in Melbourne after being found suitable by its external special manager and the Victoria state gambling regulator.