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Brazil Market Goes Live After Compliance Deadlines Extended

Brazil’s new era of regulated online gambling began at the stroke of midnight on January 1, with 66 operators launching under new federal licences but most of them on a provisional basis due to delays in meeting certification requirements. 
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Evolution Facing UK Licence Review

Supplier giant Evolution’s UK licensing status has been put under formal review after the Gambling Commission identified Evolution games being offered in the UK through unlicensed operators.
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Texas Federal Judge Strikes Down 'Unprecedented' US AML Law

A federal judge in Texas has temporarily blocked the enforcement of an "unprecedented" anti-money laundering (AML) law, describing it as "likely unconstitutional".
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European Council Reaches Agreement On Open Finance Framework

The European Council has reached an agreement on the proposed Financial Data Access (FIDA) framework, which lays out the transition from open banking to open finance in the trading bloc.
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UK Prosecutors Order Entain To Leave Latin American Markets

The Crown Prosecution Service has ordered Entain to leave Mexico, Brazil, Chile and Peru within a year or lose the protections of its £600m deferred UK prosecution agreement, but the gambling giant retains some wiggle room.
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Gambling

MEPs Propose Fraud Liability Amendments For PSR

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) have made amendments to the Payment Services Regulation (PSR), which focus strongly on fraud liability.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Elon Musk Welcomes New Money Transmitter Licences At X

X has announced that it now holds payment licences in ten US states, transfer service RationalFX has entered special administration, and two Australian regulators have agreed to closer ties on enforcement and information sharing.
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Payments

Australia Bans Credit, Digital Currencies For Most Online Gambling

The Australian parliament has passed a bill that will ban the use of credit cards and digital currencies for gambling, while an exemption for lotteries has raised hackles among activists and at the corporate bookmaker lobby.
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Gambling

New York Commission Adopts Revised Lottery Courier Rules

New York regulators adopted new rules this week that may hamper lottery couriers in allowing players to automatically make deposits.
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Gambling

California Modifies Cardroom Surveillance Regulations

As California gaming regulators signed off on modifications to surveillance regulations for cardrooms, some in the industry argue the changes are heavier handed than jurisdictions that offer house-banked table games.
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Gambling

Georgia Gambling Tax Hikes Draft Sparks Industry Concerns

Georgian land-based operators fear that an incoming tax hike for both them and online operators will disproportionately hurt their businesses. 
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Gambling

'Plagiarism Is Flattery' - EU Thanks New York For Inspiration On MiCA

As the EU’s Markets in Crypto-Assets (MiCA) regulation prepares to come into effect in 2024, a key architect of the legislation has thanked New York for providing inspiration.
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Payments

MEPs Publish Amendments To PSD3 Text

Members of the European Parliament’s (MEPs) amendments to the Payment Services Directive (PSD3) have been made publicly available as political groupings in the Parliament prepare to make compromises.
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Payments

Daily Dash: BNP Paribas Set To Launch Request To Pay Solution

BNP Paribas has invested in a new SEPA Request to Pay solution, central banks in India and the UK have agreed to cooperate on clearing activities, and Curve has launched a wearable payments technology campaign.
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Payments

Top Philippine Economic Agency Joins Calls For Full POGO Ban

Philippine institutional ire toward foreign-facing online gambling operators (POGOs) continues to grow, with the nation’s top economic development agency now backing a ban on the sector as finance officials clamour for prohibition.
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Gambling

European Trade Group Urges France To Legalise Online Casino

​​​​​​​The European Gaming and Betting Association is calling for the French government to legalise online casino, following the French regulator’s survey which suggests that the illegal online gambling market might be half the size of the legal one.
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Gambling

Top Gaming Execs Remain Bullish On U.S. iGaming Prospects

Chief executives of major operators remain optimistic that despite a multi-year lull in U.S. online casino legalization, movement could be coming in 2024.
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Gambling

Sale Of Dallas Mavericks Not Expected To Lessen Opposition To Texas Casinos

Mark Cuban’s decision to sell a majority stake in the Dallas Mavericks to Miriam Adelson, the largest shareholder in Las Vegas Sands, is not expected to materially strengthen the hand of supporters of legalizing casinos and sports betting in Texas.
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Gambling

Latin American Gambling Markets Face Pivotal Elections In 2024

After local observers blamed Mexico's recent decree banning slot machines and other casino games on electoral politics, Vixio GamblingCompliance takes a look at what other elections might mean for the future of gambling policy in Latin America. 
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Gambling

Binance Prosecution Sparks Concern In Brussels

Members of the European Parliament have probed the European Commission over whether incoming crypto rules will be able to rein in bad actors, in light of the Binance case in the US.
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Payments

MPs Publish Less Than Enthusiastic Digital Pound Report

Development of a Bank of England retail digital pound should "proceed with caution", UK members of parliament (MPs) have warned in a new report, emphasising concerns around data privacy and financial stability.
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Payments

UK Government Adds API Standards Clause To Data Protection Bill

A new clause that has been added to the Data Protection and Digital Information bill looks promising for open banking standards in the UK.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Thailand, Hong Kong Instant Payments Tie-Up Goes Live

A new cross-border payments linkage has gone live in Southeast Asia, the Netherlands has published new standards for assessing politically exposed persons (PEPs), and Westpac has restored its systems after a one-day outage.
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Payments

Argentina's Santa Fe Province Rushes To Regulate Online Gambling

Santa Fe is the latest province to move towards online gambling regulation, making it the last of Argentina's most populous provinces to establish a licensing framework, as it joins the ranks of Buenos Aires City and Province, Mendoza and Córdoba. 
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Minnesota Legislators Discuss Sports-Betting Harms

While most disputes over sports betting and online gaming legalization often center around which stakeholders stand to benefit and which stand to lose out, a hearing Wednesday in Minnesota served as a reminder of the presence of anti-gambling opponents.
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News In Brief: January 6-January 10, 2025

Tipico Group is to acquire ADMIRAL Austria from Novomatic, Virginia set to revisit its casino expansion proposal and Flutter Entertainment revises its 2024 financial outlook after reporting adverse U.S. sports betting results in November and December. 
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Singapore Passes Bill That Allows Police To Freeze Accounts Of Scam Victims

Lawmakers in Singapore have enacted a first-of-its-kind bill that empowers the police to freeze the bank accounts of scam victims without their consent.
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Daily Dash: India Mandates Name Look-Up Facility For Bank Transfers

The Reserve Bank of India has mandated that all banks connected to two major funds transfers systems must introduce a beneficiary account name look-up facility by April 1, 2025.
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Daily Dash: BIS Advances ISO 20022 Harmonisation For Cross-Border Payments

The Bank for International Settlements' (BIS) Committee on Payments and Market Infrastructures has set out new measures to promote the adoption of harmonised ISO 20022 data standards.
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Greentube Alderney Agrees £1m Settlement With UK Regulator Over AML, Social Responsibility Failures

Greentube Alderney Limited will pay £1m as part of its regulatory settlement with the UK Gambling Commission after an investigation revealed a raft of social responsibility and anti-money laundering failures.
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Philippines Arrests 400 In 'POGO' Raid As Lawmakers Ramp Warnings

Immigration officials in the Philippines have arrested around 400 foreign nationals allegedly manning a foreign-facing online gambling (POGO) and cyber-scamming operation in Metro Manila.
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California Tribes Banking On Judge Upholding Gaming Exclusivity

California tribal gaming leaders are confident their lawsuit claiming dozens of cardrooms are illegally offering house-banked table games, such as blackjack and baccarat, will be successful in protecting their exclusivity rights to offer casino games in the Golden State.
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Outlook 2025: European Fight Against Illegal Market A Key Driving Force In 2025

The European gambling industry enters 2025 in its most divided form, with the landscape increasingly split between large listed companies devoted to regulated markets, joining forces with regulators to pressure a reconstituting offshore market on the other side.
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Cash, Not Debit, Still King Among Germans, Says Bundesbank Report

A new survey from Deutsche Bundesbank has found that cash remains German consumers’ preferred payment method, signalling potential challenges for the digital euro.
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