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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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Attorney General Seeks Pennsylvania Supreme Court Review Of Skill-Games Decision

Attorney general Michelle Henry has filed an appeal with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court seeking a review of a lower state court’s ruling that skill-game machines are not illegal, according to the filing obtained by Vixio GamblingCompliance.
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Daily Dash: HSBC Completes Sale Of Retail Banking Business In France

HSBC has quit its retail banking business in France, Spain has named three partners that will take part in a major CBDC pilot, and India has hit a digital rupee milestone by issuing salary payments in CBDC.
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Payments

UDPN's Single Network For Regulated Digital Currencies Prepares To Challenge Swift

The Universal Digital Payments Network (UDPN) is aiming to roll out commercial use cases in 2024, starting with cross-border transfers and swaps, that could challenge Swift.
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Payments

BNPL Regulation Comes To The Middle East

The United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia have unveiled new frameworks for short-term credit agreements.
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Payments

Kambi Announces Resignation Of Co-Founding CEO

Stockholm-listed B2B sports-betting provider Kambi has announced the resignation of CEO and co-founder Kristian Nylén this morning (December 8).
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Gambling

U.S. State Lawmakers To Promote Model Online Casino Legislation

A national coalition of state lawmakers has announced it will form a committee to prepare model gambling legislation for states to consider, with online casino topping the agenda.
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Gambling

News In Brief: January 1-January 5, 2024

Bally's will reportedly launch sports betting in Massachusetts after its Rhode Island operation is up and running, while Betway withdraws its plans for the Bay State.
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Gambling

German Regulator Criticises Proposal To Decriminalise Illegal Gambling

The German Ministry of Justice has proposed decriminalising illegal gambling and making it strictly an administrative offence, but the regulator calls the proposal “incomprehensible”.
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Gambling

Ecuador President Seeks Referendum To Legalize Casinos

Ecuador’s newly-elected President Daniel Noboa has asked the country's Constitutional Court to establish a referendum to reopen casinos and gaming halls as a part of his plan to tackle rising crime. 
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Gambling

Week In Crypto: US Judge Rules That Terraform Labs Sold Securities Illegally

A US judge issues three summary judgments against Terraform Labs, India moves to geo-block nine major crypto exchanges, and Binance reports a stellar year despite its compliance headaches.
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Payments

Lithuania Fines Two E-Money Institutions For Non-Compliance

The Bank of Lithuania has continued its streak of actions against the payments industry, with two new fines being issued over non-compliance.
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Payments

Daily Dash: Quarter Of UK BNPL Users Hit By Late Fees

New research has found that UK BNPL users are increasingly falling behind on payments, Singapore has become the first jurisdiction to accept e-CNY, and China is seeking to improve foreign card acceptance.
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Payments

UAE Regulator Suspends Most Lottery Operations

The United Arab Emirates’ (UAE) new gambling regulator has suspended part of the federation’s de facto lottery market without explanation, although recent prize winners are reportedly able to collect winnings.
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Gambling

Bomb Threat Disrupts Debate On Maine Tribal iGaming

Maine’s state lawmakers are considering three bills to expand tribal gaming to include internet gaming, casinos, historic horseracing and electronic beano, amid strong opposition from commercial casinos and the state gambling regulator.
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Gambling

Mexican Operators Win Injunctions Against Presidential Decree

A district judge in Mexico has granted injunctions to three gaming operators that protect them from a November decree banning new licences for slot machines and other casino-style games.
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Gambling

Entain Appoints Hedge Fund Boss Ricky Sandler To Board

Entain has added an activist investor and critic to its board of directors.
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Gambling

China Seeks To Modernise Non-Bank Payment Sector In New Regulations

China has adopted a new set of regulations on non-bank payment institutions that will seek to modernise the sector and bring it under closer supervision of state regulators.
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Payments

Daily Dash: UPI Hits 100bn Milestone

India’s payments success story continues as the Unified Payments Interface (UPI) hits another accomplishment, while the European Central Bank has issued five new tenders for the digital euro project.
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Payments

India Mulls Shelving Self-Regulation For Online Gaming

The Indian government is considering an about-face on online gaming regulation, potentially dispensing with industry self-regulation altogether and placing operators under direct government scrutiny.
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Gambling

PrizePicks Pledges To Defend Its Fantasy-Sports Turf

PrizePicks CEO Adam Wexler has said his company is looking to protect its fantasy-sports turf despite efforts in multiple states to curtail the company’s pick’em-style games, even as it prepares to launch a peer-to-peer product.
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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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