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Florida AG Targets Stake and VGW, Files Lawsuit Against Sweepstakes Casinos
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed two lawsuits targeting the operators of several major online sweepstakes casinos, including Stake and VGW’s Chumba Casino, LuckyLand, and Global Poker, alleging that these casinos act like “gateway drugs” to real-money gambling. Florida AG Sues Sweepstakes According to…
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Argentina betting-tax bill targets funding for local sports clubs
Argentine national deputy Natalia Zaracho has introduced a bill aimed at strengthening barrio clubs – Argentina’s dense network of local, community-run sports and social institutions – through a new mechanism that would draw its funding directly from higher taxes on online betting operators, according to reporting by …
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British Gambling Commission urges operators to learn after £600,000 fine
The regulator identified anti-money laundering and social responsibility failings at QuinnBet. QuinnBet fined over £600,000 for anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures UK.- The online gambling operator QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited must pay a £609,104 penalty after a Gambling Commission investigation f…
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Brazil betting sector pushes back on prohibition debate
The Associação Nacional de Jogos e Loterias (ANJL) and Grupo Globo convened a seminar last week – “Desafios pós-regulamentação do mercado de apostas” – bringing together leading figures from Brazil’s betting industry to work through some of the thorniest questions facing the sector since regulation took effect: securi…
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UKGC Slams QuinnBet with $830K Fine
The UKGC has taken regulatory action against yet another gaming operator, this time cracking down on QuinnBet Limited. According to the regulator’s announcement, the Gibraltar-based company, that runs the quinnbet.com website, committed serious anti-money laundering and social responsibility-related offenses. QuinnBet…
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Midterm Democratic Victory Won’t Give States Upper Hand Over Prediction Markets, Says Lawyer
Critics of prediction markets are hoping for a midterm miracle. So far, Senate and House efforts to intervene in the states-versus-prediction-market legal war have petered out for lack of support. The Commodity Futures Trading Commission and the Donald Trump administration have given permit-holding operators their ble…
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Uganda Gaming Board Sets Compliance, AML and Responsible Play as Sector Priorities
Uganda’s National Lotteries and Gaming Regulatory Board (NLGRB) has stepped up its engagement with licensed operators, holding a stakeholder session at Mestil that placed three issues firmly at the center of the country’s gaming agenda. The meeting was led by NLGRB CEO Denis Mudene and brought together operators and i…
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CFTC Chair Selig Takes Aim at ‘Rogue’ AG Letitia James as Prediction-Market Row Escalates
Michael Selig, the Chairman of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, has fired a verbal salvo at New York Attorney General Letitia James as the CFTC’s predictions market dispute with the state continues to intensify. The CFTC chief was speaking at White House yesterday ahead of the inaugural Washington meeting of …
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Australia: ACMA orders blocking of two more illegal gambling sites
1,788 sites blocked since 2019
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European iGaming markets after the 2026 tax rises and ad bans
Blask shares market data
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Coljuegos sanciona al influencer Yeferson Cossio por operación ilegal de juegos de azar
En Colombia, el influencer Yeferson Esteban Cossio Castaño, quien cuenta con 12 millones de seguidores en Instagram, fue sancionado por Coljuegos tras ser declarado responsable de acreditar la operación ilegal […]
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Gambling patterns of Dutch youth to inform future KSA work
Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch gambling regulator, has begun working on new strategies to protect minors and young adults from gambling and gambling harm by compiling the results from three comprehensive national studies. The three sets of studies focus on the age groups from 16 up to 24, analysing the whole gamb…
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South African Regulators Intensify Fight Against Underage Gambling
Several regulatory bodies in South Africa, including the South African Responsible Gambling Foundation (SARGF) and the National Gambling Board (NGB), engaged with students through the TRW schools program in Vryheid, KwaZulu-Natal, and Kuruman, Northern Cape, to raise awareness about the risks and consequences of under…
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Game Nation appoints former Paddy Power and William Hill exec to Compliance Manager role
Betting veteran to oversee 43-site estate
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Attorney General targets sweepstakes casino operators in Florida lawsuits
Dual-currency model targeted
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Illegal Streams Drove 69% of 2026 World Cup Betting Handle to Unlicensed Gambling Market, Report Finds
Gaming Compliance International (GCI) has published its first full global measurement of illegal streaming during the 2026 FIFA World Cup, showing how piracy fed directly into the offshore gambling economy. The study recorded 174.3 billion qualifying illegal stream views of 90 seconds or more across the tournament, wi…
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Mozambique approves dedicated online gambling framework
As land-based revenue drops
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QuinnBet Hit With £609k Penalty Over UK Regulatory Failures
The Gambling Commission has ordered QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited to pay £609,104 after investigators uncovered serious failings in its anti‑money laundering and social responsibility systems. The operator, which runs quinnbet.com, reached a regulatory settlement following a compliance review that exposed weaknesses in…
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Florida Sues VGW & Stake, Alleging Sweepstakes Casinos Equal Illegal Gambling
Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed lawsuits against major sweepstakes casino operators VGW and Stake. In addition to targeting the two companies, Uthmeier has included payment processors as defendants in the claims. Uthmeier announced the action in a press release and post on X, claiming that VGW and St…
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Denmark Blocks 98 Illegal Gambling Websites, Including Polymarket
Denmark has blocked 98 gambling websites after a court gave regulators permission to cut off access to platforms they say were operating without authorization. The list includes Polymarket, the US-based prediction market platform that has now been blocked in another European market. The decision was issued by the Fred…
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QuinnBet Agrees UK Regulatory Settlement
Settlement Follows March Compliance Review QuinnBet has agreed a settlement worth around €706,000 (£609,104) with the UK Gambling Commission after a compliance… The post QuinnBet Agrees UK Regulatory Settlement appeared first on iGaming Express.
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Florida Targets Stake, Chumba and Other Sweepstakes Casinos in Pair of Gambling Lawsuits
Florida’s attorney general is going after a business model that has allowed casino-style websites to take wagers around the clock while presenting themselves as something other than conventional gambling operations. Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed two lawsuits in Hillsborough County Circuit Court targeting t…
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Bally’s A’s Vegas baseball park has attracted an unnamed potential buyer
Clark County Commission confirms that the entitlement package would pass over to the new owner An unnamed suitor has expressed interest in buying Bally’s planned $1.1bn A’s Vegas baseball park project, being built on the site of the former Tropicana. Bally’s Corp. has already said that if the deal doesn’t materialise,…
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National Lottery Board Appoints RSM Eastern Africa and QLOT Consulting as Transaction Advisors
The National Lottery Board has officially appointed a joint consortium consisting of RSM Eastern Africa and Sweden’s QLOT Consulting to serve as the Transaction Advisor for the launch of Kenya’s first National Lottery Operator. This landmark announcement, made on the 20th of August 2026, marks the beginning of a compr…
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DFNN gaming commission income plunges 67% in 1H26
DFNN’s gaming commission income plunged 66.9% in 1H26 after e-wallet delinking, while attributable net loss widened to $4.28 million. The post DFNN gaming commission income plunges 67% in 1H26 first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.
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Denmark blocks Polymarket and 97 other sites in unlicensed gambling sweep
The Frederiksberg court approved the DNS blocks on 8 July, telecoms operators enforced them on 6 August, and… The post Denmark blocks Polymarket and 97 other sites in unlicensed gambling sweep appeared first on European Gaming Industry News.
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SkyCity dips by 0.3 per cent over the course of the last year
Operator says it is becoming a simpler, smarter, and more connected business New Zealand operator SkyCity saw its revenue dip only slightly over the last year, coming in at $822.7m, down 0.3 per cent due to the introduction of carded play and reduced customer visitation. Spending in the fourth quarter in Auckland and …
Read summary →Africa’s Betting Market Faces a New Test: How Much Can Players Afford to Deposit?
Africa’s betting market has become a major source of tax revenue and commercial growth. But one basic question is still largely missing from regulation across the continent: how much should an individual player be allowed to deposit? Regulators have tightened licensing rules, raised taxes and introduced tougher advert…
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ACMA blocks two more illegal gambling websites in Australia
Australia’s communications regulator has ordered internet service providers to block Casea and Crown96, bringing the number of illegal gambling and affiliate marketing websites blocked since late 2019 to 1,788. The […] The post ACMA blocks two more illegal gambling websites in Australia first appeared on Asia Gaming N…
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QuinnBet to pay £609,104 over AML and safer-gambling failures
QuinnBet was found to have had “insufficient controls to act in a timely manner". It also failed to submit suspicious activity reports on time.
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Caution on approach… EU iGaming tax could be the first step towards harmonisation
The EU has many circles to square before it can impose a unified tax on online gambling. Yet legal expert Claire Pinson-Bessonnet argues that the process itself could open a much-needed debate over an industry that has remained on the sidelines of EU policymaking for far too long… The European Union (EU) has spent dec…
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QuinnBet to pay £609,104 over AML and customer interaction failings
The settlement includes a £193,118 disgorgement, and the Commission traced part of the failings to a platform migration… The post QuinnBet to pay £609,104 over AML and customer interaction failings appeared first on European Gaming Industry News.
Read summary →UK regulator “expects operators to learn” from QuinnBet enforcement
Gibraltar-based operator QuinnBet, which counts the UK and Ireland as core markets, has agreed to a £609,104 settlement with the UK Gambling Commission. According to the gambling regulator, the settlement is in relation to identified social responsibility and anti-money laundering deficiencies following an investigati…
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Angola Takes Illegal Gambling Fight to the Markets
Angola’s gambling regulator is taking its campaign against illegal betting beyond inspections and into some of the country’s busiest public spaces. The Institute of Game Supervision (ISJ) recently sent officials to Viana’s Regedoria and Luanda Sul markets, where traders, vendors and shoppers were given information abo…
Read summary →Bulgaria Affiliate Licensing Rules Take Effect
Licensing Scope And Eligibility The framework applies to individuals and companies whose earnings depend on measurable gambling activity. This includes… The post Bulgaria Affiliate Licensing Rules Take Effect appeared first on iGaming Express.
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Novig Takes Wisconsin to Federal Court Over Prediction-Market Crackdown
Novig had been operating in Wisconsin for barely two weeks when its parent company went to federal court with a preemptive challenge to the state’s gambling regulators. The lawsuit, filed by Ludlow Exchange LLC, is aimed at preventing the Wisconsin Department of Justice from applying state gambling laws to Novig’s spo…
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QuinnBet to pay £609,104 for regulatory failures
Investigation launched after a compliance assessment revealed anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures QuinnBet is to pay £609,104 after a Gambling Commission investigation revealed anti-money laundering and social responsibility failures. An investigation was launched after a compliance assessment rev…
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Federal Judge: Fraud Lawsuit Over Elon Musk’s $1M “Lottery” Can Proceed
A federal judge decided not to dismiss a fraud lawsuit against Elon Musk and his America PAC over the billionaire’s controversial $1 million election giveaway. $1 Million a Day to Random Winners? US District Judge Robert Pitman in Austin, Texas, on August 18 denied summary judgment to Musk and America PAC on a fraud c…
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Finland rules against spin-based online casino slot tax
The Supreme Administrative Court of Finland has rejected the implementation of a spin-by-spin tax system on online casino slots hosted outside the European Economic Area (EEA). Initially, the framework targeted offshore operators that held licenses from jurisdictions like Curaçao and applied a tax on earned income, as…
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Cambodia sees gaming tax revenue fall by over 25% to US$28 million in 1H26
The Cambodian government saw a 25.8% drop in tax revenue from casino gaming and gambling duties in the first half […]
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Denmark Blocks 98 Illegal Gambling Sites
Court Order Authorises Blocking Action The Danish Gambling Authority has obtained permission from the Frederiksberg court to restrict access to… The post Denmark Blocks 98 Illegal Gambling Sites appeared first on iGaming Express.
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ACMA Continues to Restrict Gambling Websites
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) continues to deliver blocking orders against illegal websites. The latest blocking order is against two brands specifically, to wit, Casea and Crown96, both of which have been deemed to be in breach of the country’s Interactive Gambling Act 2001. ACMA Issues Mor…
Read summary →Reform UK Embroiled In Unlicensed iGaming Scandal
The UK’s regulatory Gambling Commission has been urged by Britain’s ruling Labour Party to investigate several Reform UK donors linked to unlicensed... Read More...
Read summary →QuinnBet to Pay £609,104 Regulatory Settlement
QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited has agreed to pay £609,104 following a settlement with the UK Gambling Commission after an investigation identified anti-money laundering... Read More...
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Taiwan court rejects Levo Chan appeal over access to $6.6M account
Taiwan’s High Court upheld banking restrictions imposed on Levo Chan following his Macau convictions for illegal gambling and money laundering. The post Taiwan court rejects Levo Chan appeal over access to $6.6M account first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.
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Change of Heart: Bally’s Splits A’s Ballpark Project Into 3 Phases
Bally’s has changed plans for a major mixed-use development surrounding the future Athletics ballpark in Las Vegas. According to the latest proposal, the massive $1.1 billion project would be spread into several phases. 26-Acre Land Use Permits The changes became clear on August 19, when the Clark County Commission ap…
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Cambodia revokes 20 casino licenses in scam center fight
After conducting an investigation into all 195 licensed casinos, Cambodian authorities revoked 20 and suspended 29 licenses as part of a nationwide enforcement action against scam centers. The Ad Hoc Commission for Combating Online Scams shared that authorities conducted operations against 751 locations suspected of e…
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South Korea Becomes Latest to Seek Block against Polymarket as Platform Reach Shrinks
Polymarket has had a lot to celebrate in recent months – the return to the market in the United States has been its biggest and most important milestone to date. The company’s valuation is running in the billions, and there seems to be no legal hurdle back at home that is likely to stop the […]
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Denmark Goes After 98 Illegal Gambling Websites, Polymarket Blocked
Denmark continues to spearhead its efforts against the unregulated gambling sector, with the country now moving to block 98 websites that it deems to be offering unauthorized games of chance to citizens. Danish Gambling Authority blocks more illegal gambling websites Through a decision of the court in Frederiksberg on…
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Cambodia Revokes 20 Casino Licenses in Scam Center Crackdown
In Cambodia, 20 casinos have had their licenses revoked, while 29 other casino licenses have been put on hold, in a move that is part of an ongoing crackdown targeting technology-related scammers in the country. According to the state news agency, Agence Kampuchea Presse, the information was provided by the Secretaria…
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Asia Gaming eBrief: Gambling ad bill threatens Philippine player acquisition
In the Philippines, gambling advertising may be heading from tighter guardrails to a near blackout. A Senate bill would bar promotion and sponsorship across television, print, outdoor media, websites, apps and social platforms, potentially forcing licensed operators to rethink how they acquire players. In South Korea,…
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NC Education Lottery Announces New Round of Big Winners
The NC Education Lottery has, on August 18, unveiled two winners of seven-figure prizes. One of them won their prize from a scratch-off ticket, while the other scooped up theirs from Powerball. Charlotte Woman Won $1M from Scratcher The aforementioned scratch-off winner was revealed to be Stephenie Cunningham of Charl…
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Ras Al Khaimah, home to Wynn’s US$5.7 billion UAE resort, sees international visitation and hotel occupancy plummet in 1H26 on war impact
International visitation to Ras Al Khaimah – home to Wynn Resorts’ US$5.7 billion Wynn Al Marjan Island integrated resort development […]
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Foreign Worker Gambling Exclusions Rise in Singapore as Employers Seek Safeguards
Foreign workers in Singapore are being excluded from more gambling activities, but the increase does not necessarily mean that problem gambling is rising. National Council on Problem Gambling statistics show that employers are increasingly using exclusions as a preventive measure to protect workers. An estimated 24,00…
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Las Vegas Considers Imposing Fines on Airbnb for Unlicensed Property Ads
The Clark County Commission in Las Vegas is considering requiring short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb and Vrbo to assume financial liability for unlicensed properties advertised on their platforms, marking the county’s latest attempt to rein in short-term rentals. Why Does Clark County Want to Impose New Rules?…
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Chilean Senate Commission Questions Tax Rules for Foreign Online Betting Platforms
The Internal Revenue Service (SII) has released instructions for foreigners to register and pay taxes in Chile for their online betting platforms, so the matter has come up again in the Chilean Senate, where Karim Bianchi Retamales, president of the Public Security Commission, raised the issue. Bianchi formally asked …
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Game Nation contrata para reforçar seus compromissos de Responsabilidade Social
Ex-executivo da Paddy Power e da William Hill, Narinder 'Nindi' Dhanjal assume função que abrange conformidade regulatória, jogo responsável, licenciamento e tratamento de reclamações em toda a rede Game Nation The post Game Nation contrata para reforçar seus compromissos de Responsabilidade Social appeared first on B…
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Kalshi pulls sports "mention" markets amid federal regulatory review
Follows teleprompter betting controversy
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O problema de 174 bilhões com o streaming ilegal da Copa do Mundo
GCI estima 174,3 bilhões de visualizações de transmissões ilegais qualificadas em todo o mundo durante a Copa do Mundo da FIFA de 2026, com 95% delas contendo publicidade de jogos de azar não regulamentados The post O problema de 174 bilhões com o streaming ilegal da Copa do Mundo appeared first on BNLData.
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