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Victoria to inaugurate new gaming watchdog featuring bespoke casino unit

Adam Morgan
Australia, Casino News, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, Economy/Finance, Licenses, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation
As part of its ongoing investigation into the license suitability of Crown Resorts Limited and the government for the southern Australian state of Victoria has reportedly announced that it is to establish a ded...

China records significant increase in prosecutions of gambling-related crimes

Adam Morgan
Gaming Law & Legislation, Latest Casino and Gambling News, China, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, Illegal Bookmaking, Unlicensed Operation, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Crime, Financial Fraud
In China and the Supreme People’s Procuratorate has reportedly announced that it prosecuted 46,575 people over the course of the first six months of 2021 for gambling-related crimes. According to a report fr...

Malta facing Macolin Convention ratification pressure

Adam Morgan
Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, Economy/Finance, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Taxation, Crime, Licensing, Malta
The government of Malta may reportedly soon give in to external pressure and ratify the Council of Europe’s anti-match-fixing Macolin Convention initiative despite a long-standing disagreement regarding what sh...

Netherlands to launch new fast-track reporting system to combat match-fixing

Adam Morgan
Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Crime, Netherlands
In the Netherlands and a prominent government minister has reportedly announced that his nation intends to premiere a fast-track reporting system so as to help combat suspected instances of match-fixing. Acc...

In Touch Games Limited penalized by the Gambling Commission

Adam Morgan
Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Licensing, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, Netherlands, United Kingdom
In the United Kingdom and online casino operator In Touch Games Limited has been officially sanctioned by the Gambling Commission regulator for shortcomings in its social responsibility, anti-money laundering a...

Crown Resorts Limited keen to begin offering ‘cashless’ play in Australia

Adam Morgan
Latest Casino and Gambling News, Casino proposals, Gaming Law & Legislation, Australia, Casino News, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, Economy/Finance, Licenses, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation
In Australia and casino operator Crown Resorts Limited reportedly soon intends to begin offering ‘cashless’ play at its trio of domestic properties while ceasing the use of foreign junket firms. According to...

LeoVegas AB hit with Spelinspektionen due diligence penalty

Adam Morgan
Sweden, Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Crime, Licensing, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation
In Sweden and prominent iGaming operator LeoVegas AB has reportedly been ordered to pay a fine of approximately $238,100 for allegedly breaching customer due diligence protocols associated with the nation’s ant...