Look here to stay abreast of breaking industry news related to the actions of lawmakers who create and codify the rules and regulators who enforce them. The Gambling Commission in the UK features prominently in this section due to the age and maturity of the marketplace there, but you can stay up to date around the globe by bookmarking this section.
From homegrown initiatives at the ballot box in rural America, to the fate of th six concessionaires in Macau as their licenses are set to expire betwwen 2020 nad 2022, to Asian marketplaces like Japan and Vietnam that are set to change the world casino landscape, you'll find all the news that's fit print here. Complementary sections include the over arching Gaming Industry News section as well as Licenses, Taxation, and Online Gambling Regulation.
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.
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The American state of Massachusetts may soon become the latest to legalize sportsbetting after legislators announced that they have begun considering a measure that would allow anyone over the age of 21 to plac...
In the American city of Chicago and politicians are reportedly considering new legislation that would legalize sportsbetting and subsequently give five area professional sports facilities permission to host lan...
The four-member Virginia Lottery Board has reportedly approved a wide-ranging set of proposed rules that have been designed to regulate how the southern state’s soon-to-premiere collection of five commercial la...
Authorities in Poland have reportedly issued a statement reiterating their stand that residents who play on an unlicensed online casino are breaking the law and could be hit with a financial penalty worth the e...
The 13 licensed online casino and sportsbetting operators in the American state of Michigan saw their aggregated gross gaming revenues for June decrease by a little less than one percent month-on-month to hit $...
Attendees at the first day of the Indian Gaming Tradeshow and Convention reportedly heard how casino-operating tribes in California and Arizona are working towards bringing legalized sportsbetting to their venu...
Sports betting is quickly growing in the United States, as more individual states get started in the legalization process. Both South Dakota and Wyoming are making progress in an effort to go live with services...
In Japan and legislation is set to take effect from Monday that will lay out the basic rules governing the nation’s planned trio of integrated casino resorts as well as the specific duties and responsibilities ...
In the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands and a pair of senators have reportedly launched official legislation that could see the remote American territory offer up a second casino license.
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In a break from its long-held opposition to online gambling and American land-based casino operator Las Vegas Sands Corporation has recently disclosed that it intends to ‘become a strategic investor in digital ...
The gaming regulator for Denmark has reportedly announced a change to its advertising rules that will require operators to make the proceeds from most of their promotional offers and bonuses available for at le...
In the African nation of Nigeria and the government has reportedly announced that it is soon planning to launch its Central Monitoring System so as to help unlock the huge potential of lotteries as a generator ...
The government for Singapore has reportedly proposed a series of amendments to its laws that would legalize some forms of social gaming while simultaneously placing caps on video game ‘loot boxes’ and other ass...
Last week it was announced that Governor Jay Inslee signed a total of 15 tribal sports betting compacts. This step is the latest in a series of steps to see tribes in the state begin offering sports betting ser...