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Cyprus benefitting from significant growth of the local gambling industry

October 5, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Cyprus, Economy/Finance

In Cyprus and the value of the local gambling industry reportedly more than doubled over the course of the five years from 2016 to account for roughly 2.98% of the island nation’s most recent annual gross domes...

Kindred Group temporarily halts services to Dutch players

Adam Morgan

October 4, 2021

Online gaming software, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Licensing, Netherlands

Prominent iGaming operator Kindred Group has announced that it has temporarily ceased offering its services to punters in the Netherlands as it works towards obtaining a local online gambling license. The Sw...

Dutch iGaming advertising code slammed by the Consumentenbond watchdog

Adam Morgan

October 1, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Licensing, Netherlands

The consumer protections watchdog for the Netherlands has reportedly slated the new set of advertising rules for the nation’s just-premiered online gaming sector by describing the regulations as ‘no good.' A...

Dutch Gaming Authority approves 10 online gaming licenses ahead of industry launch

Sadonna Price

September 29, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Licenses, Netherlands

The Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) has decided to approve 10 online gaming operators for licensing in the Netherlands. The new industry is set to launch on October 1, with license holders able to offer games of chanc...

Florida gaming compact becomes the subject of a second federal lawsuit

Adam Morgan

September 28, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Tribal Gaming, Casino News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Sports betting, Florida, Online Gambling News, Mergers, Acquisitions & Partnerships, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

A pair of prominent gambling critics in Florida are reportedly serving as primary backers for a new federal lawsuit that is aiming to stop the southern state from becoming that latest to launch some form of onl...

LRWC planning to debut GSports online sportsbook in the Philippines

Adam Morgan

September 28, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gaming software, Online gambling regulation, New online casinos, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Mobile gaming, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Sports betting, Licensing, Taxes, Philippines

In the Philippines and prominent gaming operator Leisure and Resorts World Corporation (LRWC) has reportedly announced that it has received the appropriate license to launch a new domestic retail and online spo...

Finland’s new Lottery Act to include payment blocking and slot ad ban

Sadonna Price

September 28, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Finland

The Lottery Act in Finland includes the regulations that the country uses within its gaming market. recently, government officials have sent proposals to Parliament for the Lottery Act in which changes would be...

China reiterates nationwide cryptocurrency prohibition

Adam Morgan

September 27, 2021

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The central bank for China has reportedly issued an official statement in order to remind citizens that it remains illegal to conduct transactions using a digital currency or engage in any form of cryptocurrenc...

Anti-money laundering reminder for Denmark’s iGaming operators

Adam Morgan

September 27, 2021

Denmark, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, Economy/Finance, Crime

A little over two months after updating its rules covering bonuses and promotional offers and the gaming regulator for Denmark is now reminding locally-licensed iGaming operators of their duties when it comes t...

Gambling Commission regulator fines Lottoland.co.uk operator

Adam Morgan

September 24, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News, Crime, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation, United Kingdom

In the United Kingdom and the Gambling Commission regulator has ordered online casino operator EU Lotto Limited to pay a fine of £760,000 ($1.04 million) for failings in its anti-money laundering and social res...

Online gaming site coming to Saskatchewan via Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations

Sadonna Price

September 24, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, New online casinos, Canada, Saskatchewan, The Players Lounge, Online Gambling News

Visitors and residents of Saskatchewan will eventually have access to a new online gaming site thanks to a new deal that was signed by the province and the Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations. An amendme...

Philippines initiates new tax regime for POGO license holders

Adam Morgan

September 23, 2021

Latest Casino and Gambling News, Gaming Law & Legislation, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, Taxation, Online Gambling News, Philippines

In the Philippines and President Rodrigo Duterte (pictured) has reportedly signed legislation into law to institute a new tax regime for those firms holding a Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) license....

Norway floats legislation to begin blocking unlicensed iGaming domains

Adam Morgan

September 22, 2021

Norway, Gaming Law & Legislation, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, The Players Lounge, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Licensing

The government for Norway is reportedly planning to introduce legislation that would compel local Internet service providers to exploit domain name system (DNS) obstruction software in order to block unlicensed...

Belgian court confirms mandated separation of online gaming products

Adam Morgan

September 21, 2021

Gaming Law & Legislation, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Belgium, Gaming Industry News, Economy/Finance, The Players Lounge, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Fines, Lawsuits & Litigation

In Belgium and the Constitutional Court has reportedly affirmed an earlier ruling to annul a section of the nation’s Gambling Act of 1999 and prohibit locally-licensed iGaming operators from offering sportsbett...

Swedish iGaming regulator issues updated anti-money laundering guidance

Adam Morgan

September 20, 2021

Sweden, Gaming Law & Legislation, Latest Casino and Gambling News, Online gambling regulation, Gaming Industry News, Money Laundering, Economy/Finance, Licenses, The Players Lounge, Sports betting, Online Gambling News, Crime

In Sweden and the Spelinspektionen regulator has announced the release of new guidance that has been designed to help locally-licensed iGaming operators more effective counter money laundering and terrorist fin...

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Kindred Group temporarily halts services to Dutch players

Dutch iGaming advertising code slammed by the Consumentenbond watchdog

Dutch Gaming Authority approves 10 online gaming licenses ahead of industry launch

Florida gaming compact becomes the subject of a second federal lawsuit

LRWC planning to debut GSports online sportsbook in the Philippines

Finland’s new Lottery Act to include payment blocking and slot ad ban

China reiterates nationwide cryptocurrency prohibition

Anti-money laundering reminder for Denmark’s iGaming operators

Online gaming site coming to Saskatchewan via Federation of Sovereign Indigenous Nations

Philippines initiates new tax regime for POGO license holders

Norway floats legislation to begin blocking unlicensed iGaming domains

Belgian court confirms mandated separation of online gaming products

Swedish iGaming regulator issues updated anti-money laundering guidance

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