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BetConstruct’s B2C sports betting and igaming arm Vivaro Limited – trading as Vbet – will pay a £337,631 ($412,000/ €381,000) regulatory settlement to the Gambling Commission, due to anti-money laundering and player protection failings. The Gambling Commission said an investigation conducted in 2020 and 2021 uncovered “significant weaknesses” in the operator’s processes in relation to
Influencer Jake Paul’s microbetting start-up Betr will now begin accepting real-money deposits and withdrawals in Ohio, after a “soft launch” on 1 January. In August 2022, Paul – alongside SimpleBet founder and CEO Joey Levy – launched Betr, a microbetting offering, designed at allowing players to place bets on fast-resolving markets. Paul is president of
The New York Gaming Facility Board has officially opened the bidding process for three downstate commercial casinos. The board agreed to open a Request for Applications (RFA) by unanimous vote. This decision by the Board has been much anticipated. An amendment to the 2013 New York State Constitution permitted four upstate casinos in New York
Entain-MGM joint venture BetMGM has warned that “certain BetMGM patron records were obtained” in a data breach earlier this year. BetMGM said it believed the breach occurred in May of this year, though it only became aware of it last month. The breach allowed unauthorised personnel to see “personal information of some patrons such as
Payment providers in Sweden must provide information about the payments they process to authorities in order to help facilitate payment blocking for unlicensed operators, according to a law introduced by the government this week. According to law, authorities may block payments to operators that are found to be targeting the Swedish market without a licence.
The Digital, Media, Culture and Sport (DCMS) Select Committee has launched an inquiry into the government’s regulation of gambling, due to “warnings that more needs to be done to protect people”. The DCMS Select Committee is made up of 11 MPs – between the Conservative party, Labour Party, Scottish National Party and independents – that
German video game age rating body Unterhaltungssoftware Selbstkontrolle will start considering whether a game includes loot boxes as part of its age-rating system from 1 January. The body last week issued a reminder that new rules will apply to its age-rating system for video games from 1 January. It specifically noted that this system will
The Köln Regional Court has confirmed that a player has been reimbursed for €14,000 (£12,195/$14,845) after placing bets with unlicensed sports betting operator Brivio Limited. The plaintiff had participated in sports betting on Vulcanvegas.com between 2020 and 2022. This website is operated by Brivio Limited, which is based in Cyprus. The plaintiff’s losses were estimated
One in four players in Belgium who self-excluded using the national EPIS scheme still gambled while the block was in place, according to a new survey from the country’s Gaming Commission. The Gaming Commission published a report which included a survey of 272 players in Belgium who had self-excluded via EPIS. The majority of respondents
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has called for the European Commission to bring in EU-wide standards for markers of gambling harm, in order to help create consistent approaches to reducing harm across the continent. The European Committee for Standardisation (CEN) creates a number of European Standards, which are used in trade across member
