Gambling Clear News
SkyCity Entertainment Group has agreed to temporarily close its land-based casino in the New Zealand city of Auckland in line with a licence suspension settlement with the country’s secretary of internal affairs. Under the arrangement, SkyCity Auckland will close for five consecutive days this year. It is not clear when this will happen, but it
The Australia Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has requested the blocking of a further two websites after deeming they have been offering gambling in the country illegally. ACMA is calling for internet service providers (ISPs) to block Richard Casino and Wanted Win. Both websites have been operating in breach of the Australia Interactive Gambling Act
The decision by lawmakers in Illinois to push ahead with an increase in sports betting tax could push other states across the US to take similar action, an analyst from consultancy B Global has warned. Last week, the Illinois house of representatives passed a progressive wagering tax rate. This will see the state’s most prolific sports
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) has published its consultation response on land-based casino measures, which will lift the ban on the use of debit cards on gaming machines. The consultation response was published today (16 May). This forms part of the government’s smarter regulation programme of regulatory reform measures. The reform was
Senator Jorge Kajuru has requested Brazil’s federal police to investigate John Textor, the owner of football club Botafogo de Futebol e Regatas, after Textor made match-fixing allegations against the São Paulo and Palmeiras football teams. Kajuru – a senator for the Brazilian state of Goiás – confirmed the report during a senate plenary meeting yesterday
A former DraftKings employee has accused the company of “aggressive smearing” of his reputation in a response to attempts to block him from working with Fanatics. Michael Hermalyn worked at DraftKings as senior vice-president of both its business development and growth departments, spending three and a half years with the company. Hermalyn then departed for
The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has welcomed the European Parliament’s approval of introducing a standardised electronic identification method called a “European Digital Identity” (e-ID). The EGBA-endorsed move would oblige states in the European Union (EU) to issue an e-ID to citizens. This would allow them to authenticate their identity for online services. e-IDs
Measures brought about by Franc Weerwind, the Netherlands’ minister of legal protection, to improve safer gambling practices have been submitted to the European Commission and are now up for consultation. Weerwind first announced the measures – which would amend aspects of the Remote Gambling Act (KOA) – in December. The submission to the European Commission
During a parliamentary debate, Philip Davies MP branded the GB Gambling Commission and the UK government’s affordability checks proposals as “completely unacceptable”. The debate took place yesterday (26 February), after a petition on the matter registered by Jockey Club chief executive Nevin Truesdale reached the 100,000 signature-threshold in November. This is the amount of signatures
