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A draft amendment to the Czech Republic’s Gambling Act looks to fine-tune the country’s current legislative measures. The proposed amendments follow a review of Czech Republic’s Gambling Act, in force since 1 January 2017. The Impact Assessment of the Regulation of the Act on Gambling and Related Legislation (RIA) aims to increase player safety and
Chile’s gambling regulator, the Superintendency of Gaming Casinos (SCJ) and the country’s National Consumer Service (SERNAC) have warned of an increased number of internet gaming scams. SCJ said that these scams are only possible due to the gaming sites being illegal in the first place. The regulator used the opportunity to warn the public about
A consortium of Belgium sports teams and gaming operators have been defeated in a legal bid challenging the Royal Decree that will ban gambling advertising on 1 July. On 29 June, the Court of First Instance of Tournai rejected the arguments of the operators and sports teams on the grounds that the decree was lawful
In a landmark ruling, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals have reversed a lower court’s decision, clearing the way for the Seminole Tribe to offer sports betting statewide in Florida. Today, the D.C. Circuit Court released its ruling on the Florida sports betting case, saying the Seminoles should be permitted to operate mobile sports betting
Jorg Sibbel, the chair of German gambling regulator Gemeinsamen Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) will exit the organisation on 1 July, to be replaced by Udo Götze, state secretary in the Thuringian Ministry of the Interior and Municipal Affairs. Six months on from the GGL taking over all tasks as gambling regulator, the body will be
The Higher Administrative Court of the State of Saxony-Anhalt has ruled that the German gaming regulator the Glücksspielbehörde der Länder (GGL) does indeed have the power to impose advertising restrictions. When the GGL granted gambling operators the right to offer online games of chance it did so through permits that included provisions. These provisions imposed
The Gambling Regulators’ European Forum (GREF) has elected French regulator l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux’s (ANJ) Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin to serve as the organisation’s chairwoman. The GREF General Assembly also elected a new board consisting of senior regulatory officials from around Europe. Founded in 1989, the forum acts as venue where European gambling regulators communicate and collaborate
Chairman of Dutch gambling regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) René Jansen said that the organisation would only be able to provide “limited” guidance regarding the implementation of the upcoming untargeted ad ban. Jansen – speaking at the Gaming in Holland annual conference – outlined the KSA’s thinking regarding the upcoming gambling ad ban, which is due to
Detectives of the Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine (ESBU) uncovered an underground casino as well as seven other gambling establishments in the Kyiv region. During the course of the operation, the ESBU raided eight addresses. Evidence seized through these searches included approximately 100 computers, a number of poker tables and playing cards and chips. The
Entain says it is working to resolve an HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) investigation into its Turkish operations but warned it could face a “substantial” penalty over alleged misconduct by employees and third-party suppliers. In November 2019, the group’s Entain Holdings UK Limited subsidiary received a production order from HMRC to provide information relating to
