Legal
February 20, 2020
Addison Global Remote Operations License Suspended In UK
The UK Gambling Commission has announced that the license of Addison Global, the company that owns the sports betting brand MoPlay, is being suspended until a review of the operator is completed, with the license suspension coming into effect immediately. Suspicion Of License Breach The news of the actions from the British gambling regulator, carrying […]
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February 19, 2020
Flutter TSG Merger Given The Go Ahead In Australia
FanDuel and Paddy Power Betfair owner, Flutter Entertainment, has announced their merger with the Stars Group has got an informal go-ahead from the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission, with the final outcome of the deal still pending on the approval from the Australian Foreign Investment Review Board and a number of international regulatory bodies where […]
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February 17, 2020
Gambling Expansion and Policy Study Group Formed in Alabama
Sports betting continues to gain momentum across the United States as more states make moves that are meant to capitalize on the highly lucrative market. Alabama has been one of the states that have been trailing behind in the country’s sports betting industry. The residents of the state seem to have discovered sports betting opportunities […]
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February 16, 2020
Colorado Gaming Regulator Expected to Issue First Sports Book Licenses
The gaming regulator in Colorado, the Colorado Limited Gaming Control Commission, is expected to hand out the first sports betting licenses that will give seven of the casinos in the state the right to operate retail and online sports betting. Barely Passing People’s Vote Back in November 2019, after Proposition DD passed by a narrow […]
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February 10, 2020
Iowa Issues $50,000 in Fines to Three Gambling Establishments
Iowa will seek to issue fees to any wrongdoers who may have been coloring around the lines of existing gaming regulation, the Iowa Racing and Gaming Commission (IRGC) said on Tuesday during its annual meeting. The regulator has already issued several penalties for the amount total of $50,000 with a number of established companies covering […]
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February 7, 2020
Daily Fantasy Sports Contests Declared Illegal By New York Court
Last Thursday, a New York State appeals court delivered a ruling that has cast yet another shadow of uncertainty on the future of daily fantasy sports betting in the state. According to the court’s ruling, a law that was signed by Governor Andrew M. Cuomo back in August 2016 is unconstitutional. The law in question […]
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February 5, 2020
Arizona Retail Sports Betting In Focus Again
Arizona is a state with a significant tribal presence, as currently 22 tribes are being recognized, 16 of them operating 25 tribal casinos in total, but none of these casinos offer sports betting operations, the latter being illegal, a fact that may soon change as the state Senate has been introduced with SB1525, the bill […]
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February 4, 2020
Colorado’s Less than Three Months Away from Sports Betting Launch
The state of Colorado is planning to be one of the latest to join legal sports betting with the official launch of the industry expected in late April. Colorado Gears Up for Sports Betting in Coming Months Colorado has missed out the big sports betting bonanza that is the Super Bowl where estimated $7 billion […]
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February 4, 2020
UK Gambling Commission Shows Resolve to Deal with Underage Betting
The recently announced punishments meted out by the UK Gambling Commission to 7 on-course bookmakers at Royal Ascot for failing a test for underage betting raised some issues in the gambling industry and spurred some rage from bookmakers’ organizations that they have not been treated fairly. Underage Gambling is Unacceptable During an enforcement action by […]
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February 3, 2020
The NCPG Asks Payment Providers to Stop Credit Cards for Gambling
The U.S. National Council on Problem Gambling has issued new regulatory measures, asking regulators and payment providers to first restrict gambling payments with certain methods and secondly disclose the relevant information to comply with safety measures. Problem Gambling Targeted Preemptively by National Council With sports gambling spreading across the United States and some 14 states […]