Legal
February 23, 2023
Federal Court Hinders Potential Sports Betting Expansion in Washington
The Seattle Times reported that the recent ruling by the federal court has dealt a blow to those who were hoping to expand sports gambling throughout Washington state. The Court Cited Sovereign Immunity as One of the Main Reasons for Its Decision Maverick Gaming, which owns and operates a number of card rooms throughout Washington, […]
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February 22, 2023
New Bill Seeks Sports Betting Exclusivity for Minnesota Tribes
A newly-proposed sports betting bill to the Senate in Minnesota seeks to grant the state’s tribes exclusive rights to offer both brick-and-mortar and mobile sports betting. The New Bill Proposal Introduced by Rep. Zach Stephenson, the proposal will authorize Minnesota’s eleven tribes to operate sports wagering, allowing residents to place bets at their tribal casinos […]
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February 22, 2023
Proposal in Connecticut Calls for Tough Gambling Ad Regulation
The state is one of the few that currently offers not only online gambling but retail, as well as online sports betting services. It was back in October 2021 when Connecticut launched its regulated online gambling and sports betting market. Not unexpectedly, the activity is restricted to people under the age of 21, which is […]
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February 22, 2023
Betr License at Risk after New Breaches Were Identified
The Australian sports betting operator betr landed in hot water after two new regulation breaches were identified. Both violations were described as “serious,” meaning that betr’s license might be on the line. Betr Is in Trouble for Breaching the Code Despite being a fairly new operator, betr is already under scrutiny for having breached the […]
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February 22, 2023
Spam Rules Breach Lands BetDeluxe with AU$50K Fine in Australia
The fine amounts to roughly $35,000 US dollars and was handed down to the entity for sending more than 104,000 SMS promotional materials without offering the option to unsubscribe, the Australian Communications and Media Authority reported. Promotional Messages Fail to Offer Consumers a Way Out BetDeluxe also failed to include sender information in nearly 820,000 […]
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February 21, 2023
Prosser Veterans Worker Steals $300K from Employer
Sara Lee Moon, who has been working as a gambling manager at the Prosser Veterans of Foreign Wars Post, has been detained due to allegations of first-degree theft. Moon is being held at the Benton County Jail. The Theft Was Discovered after Routine Check from Washington State Gambling Commission Back in February 2022, the Washington […]
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February 20, 2023
Lawmakers in North Carolina Expected to File Mobile Betting Bill
After legalizing sports betting back in the summer of 2019, the state introduced the activity in March 2021. The legislation enabled tribal casino operators to offer the activity but restricted it to retail-only betting. As a result, the residents of North Carolina can visit Harrah’s Cherokee Casino Resort, Harrah’s Cherokee Valley River and Catawba Two […]
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February 20, 2023
MGA Cancels BetDino’s Gaming Authorization
The Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has announced that the cancellation of BetDino Ltd’s authorization MGA/B2C/276/2014 has already gone into effect starting January 18, 2023. However, the decision to suspend the operator’s business-to-commercial gaming service license was only recently announced by the gaming authority. The ruling came as a result of BetDino Ltd failing to comply […]
Legal
February 20, 2023
Efforts to Legalize Online Gambling in New York Continue
Online gambling or iGaming has been gaining popularity in the last decade. The global COVID-19 pandemic helped push the interest toward online gambling even further, yet, not many US states currently offer the activity. Keeping in mind the economic impact of the pandemic, New York enjoyed fresh tax proceeds after introducing mobile sports betting early […]
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February 17, 2023
William Hill Investigation into Cash Voucher Fraud Uncovers More Accomplices
The Las Vegas Review-Journal confirmed Thursday that more individuals, allegedly involved in the embezzlement scheme against William Hill were identified. This takes the number of people, involved in the scheme to a total of five. The new report confirms that Persha Stanley and Anthony Cuddeback are the two individuals charged on Monday for their alleged […]
