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A dispute has broken out in Norway over the effectiveness of DNS blocking, exposing once again the growing divisions over the future of the country’s gambling monopoly. An investigation by Norwegian national broadcaster...
The UK gambling industry is licking its wounds after learning that it will be hit with yet another round of tax hikes, as industry analysts predict more doom and gloom for the sector. Labour Chancellor John Healey announ...
The issuing of what appears to be Finland’s first ever online gambling licence has caused confusion about how permissive officials will be about past grey market advertising. Last week, Wildz Group announced that it had...
Germany’s often-criticised online gambling rules are up for review this year, with the regulated industry hoping that a report due by the end of 2026 will recommend serious upgrades. Now over five years since the launch...
Gambling companies will, for the first time, be allowed to use masthead advertising on Youtube, as tech giant Google appears to take a step towards the regulated sector. From October 21 onwards, a new form of advertising...
The Dutch gambling regulator will be granted powers to fine Meta and others over black market ads, just as a trade group hauls the social media giant before a judge to answer for its alleged crimes. Politicians in The Ha...
Realising it faces an unwinnable uphill battle against European gambling regulators, predictions giant Polymarket is attempting to sidestep them completely by lobbying financial services watchdogs to allow it access to t...
The shoe finally is finally beginning to drop on UK gambling advertising, as the House of Lords publishes a report calling on the government to ban all forms of industry marketing. An influential committee from the upper...
The UK gambling industry has turned to a Ukrainian consultancy to scope what it says is a $50bn black market that preys on the most vulnerable in society. Great Britain-based trade group the Betting and Gaming Council (B...
Is Hungary’s gambling regulator set to be caught up in the new administration’s anti-corruption sweep, as the government orders an investigation into its destruction? Hungary’s government has begun an investigation into...
A court in Curaçao has confirmed that an operator based on the island must repay more than €90,000 in losses to a gambler in Germany, as player refund claims in the region begin to mount. After a series of lengthy appeal...
A Dutch university, with involvement from Spain’s regulator, has released a free algorithm which promises to detect risky gambling and allow operators to better protect consumers, in an open-source challenge to the priva...
The UK gambling industry has reacted with dismay to a verbal attack by new Prime Minister (PM) Andy Burnham, along with his promise to allow local authorities to close potentially thousands of betting shops. Burnham, who...
Austria has taken a major step towards the planned opening of its online casino market in 2027 by submitting its proposed legal amendments to the EU, but it reveals that any hopes of removing the controversial cooling off period have been dashed. On August 4, the Austrian government confirmed that it had sent the legal […]
Norway’s largest opposition party has renewed its attack on the country’s gambling monopoly, arguing that the nation should look to emulate its Scandinavian cousins and open up the online market. With Finland soon to shed its longtime gambling monopoly, Norway remains one of the few European nations to remain committed to a state-owned system. This […]
Any platform that hosts gambling advertising within the EU is at greater risk for enforcement following a landmark court ruling, with a particularly stark warning issued to the affiliate sector. In a ruling with implications far beyond the gambling industry, the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) ruled last week that Google is […]
The Czech Republic has banned Polymarket, adding it to a list largely populated by illicit online casinos, as yet another European country thumbs its nose at the predictions industry. On Monday July 13 the Czech Ministry of Finance quietly added Polymarket to its list of unauthorized gambling operators. Inclusion on the list requires action on […]
The UK Gambling Commission has tentatively introduced its much-feared Financial Risk Assessments (FRA), but despite the regulator tip-toeing across the start line, the industry remains convinced that the highly controversial policy will lead to disaster. The commission announced on Tuesday (July 7) that it will roll out its FRA project in three stages, with only […]
Crypto gambling is facing an inflection point, as longtime haven for the industry Curaçao finally steps up compliance requirements for the sector. This week saw the Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) unveiled a raft of requirements for crypto gambling operators regulated on the Caribbean island. The new rules require gambling companies to be significantly more aware […]
Malta’s Prime Minister has said his nation will veto any attempts by the EU to introduce a bloc-wide online gambling levy, threatening to place the industry at the centre of febrile European politics. Robert Abela has told Malta’s parliament that he would use his nation’s member state veto to block the passage of the next […]