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12.05.2025Legal

AUSTRAC Expands Fintel Alliance to Strengthen Financial Crime Intelligence

A model for partnership-based crime prevention Fintel Alliance, launched in 2017,
12.05.2025Legal

Afghanistan Suspends Chess Over Gambling Concerns Under Taliban Rule

Chess banned under morality law The announcement was confirmed by Atal Mashwani,...
12.05.2025Legal

Private Operators Push for Access to British Columbia Online Gambling Market

Private Firms Seek a Regulated Market in B.C. British Columbia remains one of Canada’s few provinces operating a single-operator model in the online gambling space....
12.05.2025Legal

Betca Removes Ad After Ksa Warning

Ad Appeared in Non-Gambling Mobile Game The incident involved a gambling advertisement that appeared in Tiny Tower, a mobile game not related to gambling. Dutch...
09.05.2025Legal

Kindred’s Spooniker Fined SEK 10 Million Over Repeated Due Diligence Failures

Penalty for Due Diligence Breaches Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Authority, has fined Spooniker SEK 10 million (approximately €920,000) for failing to carry out adequate customer...
09.05.2025Legal

Alberta Approves Online Gambling Law to Open Market to Private Operators

Legislative Approval Clears Path for Market Liberalisation Alberta’s Legislative Assembly has approved Bill 48 – the iGaming Alberta Act – in its third and final...
09.05.2025Legal

Ng Wai Han Takes the Helm of Macau’s Gaming Regulator

Leadership Change at a Crucial Time Ng Wai Han has been officially appointed director of Macau’s Gaming Inspection and Coordination Bureau (DICJ), marking a historic...
09.05.2025Legal

Bank of Ireland Introduces Gambling Payment Block for Customers

Regulator Engages Financial Sector on Gambling Harm In recent months, the GRAI has engaged with the Irish Banking Culture Board, the Banking and Payments Federation...
09.05.2025Legal

Romania Urged to Introduce National Gambling Self-Exclusion Register

EGBA Highlights the Importance of Self-Exclusion Tools Speaking to Antena 3, one of Romania’s leading news outlets, Maarten Haijer emphasized the need for a centralized...
09.05.2025Online Casino

Content-based marketing. The secret behind Stake’s success

How did Stake dominate social media? Stake.com entered the market in 2017 as an online casino and sports betting operator, enabling wagers with cryptocurrencies. The...
08.05.2025Legal

Spain Issues Over €77 Million in Fines to Online Gambling Operators

The Dirección General de Ordenación del Juego (DGOJ), part of Spain’s Ministry of Social Rights, Consumer Affairs and Agenda 2030, has issued sanctions totalling €77.4 million...
07.05.2025Legal

Indonesia Freezes 5,000 Bank Accounts in Crackdown on Online Gambling

Coordinated Effort Targets Gambling Networks The Financial Transaction Reports and Analysis Center (PPATK), Indonesia’s financial intelligence agency, initiated the account freezes beginning in February. The...