12/05/21 South Africa: KwaZulu-Natal to raise gaming taxes The amended KwaZulu-Natal Gaming and Betting bill raises taxes across casino gaming, machines, bingo and fixed odds bets.
12/03/21 Ohio lawmakers hope to pass sports betting bill this month If the House and the Senate approves sports betting before the year ends, it could be launched by January 1, 2023.
12/03/21 Finnish committee says gaming payment blocks could breach constitution Finland’s Constitutional Committee has opposed an amendment to Finland’s Lotteries Act that would block payments to all gaming operators other than state-controlled Veikkaus.
12/03/21 Key meeting debates gambling bill in Brazil The deputy Bacelar, from the Podemos-BA block, and representatives of the Federal Revenue Service met to discuss the regulatory framework.
12/03/21 EGBA calls for standardised protection for European gamblers The EGBA has warned that consumer protection rules vary widely across EU member states.
12/01/21 Georgian prime minister presents draft gaming legislation The new legislation would increase taxes on the gaming sector, restrict advertising and ban under 25s from gambling.
11/30/21 UK government to hold first National Lottery committee hearing The DCMS’s committee hearing on Camelot’s performance in raising funds for good causes will inform the National Lottery licence competition.
11/30/21 Bacta calls for regulatory sandbox to allow trials of new products The association wants the British amusement sector to have the flexibility to be able to try out new gaming machine innovations.
11/30/21 EGBA supports new EU AML framework in consultation response The European Gaming and Betting Association (EGBA) has said it believes the European Commission’s proposed new anti-money laundering (AML) framework will lead to more consistency across the bloc.
11/25/21 Bookmakers claim illegal casinos “rife” in Northern Ireland Two bookmakers have told Stormont that legal bingo and gaming premises are hosting illegal operations at night.
11/25/21 UK may double charity lottery sales limit The government has confirmed that it is considering plans to double the charity lottery sales limit to £100m per year.
11/24/21 Operators blast call for ban on gambling ads in Germany The sports betting trade association DSWV has criticised Bremen interior minister Ulrich Mäurer’s proposal to ban all gambling ads.
11/24/21 Germany’s Thüringia proposes monopoly on online table games A bill submitted to the European Commission would introduce operating conditions for the online table games.
11/24/21 Online casino to be banned in Georgia Prime minister Irakli Gharibashvili has ordered his government to ban online casino in Georgia, adopting the toughest stance of any Eastern European state.
11/16/21 West Virginian council divided over video lottery proposal Members of the council were evenly divided in a vote.
