04/11/16 Rivers Casino of Des Plaines will pay a US$1.65 million fine The operator company, Rush Street Gaming, signed a legal agreement with the Illinois Gambling Board.
04/07/16 Tennessee AG declared fantasy sports “illegal gambling” Attorney General Herbert Slatery wrote an opinion on the issue claiming all fantasy sports contests are considered illegal gambling.
04/07/16 South Africa decides against legalising online gambling In the framework of the South Africa’s Plan for Online GamblingWell, the South African government objects legalising online activities.
04/07/16 Canada will offer gaming training The Canadian Gaming Association is a not-for-profit organization that was created with the fundamental goal of creating balance in the public dialogue about gaming in Canada.
04/07/16 New gambling regulations in the UK Gambling operators will be compelled to produce risk assessments to show how they are reducing gambling harm.
04/06/16 British Columbia to tackle money laundering The Canadian province’s authorities are determined to bust money laundering operations at casinos once and for all.
03/30/16 Online gambling taxes in Russia up to 100 percent The Russian government plans to increase taxes on online gambling revenue at least one hundred times higher than at present.
03/28/16 Leicester gambling industry under scrutiny The city council created a task group to investigate the consequences of gambling and its report on the activity has been released.
03/28/16 Crown against commissions on poker tournaments The group has been battling for three years the Victorian Commission for Gambling and Liquor Regulation regarding taxes on entry fees commissions.
03/28/16 Casino legalisation in Japan seems dead The Japanese government has hammered the last nail in the coffin of the gambling legislation.
03/28/16 DraftKings fulfills Massachusetts’ requirements The company is deeply focused on serving the customers protection plans in a country where daily fantasy sports have been regulated with few wins for the sector.
03/22/16 Daily Fantasy Sports shutted down in New York FanDuel and DraftKings accepted a settlement to quit doing business in New York as they wait for a resolution via new legislation on DFS.
03/22/16 Germany to double sport betting licenses After the European Union declared its gambling laws illegal, Germany agreed to double the number of sports betting licenses.
03/22/16 Missouri files bill to regulate Daily Fantasy Sports The proposal would tax and classify Daily Fantasy Sports as gambling.
03/21/16 Nevada exempts private casinos from publishing earnings data The Cosmopolitan and SLS Las Vegas casinos had previously asked the entity to keep some information private.
