10/12/21 UK: Gambling Commission to probe unlicensed site Sorare.com The British regulator said it would investigate whether Sorare.com should have a Gambling Commission licence to be able to operate in Britain.
10/11/21 Dutch minister questions lottery promotion on mental health site The charity MIND has removed promotion of the Dutch National Lottery from its site following criticism.
10/10/21 Germany: no online casino licences granted in Sachsen-Anhalt The German state has published its whitelist of licenced operators, and it contains no slots, table games or poker operators.
10/10/21 Cypriot minister stresses need for national responsible gambling mechanism Speaking at the opening of a problem gambling treatment centre, the deputy tourism minister said Cyprus needed an effective mechanism to ensure responsible gambling.
10/10/21 Bermudan senate OKs law to ban MPs from Casino Gaming Commission The new amendments clarify that members of Bermuda’s parliament cannot sit on the territory’s gaming regulator.
10/08/21 UK gambling minister calls for industry data-sharing solution The UK gambling minister Chris Philp has called on the gambling industry to come up with a solution to share data on player spending after the ICO gave its support to a single customer view.
10/07/21 MGA adds suppliers to rules for reporting suspicious betting The MGA’s sports betting integrity department has amended its rules for the reporting of suspicious betting.
10/07/21 Kenya considers daytime gambling ban A bill introduced at the Nairobi County Assembly proposes restrictions on gambling between 6am and 8pm.
10/07/21 Swedish regulator could gain powers to block all unlicensed gaming A report from the Swedish government suggested the regulator could be given powers to block all unlicensed gaming offerings irrespective of whether they are found to be actively targeting Swedish players.
10/06/21 UAB Baltic Bet fined for breaching regulations in Lithuania Lithuania’s Gambling Supervisory Authority has fined UAB Baltic Bet €12,450 for “organising gambling outside of gambling regulations.”
10/06/21 Swiss regulators add dozens more sites to blacklists The Swiss gaming regulators ESBK and Gespa have added close to 50 more igaming sites to their blacklists.
10/06/21 Lithuania: anti-corruption body opposes online-only gambling licences Lithuania’s Special Investigation Service has warned that online-only gambling licences would favour online operators over land-based operators.
10/05/21 Dutch igaming bodies publish voluntary draft code of conduct The two major Dutch trade bodies have not yet managed to agree on a definitive agreement but say operators will abide by a voluntary draft code of conduct.
10/04/21 Assembly approves restrictions on gambling adverts in Portugal Four separate bills proposed restrictions on the time of day that gambling adverts can be shown in Portugal.
10/03/21 Dutch online gambling goes live after last-minute delay The many delays to the launch of regulated igaming in the Netherlands continued up to the last minute due to a technical fault on the day of launch.
