Arijit Roul

A study from the Belgian Association of Licensed Gaming Operators (BAGO) finds that 25% of gamblers in Belgium use sites without a local license. BAGO reports this causes harm to Belgium’s regulated gambling sector and puts consumer safety and vulnerable users at risk. Numbers in the research show self-excluded users face a big issue. About […]

A federal judge did not decide if Stake.us sweepstakes casino broke the law. Instead, the judge sent the dispute to arbitration. This is a key procedural result for Sweepsteaks Ltd, the parent company. mLast week, the US District Court for the Central District of California accepted Sweepsteaks’ request for arbitration. Now the case pauses while […]

Vietnam’s Ministry of Public Security, together with Laos police, acted to end a cross-border gambling ring that added up to around US$50 million (about VND1.3 trillion), according to the ministry’s report on Friday. The Criminal Police Department put legal procedures in motion for 31 suspects — 27 for organised gambling, 4 for gambling — linked […]

KUALA LUMPUR: Police stopped an online gambling call centre after raiding an office on Jalan Tun Razak. City Police Chief Datuk Rusdi Mohd Isa reported that a team from Wangsa Maju and Kuala Lumpur Criminal Investigation Department’s Anti-Vice, Secret Societies and Gambling (D7) Unit carried out the operation at 11.30 am today. Operation and Arrests […]

A revised bill plans to ban betting advertising during live sports and set time limits for operator ads and will proceed to the Senate Plenary. Brazil’s Sports Commission made a decision on Wednesday to pass a proposal that adds new limits on betting advertisements in the country. Senator Carlos Portinho gave Bill 2,985/2023 a positive […]

During the illegal betting investigation by the Istanbul Chief Public Prosecutor’s Office, officials issued detention orders for 13 suspects, including Ahmed Faruk Karslı, who owns Papara. The operation began at 05:00 in the morning; eight companies, one yacht, five boats, three safes, seventy-four vehicles, and eight properties linked to suspects were taken by authorities. TMSF […]

The regulated gambling market in Sweden recorded SEK 6.61 billion ($693.4 million) in Q1 2025, based on new data from Spelinspektionen, the Swedish Gambling Authority. The figures show a 0.9% fall from SEK 6.67 billion seen by the industry in Q1 2024. At the same time, the authority reported that 125,000 people were listed with […]

Betfair is winding down its current affiliate marketing programme for media partners in the UK and Ireland; this is a strategic action from Flutter Entertainment to merge all affiliate services on one technical platform for higher efficiency. Starting 1 July 2025, Betfair will end its legacy UK and Irish affiliate activities and will remove those […]

A South Korean man in his fifties, who stood at the top of a criminal network, got charged after leading operations to create and sell illegal gambling sites. Investigators said North Korean hackers from the Munitions Industry Department’s 313 Bureau helped him, and these hackers worked inside China. Seoul Central District Prosecutors’ Office indicted this […]

A network of criminals has created a hidden gambling operation worth millions of euros, including illegal lotto and sports bets, while the authorities, even the police, do nothing to stop them. The Shift discovered that the Financial Intelligence Analysis Unit (FIAU) began an investigation in 2020, just after Melvin Theuma, the link in Daphne Caruana […]