Articles by Arijit Roul
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HMRC’s £13.2m Remote Gaming Duty Claim on Promotional Free Spins Collapses at Upper Tribunal
On 25th September, the Upper Tribunal set aside the First-tier Tribunal's 2025 decision to disallow Jumpman Gaming's claim for the application of…
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Brazil Built a Betting Market, Regulated It, Then Banned It – Now the Courts Decide
ANJL filed ADI 8,027 and Anseja filed ADI 8,024 at the STF on September 28; both seek distribution to Justice Luiz Fux…
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BGC Wages a Human Campaign Against Machine Tax as Budget Day Looms
The BGC initiated its campaign “Back our Betting Shops” on 28 September, backed by EY modelling commissioned by the BGC which shows…
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Armenia Tells Unauthorised Gambling Businesses to Strip “Casino” From Their Names Before It’s Too Late!
From February 8, 2027, businesses that do not have a gambling license in Armenia will be fined AMD 500,000 for every use…
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Vietnam’s State Lottery Just Had Its Biggest Year – The Numbers Are Staggering
Vietnam's lottery revenue was $6.8B in 2025, which saw a 10.5% increase year-on-year, with total spending amounting to $52.7B from 2013 to…
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ThrillTech Flips the Tournament Model with ThrillArena
ThrillArena runs entirely on player side bets, removing the need for operators to fund tournament prize pools. The platform unifies SlotsArena, LiveArena,…
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Star Sydney’s Licence Suspension Extended to June 2027 as Fresh Governance Concerns Surface
NICC has now suspended the license of Star Sydney until 30 June 2027 and appointed Nick Weeks as the regulator-appointed manager. AUSTRAC…
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Hacker Reports Berlin Court Win Over MGA as Curaçao Regulator Weighs Its Own Legal Move
Wittmann says interim proceedings in case 7 O 254/26 eV at Berlin Regional Court II went in her favour, though the full…
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Brazil Killed Its Own Betting Market Before the Election – Here’s What Nobody Is Saying
Provisional Measure Number 1,394 was signed by President Lula on 25 September and immediately banned all fixed-odds betting and online casinos in…
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Anjouan Scrambles to Tighten Licence Rules as FATF Blows the Whistle on Gambling’s Dark Money Problem
FATF's September 2026 report drew on 80 jurisdictions and written input from 29 countries, identifying illegal offshore gambling as a risk that…
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Topdog Raises $2.5m With Involvement from FanDuel Investors
Boston Seed Capital, the Raine Group, and Bullpen Capital backed FanDuel and DraftKings early, according to Topdog's own announcement. All three are…
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Tabcorp Fined A$350k After Delayed MFA Left Some Customer Accounts Exposed
The VGCCC found Tabcorp failed to enforce mandatory MFA across all wagering accounts from 30 January to 23 June 2025, during which…
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Barry Diller Drops the $18bn MGM Bid, and Now the Casino Is Reportedly Eyeing Him Back
People Incorporated officially withdrew its $48.30 per share MGM offer on 23 September 2026, after four months of negotiations. Analysts had questioned…
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Gaming1 Locks Down a Belgian Licence That Cannot Simply Be Applied For
Gaming1 acquired 100% of Pac-Man NV on 22 September 2026, gaining the Belgian B+ online gaming licence B+4248 plus the physical gaming…
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Finland’s Gambling Rush: 75 Licence Applications and Zero Decisions, With the Clock Running
The Finnish NPB has received 75 gambling licence applications until September 2026, significantly exceeding the 40-60 range that had been predicted by…
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Fertitta’s $17.6bn Bid for Caesars Wins Over Shareholders’ Votes; but FTC Raises Concerns
There were 133.3 million votes in favour, which amounts to 65.4%, a sufficient majority in terms of outstanding shares, although all regulatory…
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South Korea Filed 14,000 Gambling Block Requests in Seven Weeks – The Sites Kept Moving
The National Gambling Control Commission made 14,199 requests for blocking in a targeted operation during the period of 8 June - 31…
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The Regulator Who Spent a Decade Pushing Meta Has Just Launched His Own Firm
GamReg Consulting launched 23 September 2026, with North American partners already engaged and Miller as founder and managing director. Gaming Compliance International…
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Germany’s GGL Wants Faster Enforcement Powers – The Treaty Review Will Need Better Data to Deliver Them
The GGL wants greater professional discretion within the GlüStV 2021 framework, arguing that even agreed-upon changes can take several years to clear…
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Chile Is Taxing Betting Operators While Blocking Their Websites – The Contradiction Has a Name
Under Resolution 69 of June 2, 2026, 39 betting platforms registered for Digital VAT with Chile's SII, while Subtel blocked 42 URLs…
