The Macau government is about to allow exceptions to the proposed gambling advertising ban. Advertisers might showcase gaming equipment at exhibitions and conventions under these exceptions. Macau News Agency reported that the government released a summary report about the ban position. The report contains specifics on where advertisers could display their products. Current rules permit gaming concessionaires to […]

The Medium-Term Budget Forecast (2026-2028) shows changes to the Gambling Act. The variable state licence fee portion climbs from 20% to 25%. Finance Ministry officials revealed tax hikes for [gambling] operators. These modifications appear in the Medium-Term Budget Forecast covering 2026-2028. Amendments target the Gambling Act’s two-part state fee structure. Variable components jump from 20% to 25% […]

Bangladesh Bank sent orders to Mobile Financial Service providers. The providers must stop all money transfers for online gambling immediately. The central bank wrote to 13 MFS companies after the ICT Division gave instructions. Officials want strong action against this illegal activity. The directive contains these requirements: MFS providers will find accounts that send gambling […]

APG Chair Philip McGuigan MLA signed a letter warning that matching tax rates for online betting and gaming gives operators reasons to push customers toward online casino games and slots. Northern Ireland Assembly’s All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling told the UK Chancellor to drop remote gambling tax harmonisation plans. The group warns this […]

The Cases.gg website targets the Swedish market without a proper licence. CGG Entertainment Ltd is registered in Cyprus and operates cases.gg platform. Players join lotteries for goods and buy mystery boxes there. Stakes get lost or prizes get won through these games. The Swedish Gambling Authority, Spelinspektionen, investigated this company’s operations. These games reached Swedish players without […]

Police take KRW 200m (US$146,000) and preserve KRW 1.9bn in assets. South Korean police arrested seven individuals for operating large-scale illegal gambling ring. The ring used a fake home trading system (HTS) to simulate overseas futures trading. The Chosun Daily reported this news. Incheon Metropolitan Police Agency announced the suspects included a man in his 40s identified […]

American MMA fighter Isaac Dulgarian, also known as The Midwest Choppa, has been dropped by the UFC after suspicious betting activity was linked to his recent fight. The 27-year-old fought Yadier Del Valle in Las Vegas over the weekend in a match that has caught the attention of the UFC and betting regulators. Before the […]

Slovak President Peter Pellegrini has turned down a new gambling bill recently passed by Parliament and sent it back for more work. The bill was meant to open Slovakia’s online gambling market and update the country’s gambling rules. But the President said he could not approve it because he is worried about people’s safety and […]

A U.S. federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit accusing Roblox of allowing children to gamble using its virtual currency, Robux. The class action, filed by parents in August 2023, claimed that minors used Robux to gamble on third-party websites and that Roblox knowingly allowed it while profiting from transaction fees. The case was heard in […]

Romania’s National Office for Gambling (ONJN) has blacklisted the Polymarket platform for operating without a valid gambling license. The regulator said the move followed an increase in Polymarket’s activity during the country’s recent elections. Data from the platform showed that total betting volume passed $600 million during the presidential elections, with over $15 million wagered […]