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Star Entertainment Ordered To Pay AU$260 Million Over Money-Laundering Failures
Australia’s Federal Court has imposed an AU260 million (182 million) penalty on The Star Entertainment Group for breaches of anti-money laundering and…
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UK Gambling Industry Warns MGD Increase Could Accelerate Illegal Market Growth
UK gambling businesses and advisers have warned that raising machine games duty (MGD) to 25% could intensify pressure on licensed operators and…
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UK Betting Industry Warns Machine Duty Increase Threatens Shops And Jobs
Britain’s betting industry has criticised the increase in machine games duty (MGD) from 20% to 25%, warning of further closures, employment losses…
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Italy Probe Alleges ADM Official Helped Slot-Machine Network Evade Inspections
Italian prosecutors allege that an ADM official accepted payments to disclose inspection information to a network suspected of tampering with gaming machines…
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Tether.bet Faces Scrutiny Over Documents Used To Obtain Curaçao Licence
Tether.bet allegedly obtained its Curaçao licence using false documents, according to an investigation discussed by SBC News. The high-stakes operator closed in…
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Finland Approves 18 Gambling Licences From 81 Applications
Only 18 of 81 hopefuls have got their licence and we're expecting each one to take a whopping six to eight months.…
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Paraguay Plans New Gambling Regulator Amid Oversight Concerns
Just a handful of officials, 12 of them in total, are keeping an eye on gambling across the whole country in 263…
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Chile Proposes Major Changes to Online Betting Laws
The government has put forward a set of amendments that include a five-year licence to operate, an additional 3% tax which will…
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The Star Gold Coast Licence Suspension Delayed to 2027
The Queensland Government has pushed back the planned 90-day licence suspension for The Star Gold Coast to 31 March 2027, allowing the…
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Brazil Betting Ban Faces Supreme Court Hearing on 3 November
The Supreme Court is set to hear the dispute over the ban on the 3rd November, but don't expect the ban to…
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Philippines Targets Smaller Scam Hubs As POGO-Linked Activity Survives Ban
Philippine authorities have warned that illegal operations linked to the former offshore gaming sector remain active, despite the nationwide POGO ban. Justice…
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ACT Proposes Cashless Poker Machines And A Cap Of 1,000 By 2045
The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) has introduced legislation to require cashless, account-based poker machines, ban ATMs at gaming venues and progressively reduce…
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Former NBA Player Malik Beasley To Plead Guilty In Sports-Betting Case
Former NBA player Malik Beasley intends to plead guilty to federal charges linked to an alleged sports-betting and bribery scheme, according to…
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Finland Gambling Licences: 12 Approved, 67 Awaiting Decisions
The National Police Board in Finland told us that no less than 12 of the 79 applications they received were given the…
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Buenos Aires Weighs Online Gambling Ban and New Rules
Fagioli's 'Lula Law' would shut down online sports betting & casino games in Buenos Aires Province, & give players 30 days to…
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Lula Re-Election Keeps Brazil’s Betting Market Under Pressure
Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been re-elected president of Brazil after defeating Flávio Bolsonaro in the 2026 presidential runoff. This result…
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Tory Election Betting Scandal: Three Sentenced, Ten Await Trial
Anthony Lee, Laura Lee and Amy Hind were all associated with the Conservative Party. They received suspended sentences, community service and prohibition…
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Laos Cybercrime Crackdown: Why Arrest Figures Conflict?
One report says 10,651 people were detained up to 16 September, another claims 6,508 arrests up to mid-September. Both of these reports…
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KSA Caps EOD Code’s €292.6M Fine at €37.25M
The KSA's own calculation wrote the fine up to €292.6 million, which is a pretty big deal until the 10% cap on…
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Gibraltar Grants Revolut DLT Permission As It Expands Beyond Gaming
Revolut Global Digital Assets Limited (RGDAL) has received a distributed ledger technology (DLT) permission from the Gibraltar Financial Services Commission (GFSC), allowing…
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