Responsible Gaming

The names of FanDuel and DraftKings are increasingly brought up when it comes to leveraging technology, with the New York-based company now stepping forward to explain how it tracks, detects, and intervenes in instances of problem gambling. FanDuel Adds Fast Facts to Speak about RG Practices The in…

The federal trial of former Cleveland Guardians pitchers Emmanuel Clase and Luis Ortiz began Monday in Brooklyn, with prosecutors alleging the two players accepted bribes to alter individual pitches to benefit certain sports gamblers. The trial will determine if the pitchers deliberately manipulate…

Research from the Gambling Commission suggests that punters who repeatedly use unlicensed operators in the UK also continued to use licensed ones, challenging assumptions held by both the regulator and large portions of the industry. On this episode of iGaming Daily, host Charlie Horner is joined b…

Don Laughlin’s Riverside Resort Hotel & Casino in Laughlin, Nev., will set aside at least $1.5 million to compensate staff and patrons impacted by a July 2024 cyberattack. Owned and operated by the family of the late Don Laughlin, the property has agreed to settle a class-action lawsuit following a…

Katie Wallis, a former United Kingdom Conservative Party MP, admitted to unlawfully altering the date on an image of her passport to gain access to a gambling website, bypassing gambling self-exclusion protections. Wallis Admitted to Altering Passport Image Wallis, who served as MP for Bridgend bet…

The Dutch Gambling Authority, the Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), has launched two new campaigns seeking to address the impact of gambling advertising and gambling harm on young people. The campaigns come amidst a push by the Dutch government to completely ban gambling advertising. This forms part of a w…

Irish actors Colm Meaney (Miles O’Brien in Star Trek: The Next Generation and Star Trek: Deep Space Nine) and Aidan Gillen (Petyr Baelish in Game of Thrones) are among the cast of a new film telling the story of Paddy Power, the betting company that grew from an Irish bookmaker into one of the worl…

2027 is a significant year for Finnish gambling as Veikkaus’ long-established monopoly on legal online betting and gaming comes to a close. More than 50 companies have registered interest in obtaining a licence in Finland’s newly regulated sector, and as of the time of writing 18 have secured clear…

Three elderly South Korean gamblers are accused of drugging their golf opponent’s coffee with sleeping pills to impair his performance, and then collecting 75 million won (around $52,000) in bets after he lost the match. The Three Suspects Allegedly Planned the Scam for Months According to Seoul’s…

Dutch iGaming trade body VNLOK is intensifying its scrutiny of Meta and similar Big Tech companies in light of a new European Commission (EC) study that identifies potential shortcomings of how advertisers are being verified. The research identified a total of six fields being used by criminals to…

Trade association responds to the TV programme, which aired in the UK on Sunday, November 1.

A Missouri mother has been arrested after demonstrating neglect of her children on several occasions in the span of a very short time. First abandoning a four-year-old daughter at a truck stop in the middle of the night, and then proceeding to drive to a casino where she left her two young boys in…

A still from the OpenOverGokken campaign. (Image: Kansspelautoriteit/marketingtribune.nl) The post Dutch Gambling Regulator Urges Parents to Talk to Children About Betting appeared first on Casino.org.

A Channel 4 documentary into gambling addiction disguised as a game show was met with a chilly reception by the UK betting industry, but the show’s message and the story shown within it cannot be ignored by the industry. Hosted by veteran TV presenter Bradley Walsh, Million Pound Shot was presented…

Gamblers who engage with illegal gambling websites in the United Kingdom are seven times more likely to experience problem gambling, compared to only 6% of those who visit legal websites. This is the conclusion of new research by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC). UKGC Says People Gambling Illegall…

The death of a father who took his life after gambling excessively on the lottery has prompted a call from a coroner to have the National Lottery in the United Kingdom added to the list of websites and services that people are excluded from when opting out of gambling. Man Who Spent His Banking Acc…

The Galveston Police Department Vice and Narcotics Unit conducted 21 search-and-arrest warrants across the county on Thursday, October 29, resulting in the bust of an illegal gambling network. According to police statements and local reporting, the police were able to seize electronic eight-liner m…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) has taken one more step in the battle against online harassment by joining the Bad Actor Program in its latest attempt to keep athletes safe and properly protected. First Sports Governing Body to Join Bad Actor The program, joined by Fanatics at t…