Regulation & Law

A LinkedIn Live Panel called “2027 iGaming Trends: Turning Insights into Action” will focus on how operators can navigate evolving trends and drive sustainable growth across regulated markets. The event, featuring SOFTSWISS and WorldGaming (formerly Clarion Gaming) experts, will take place on 29 Oc…

As the UK government is considering increasing taxes on high-street slot machines, the billionaire Fred Done warned his company might close hundreds of bookies, all while taking over GBP 30 million (about $40 million) in dividends from Betfred. Government Plans Tax Increase on Gaming Machines, Done…

Las Vegas’s Venetian Resort, which has an iconic poker room with 50 card tables, has become the first one on the Strip to adopt the “slide dealing” technique, which is designed to prevent cheaters from using hidden cameras to see the cards. The Venetian Mandates the Use of “Slide Dealing” to Preven…

Nevada Gaming Control Board Chairman Mike Dreitzer has blasted the federal government for its approach to prediction markets, saying that sports event contracts should be considered the same as traditional sports bets. Nevada Gaming Chief Challenges CFTC’s Treatment of Sports Contracts On October 1…

In the first nine months of 2026, the taxes in Argentina from legal online betting and gambling platforms reached $81 million, while the corresponding figure for 2025 was $61.25 million. The Revenue and Customs Control Agency (ARCA) reported revenue amounting to ARS 123.856 billion (approximately $…

Stefan Milićević has been suspended and fined $70,000 by the ITIA.

Operator of brands such as Caxino and Spinz claims landmark first as industry prepares for Finland’s newly regulated market.

The French gambling regulator has published its latest statistical review of the market.

Wildz becomes the first online gambling operator to receive a licence from Finland’s newly regulated market. Wildz CEO Sam Brown said: Receiving the amazing news of being the first operator to receive a licence in Finland is a welcome reward for all the efforts of the team in the application proces…

Brazil’s betting ban receives 99 amendments filed by lawmakers. The most comprehensive changes will restore the licenses of all operators that were in force before the ban was imposed. 25 lawmakers, 18 deputies and seven senators submitted the amendments before the deadline of October 13 at 11:59 p…

Sweden’s Administrative Court of Appeal has confirmed a total of SEK44 million in fines against Bet365’s subsidiary companies Hillside (Gaming) and Hillside (Sports) for breaching bank obligations for player protection and violating deposit limit laws. Hillside incurred a fine of SEK4 million while…

The revised “Basic Stance on IR of Hokkaido Prefecture” has been released to the public, after earlier discussion at committee level in the assembly of that Japanese local authority. Main points in the updated document issued on Thursday (October 15) regarding Hokkaido’s position on an integrated r…

India cuts principal GST demands against Dream11, Gameskraft and Play Games24x7 by 75 percent following a Supreme Court ruling. The post India cuts GST demands against three gaming companies by 75% first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Electronic table games provider Interblock says its AMUSE “Battle for Earth” product has received regulatory approval in the Philippines and is scheduled to go live at a new integrated resort (IR) with casino in Manila in the fourth quarter of 2026. Vincent Tang, Interblock’s vice president of sale…

South Korean police have detained 54 people suspected of laundering KRW28.7 billion (US$21.4 million) in investment fraud proceeds through domestic casinos, according to local media reports. The Busan Metropolitan Police Agency said on Thursday that 14 suspects, including the alleged ringleader, ha…

Two women who allegedly restrained a Harrah’s Atlantic City guest during a sex act subsequently used his phone’s facial recognition technology to steal $1,250. The victim was allegedly stripped naked before being “physically restrained” and robbed of $1,250 by two women, one of whom is a middle sch…

Clark County officials on Thursday (Oct. 15) released the identity of the man whose remains were discovered inside a corroded metal barrel on the exposed shoreline of Lake Mead—a case that initially reignited decades‑old speculation about Las Vegas’ organized‑crime past. The coroner’s office identi…

A Las Vegas club promoter who plowed his Tesla into a visiting family near the Strip—critically injuring a mother and her two‑year‑old daughter—was sentenced Thursday (Oct. 15) to a prison term that could keep him incarcerated for up to two decades. Gavin Caci, 28, appeared in Clark County District…