Regulation & Law

South Korean police have dismantled one of the largest illegal online gambling networks ever uncovered, an operation that allegedly handled $17.2 billion in wagers across 188 casino websites. The Chungnam Provincial Police Agency said Monday (Oct.19) it apprehended 77 people, including website supp…

Gambling giant FanDuel is defending its responsible gambling practices as US lawmakers pressure the sportsbook for details about its VIP program. The company recently launched a webpage called Fast Facts. It provides information on customer spending, betting habits, account security, economic contr…

The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has published its initial guidance on its rules regarding the prohibition of gambling ads featuring “notable persons.” This comes amid continued changes to how Australia regulates gambling ads. Notable Persons Can No Longer Appear in Ads In i…

The government of Comoros has sought British law enforcement assistance over a controversial offshore gambling licensing network linked to UK nationals and operating under the name of its island of Anjouan. The archipelagic nation, located off Africa’s east coast between Mozambique and Madagascar,…

FanDuel co-founder Nigel Eccles and his more than 100 co-plaintiffs in a lawsuit against the private equity shops that sold the gaming company in 2018 scored a small legal win last week when a New York special master ordered that select communications between FanDuel executives, members of the boar…

iGaming Ontario shelved a problem gambling study after researchers found rates significantly higher than expected, according to records obtained by the Toronto Star through freedom of information legislation. The agency commissioned the study before Ontario launched its regulated online sports bett…

Sweden's Administrative Court of Appeal on Thursday rejected appeals filed by Hillside, the parent company of Bet365, and upheld earlier rulings that found the operator in breach of player protection obligations under the country's gambling law. The decision concerns two Hillside Group subsidiaries…

Prediction Markets face intense legal scrutiny as the National Football League recently filed a 32-page amicus brief with the Supreme Court urging review to protect competitive integrity across professional sports. The legal document questions the regulatory capacity of federal oversight bodies reg…

The National Basketball Association (NBA) is instructing its authorized betting partners, DraftKings and FanDuel, to stop offering certain wagers this season over concerns about gambling integrity, ESPN and The Associated Press (AP) report. The restrictions include parlays combining multiple under…

John Jeffrey Farrar, 63, of Lisbon, Connecticut, has been accused of stealing nearly $300,000 from the concrete company where he worked, allegedly using tens of thousands of that sum for travel and gambling. How Did the Scheme Work? The company, which operates ready-mix concrete batch plants in Wil…

Philip Lee Sullivan, 43, former director of the Florida Council on Compulsive Gambling’s 888-ADMIT-IT helpline, has been sentenced to nearly 10 years in state prison for embezzling money from ex-employer Royal American to support his gambling addiction. Sullivan Was Sentenced for Embezzling Money f…

Alberta's regulated online gambling market has expanded to 50 licensed websites operated by 29 companies, more than doubling its initial size as the province begins enforcing restrictions on unlicensed betting platforms following the October 13 transition deadline. Alberta iGaming Corporation (AiGC…

New Jersey would send fines from underage gambling violations to compulsive gambling prevention, education and treatment programs under a bill that advanced Thursday in the state Senate Judiciary Committee. Programs such as those provided by the Council on Compulsive Gambling of New Jersey would re…

The nation’s largest casino union is enlisting former Vice President Kamala Harris to rally members to vote Democratic next month and oust Nevada’s Republican Gov. Joe Lombardo. Harris is coming to Las Vegas on Wednesday (Oct. 21) to campaign for Nevada’s Democratic Attorney General Aaron Ford to b…

The NBA has introduced restrictions on several sports betting markets, including parlays involving multiple under bets on the same player's statistics, following gambling investigations involving current and former players. According to ESPN's Shams Charania and David Purdum, the league informed it…

Vlad-Cristian Soare, former President of Romania’s ONJN gambling office, has offered a much needed glimpse into his sudden departure from the regulator earlier this year. In an interview with Romanian news outlet Adevărul, Soare touched on some intricate points, including the interests he might’ve…

Brazil's restrictions on online betting have been followed by a sharp increase in suspicious gambling links and websites, according to monitoring data released by the National Association of Games and Lotteries (ANJL), raising questions about whether gambling activity is shifting to unauthorized pl…

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is targeting December 2026 for the launch of a mobile application that will help players identify licensed online gaming platforms and avoid illegal gambling websites. The regulator’s Board of Directors approved the project on October 8, incl…