Regulation & Law

NorthStar Gaming Holdings announced a major C-suite change, appointing its interim chief executive officer, Corey Goodman, as its permanent CEO. The company said that it reached this decision after Goodman proved his mettle by leading the business through a period of financial and operational stabi…

South Korea has joined France, Australia and Germany in restricting access to Polymarket on gambling-related grounds, with authorities ordering the crypto prediction market to be blocked in the country. Polymarket told South Korea’s media and communications review commission that it had removed its…

Alpaca, an API-first brokerage technology provider based in New York, has taken a key regulatory step toward entering the prediction market sector after its subsidiary, Alpaca Derivatives LLC, registered with the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) as a futures commission merchant (FCM) and…

Novig has filed a lawsuit against Wisconsin, the fifth state the prediction market operator has sued since launching its sports event contracts nationally on Aug. 4, seeking to shield its platform from state sports betting and gambling regulations. The 45-page federal lawsuit was filed in U.S. Dist…

Gambling is seemingly everywhere, but a new Gallup poll suggests fewer Americans are being enticed to participate despite relentless advertising and the public’s growing exposure to casinos, sports betting, lotteries, prediction markets, and iGaming. Gallup, among the most respected public opinion…

Ontario is moving to open the Niagara Region to more casino operators after the provincial government reached an agreement with MGE Niagara Entertainment Inc. to end its existing exclusivity rights, a move Niagara Falls Mayor Jim Diodati welcomed as a chance to increase competition and attract inve…

Ireland is introducing tighter anti-money laundering (AML) controls for the gambling sector as part of the country's first national anti-money laundering strategy, including mandatory closed-loop payments and enhanced scrutiny of cryptocurrency transactions. Under the new approach, gambling operato…

Florida gaming regulators and Cape Coral police seized 60 illegal slot machines from a business posing as a bingo hall, in an enforcement action named Operation Going Downtown. The Florida Gaming Control Commission (FGCC) and the Cape Coral Police Department carried out the action at Uptown Bingo,…

Australia’s Labor government and opposition Coalition have agreed to establish a nationwide register allowing people to opt out of online gambling advertising, as the government seeks to pass its wagering reforms through parliament this week. The proposed register would provide a “one-stop shop” fo…

Gaming platform provider Exalogic has expanded its collaboration with Fast Track to bring agentic customer relationship management (CRM) workflows to licensed operators in Italy, with the technical integration and compliance alignment now complete. More than 20 licensed Italian gaming brands operat…

The UK Gambling Commission announced that it has levied a fine against Holland Park Leisure Limited, a company that operates three Adult Gaming Centers in Leicester. According to the announcement, Holland Park Leisure’s venues breached the self-exclusion requirements mandated by the UKGC. Holland P…

GeoComply and FanDuel Group have agreed to a multi-year partnership renewal that expands the geolocation provider’s technology across FanDuel’s entire product lineup. GeoComply’s partnership with FanDuel dates back 13 years to the operator’s daily fantasy sports days, before FanDuel launched its U.…

Veikkaus Deputy CEO Velipekka Nummikoski will leave Finland’s state-owned gambling operator on August 31, ending a 14-year career with the company as the country prepares for the opening of its online gambling market to private operators next year. Nummikoski joined the Finnish Slot Machine Associa…

Albania has completed the regulatory framework for the return of online sports betting, seven years after a blanket gambling ban pushed much of the market underground, but authorities have yet to open the licensing process. The new regime will permit up to 10 online operators, while betting shops a…

Brazil’s Secretariat of Prizes and Bets (SPA) has ordered the immediate suspension of 14 licensed betting sites after taking seven precautionary measures against operators over failures involving regulatory oversight and responsible gaming controls. The measures, adopted on Friday, followed adminis…

Szerencsejáték Zrt, Hungary’s state-owned gambling monopoly, will overhaul its current marketing structure. The state-owned firm aims to improve public engagement and increase transparency around funding and the distribution of sponsorships and grants. This process has seen Szerencsejáték Zrt end i…

Australia’s lower house approved tighter gambling ad rules, including an online opt-out register and new limits on inducements. The post Australia gambling ad reforms clear lower house after bipartisan deal first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

The Korea Communications Standards Commission (KCSC) has moved to block access to Polymarket over a month after entering a dispute with the predictions platform over illegal gambling. At the start of July, South Korean regulatory bodies gave Polymarket the chance to respond to these allegations, al…