Regulation & Law

A player who wins $100,000 and loses $100,000 this year now owes federal tax on $10,000 they never kept. The 90% cap on gambling loss deductions applies from the 2026 tax year, and the venues competing hardest with licensed sportsbooks are not clearly bound by it. We spoke with John Isaac, Editor a…

QuinnBet, an online bookmaker, has settled a case with the UK Gambling Commission by paying £609,104 ($830,501) due to a review which found a number of serious issues regarding the company’s anti-money laundering and safe gambling practices. This settlement covers issues from March 2023 to August 2…

In the first of a five-part roundtable series, SBC Media asks some of the leading voices from across the iGaming industry about the trends, challenges, tips and tricks that are shaping the marketing landscape in 2026 and beyond. For part one, we spoke to Martin Hodges (Co-Founder and CMO, BetComply…

BetStop has recorded over 67,000 registrations in three years, with 78% of users under 40 and 38% choosing lifetime exclusion. The post BetStop registrations top 67,000 three years after Australian launch first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

A man who allegedly ran amok with a kitchen knife in a restaurant at Northern California’s Thunder Valley Casino Resort on Wednesday (August 19) has been named and charged with attempted murder. Joseph Naugle, 22, a worker at the Dos Coyotes Border Café inside the casino, is accused of stabbing fiv…

A new report suggests that more than 150 cryptocurrency wallets trading on Polymarket’s international prediction market platform may have bought and sold event contracts using nonpublic information about US military operations. The analysis comes from the nonprofit Anti-Corruption Data Collective (…

Premier League clubs are reshaping their commercial agreements ahead of the 2026-27 season after a voluntary ban on gambling companies appearing on the front of shirts took effect, forcing eight teams to replace betting sponsors used last campaign. The change follows the league-wide vote in April 2…

New research from Kansspelautoriteit (KSA), the Dutch Gambling Authority, provides a more detailed look at how early exposure to gambling affects the way young people enter the regulated gaming market. Some of the data is especially concerning, as it shows that almost half of all gambling accounts…

Bally’s Corp. enfrenta serios problemas financieros debido a su creciente deuda, pero algunos analistas ven oportunidades en su proyecto en Nueva York, que podría ayudar a estabilizar la compañía si logra asegurar la financiación necesaria.

Former Hambden Volunteer Fire Department assistant chief Richard Vandevander in Chardon, Ohio, is accused of embezzling $1.6 million from the department over three and a half years to cover gambling losses. Fire Department Assistant Chief Turns Himself In Richard Vandevander, 59, turned himself in…

Virginia casino revenue is on pace for yet another record year, and the growth isn’t expected to slow anytime soon. Quite the contrary, in fact, as construction progresses on two additional casino resorts that are poised to further expand the state’s gaming market. The Virginia Lottery, which regul…

Holland Park Leisure Limited, which operates three Adult Gaming Centres in Leicester, has been fined £150,000 ($204,000) by the Gambling Commission for failing to participate in a mandatory multi-operator self-exclusion scheme. The regulatory action concerns Social Responsibility Code Provision 3.5…

The Responsible Online Gaming Association (ROGA) has launched a voluntary Marketing and Advertising Code covering how its members market regulated online gaming. The Code has been adopted by all ROGA members and sets standards for how operators communicate with customers across marketing channels.…

Fifth Street Gaming will take over the casino operations at Oyo Hotel & Casino Las Vegas, pending the usual regulatory approvals from Nevada regulators. Casino.org’s Vital Vegas confirmed the story with Fifth Street CEO and co-founder Seth Schorr on Wednesday (Aug. 19). Paragon Gaming, the casino’s…

Two casino resorts have been fined after they acknowledged allowing a 16-year-old boy to gamble, enroll as a rewards member, and consume alcohol. The New South Wales (NSW) Independent Casino Commission (NICC) reported on Wednesday (Aug. 19) that Crown Sydney had been fined A$1.75 million (US$1.25 m…

Florida Attorney General James Uthmeier has filed two lawsuits targeting the operators of several major online sweepstakes casinos, including Stake and VGW’s Chumba Casino, LuckyLand, and Global Poker, alleging that these casinos act like “gateway drugs” to real-money gambling. Florida AG Sues Swee…

Bally’s (NYSE: BALY) investors are concerned about the company’s financial state. Procuring financing to advance a casino project in the Bronx, NY could go a long way toward allaying those fears. In a recent regulatory filing, the regional casino operator said there is “substantial doubt” about its…

The UKGC has taken regulatory action against yet another gaming operator, this time cracking down on QuinnBet Limited. According to the regulator’s announcement, the Gibraltar-based company, that runs the quinnbet.com website, committed serious anti-money laundering and social responsibility-relate…