Regulation & Law

A team of volunteer divers is going to look for Karen S. Adams, a woman who disappeared 19 years ago at the Mountaineer Casino Resort in New Cumberland. The divers will look for the missing woman in the Ohio River, in the hopes of recovering what they presume would be her remains, allowing investig…

The Minns Labor Government in New South Wales has announced a tranche of reforms meant to strengthen consumer safeguards and ensure that players are protected from gambling-related harms. NSW Government Outlines Key Measures Meant to Protect Consumers The new measures come at a time of rapid change…

The leadership of ADI Predictstreet, the predictions markets firm that blasted its way onto the scene via the World Cup earlier this year, sees widespread adoption and acceptance of its industry as a historical inevitability. In the 19th century, British Prime Minister Lord Palmerston championed th…

Australian customers who lost money through Entain’s Fast Code betting service have been automatically included in a class action alleging the product breached the country’s gambling laws. The Supreme Court of Victoria has ordered Entain, which operates the Neds and Ladbrokes betting brands in the…

Belarus will be suspending most online casino promotions and advertisements, along with ads for other gambling products, including sports betting. The move is part of an extensive attempt to rein in problem gambling and ensure that consumers are not unnecessarily exposed to excessive gambling, the…

Two initiatives to legalize online betting were officially submitted to the November 3 general election ballot, meaning Nebraska voters will have the opportunity to decide this fall if they want the state to expand sports betting to the internet. Nebraska Vote Could Let Racetrack Casinos Enter Onli…

The government of Belarus is planning to implement a number of new regulations that might ban almost all forms of online advertising for casinos, gaming and other gambling services. If the proposed bill gets adopted, it will ban online ads related to gaming services and electronic games while placi…

Philippine gambling regulator reveals new app will roll out by the end of this year.

Zitro Digital, the online division of leading gaming supplier Zitro, has announced a new agreement with Novusbet, a leading iGaming platform provider and content aggregator. Through this alliance, Novusbet’s operator network will gain access to Zitro Digital’s diverse portfolio of slots and Video B…

Australia’s latest move to restrict gambling advertising will eventually see wagering brands removed from professional sports uniforms, but existing sponsorships will be allowed to run for several more years. Australian Lawmakers Criticize Long Transition for Gambling Jersey Bans Politicians and ga…

An algorithm aimed at predicting the risk behavior of online casino gamblers based on their actual behaviour while gaming has been developed by the researchers from University of Amsterdam (UvA). The model was developed by Charles de Leau, a PhD candidate at University of Amsterdam, with the guidan…

The directors of Evolution have recommended shareholders to not to accept the mandatory cash offer of Candle Lake Limited of SEK695 ($72.89) per share on the grounds that the bid has not fairly represented the true value of the gaming supplier. This recommendation was made by the board on Monday, a…

A business group in Sasebo (pictured), in the northern part of Japan’s Nagasaki prefecture, is calling for a revival of the effort to bring an integrated resort (IR) with casino to the community. In December 2023, Japan’s national authorities chose not to approve a proposal for a casino resort on l…

The Philippine gaming regulator is to launch before year-end a software application to help consumers ensure they are accessing only licensed and regulated online gaming platforms. That is according to comment by Alejandro Tengco, chairman and chief executive of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming…

PAGCOR plans to launch an app by year-end after estimating that half of the online gaming sites accessed in the Philippines are illegal. The post Half of online gaming sites accessed in Philippines are illegal: PAGCOR first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corp (Pagcor), the nation’s gaming regulator, expects its total income to decline by about 18 percent year-on-year in 2026, to nearly PHP86.95 billion (US$1.41 billion), amid weaker gaming activity in the country. The forecast compares with PHP106.03 billion in i…