Responsible Gaming

Brazilian President Lula da Silva has stepped up his criticism of online betting companies, increasingly presenting gambling as a social problem while aligning the issue with concerns raised by more conservative sections of Brazilian society. Silva has repeatedly described betting companies as a “s…

Australia's parliament has approved the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026, enacting a wide set of restrictions on gambling advertising nationwide. The legislation follows months of debate and a Senate inquiry examining whether the government's proposed measures went far eno…

AskGamblers reported that its Casino Complaints Service (AGCCS) has once again helped gamblers recover their funds from operators. As it turned out, the service helped resolve thousands of complaints, returning some $3.4 million to the players. AGCCS Continued to Help Players Between April 1 and Ju…

Jersey, the largest of the Channel Islands, between England and France, has reinforced its gambling regulatory body, the Jersey Gambling Commission, with the appointment of crime specialist Barry Faudemer as chair. In this position, Faudemer will be tasked with, among other things, tackling activit…

Online gambling operator QuinnBet (Gibraltar) Limited has agreed to pay £609,104 ($830,501) after a UK Gambling Commission investigation found failures in its anti-money laundering (AML) and social responsibility controls. The settlement followed a compliance review of QuinnBet's remote gambling li…

A third-division football game in Finland has caused match-fixing suspicions, and for a country in the midst of overhauling its gambling system this may lead to further concern. HIFK welcomed Atlantis to their Töölö home arena last week. The match produced a total of eight goals, with HIFK losing a…

Australia’s Labor government secured parliamentary approval for the widest ranging package of gambling reforms the country has seen in decades this week. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s government announced on 20 August that the Interactive Gambling Amendment (Gambling Reform) Bill 2026 had been…

A man in Mississippi pleaded guilty on Wednesday to having spent more than $1 million gambling while evading $2 million in federal income taxes, an official statement by federal prosecutors read. The case was detailed by Assistant Attorney General Colin McDonald of the Justice Department’s National…

The return of the Premier League traditionally triggers one of the most intense customer acquisition periods on the sportsbook calendar. Operators compete across paid media, affiliates, sponsorship, CRM and promotions to capture the surge in betting interest surrounding the opening fixtures. Yet ri…

The Dutch Gaming Authority (KSA) has found that gambling activity increases sharply when young people reach the legal age, with 11% of accounts opened by 18-year-olds created on their birthday. The findings have renewed debate over gambling protections for young adults. The KSA examined 15,761 newl…

The Premier League starts again tonight, and one of the key changes that some viewers may not be aware of is the voluntary ban on front-of-shirt gambling sponsorships. Many will view this as a win – I’ve consistently cited a YouGov poll which showed that 77% of those surveyed agreed with the ban. 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…

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.

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…

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…

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.…

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…

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…