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The UK Gambling Commission has written to operators to warn them about facilitating betting on television programmes and other novelty markets. The regulator said that there had been repeated instances of operators offering markets on pre-recorded TV programmes such as Great British Bake Off, Strictly Come Dancing, and other... -
Brazilian lawmakers have introduced new legislation which would establish a regulatory framework for gaming in Brazil, although it explicitly bans any form of betting including online. The bill has similar provisions to those of Senate Bill 186/2014 – another bill introduced this year to legalise various forms of gambling including online... -
The office of the president of the Czech Republic confirmed Wednesday that president Milos Zeman has signed a number of bills into law to re-regulate the country’s gambling market, with the new laws set to come into force on January 1st, 2017. The new legislation allows gambling operators from... -
The French government is moving forward with plans to allow its poker licensees to pool liquidity with other jurisdictions, submitting draft legislation to the European Commission (EC) for approval. The proposed legislation aims to allow customers of licensed French poker sites to play against players registered with companies operating... -
Czech Republic President Milos Zeman has thirty days to decide whether to sign the country’s new gambling act into law after legislation was approved by the country’s Senate. The Czech Senate passed the bill with a large majority, delivering it to President Zeman for approval on June 1st. In...
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The proposed amendments to Finland’s Lotteries Act were notified to the EC on May 31st and are subject to a standstill period ending September 1st. Under the current Lotteries Act, gambling in Finland is only authorised through the state-controlled operators Fintoto Oy, Raha-automaattiyhdistys (RAY) and Veikkaus. The amendments would transfer this...
