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A report in today’s Times newspaper claims that operators could be facing a ban on TV advertising before the 9pm watershed. Bookmakers are currently able to advertise during the day, provided those adverts are for bingo, or during commercial breaks in live sporting events. The Times claims that the...
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The French regulator ARJEL released its annual report for 2015/2016 last week. Online sports betting is on a relentless rise, but even so, French taxes make it extremely difficult to make a profit. A pdf file of the report in French can be found here. In 2015, ARJEL reported...
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Cross-border purchases by New Zealand residents of certain electronically supplied services became subject to goods and services tax (GST) on October 1, 2016. Non-resident businesses may need to register for New Zealand GST and charge GST on their supplies to New Zealand resident customers if they supply online gaming,...
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Casino investor NagaCorp Ltd said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday that it would not, after all, proceed to the final bid stage for a single casino licence in the Republic of Cyprus. It said the decision was “in the best interests of shareholders”....
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The Gambling Commission (GC) released its updated plan on communicating with consumers today. Recognising that consumers are the keystone for its work, the Commission is acting to improve efficiency in contact and provide more information to reduce problems that stem from the gaming industry. Investigations into consumer behaviour are...
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Singaporeans are to be allowed to gamble online through lottery operators Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club (STC), Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said. The two operators will be allowed to offer remote gambling services for their existing products, under a stringent set of conditions, the...
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US Senator for Arkansas, Tom Cotton, has quietly filed a bill to the Senate seeking to ban online gambling in the country. The bill, S.3376, was read twice before being referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, leaving it eligible both for debate and voting on its passage. The...
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Asian casino investor and developer Melco International Development Ltd, led by casino entrepreneur Lawrence Ho Yau Lung, has confirmed in an email to GGRAsia that it is to proceed to the final bid stage regarding the single casino licence on offer in the Republic of Cyprus. “The multinational consortium...
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The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Europe’s highest court, is due to rule on whether the UK and Gibraltar should be treated as a single member state when it comes to EU law on remote gambling. The High Court has asked the CJEU to rule on...
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As polícias de Macau detectaram a prática de 824 crimes e realizaram a detenção de 471 pessoas durante a operação Trovoada 16, que decorreu entre 22 de Julho e 21 de Setembro, em conjunto com as autoridades de Hong Kong e da vizinha província de Cantão. Os resultado foram...
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Philippines-based casino operator Bloomberry Resorts Corp has confirmed that it has pulled out of the bidding for a single gaming licence in the Republic of Cyprus. “We are confirming that we are no longer pursuing our bid to acquire a gaming licence in Cyprus,” Bloomberry’s director of investor relations, Leo...
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REGULATED SPORTS BETTING IS NOW ON OFFER IN GERMANY AFTER HESSE FINDS A LEGAL LOOPHOLE The collapse of the German State Treaty on Gambling — Glücksspielstaatsvertrages — has resulted in the state of Hesse launching its own regulatory system for sports betting. The legal mechanism Hesse is using is to offer operators a...
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IN-PLAY BETTING POSITION PAPER DEMONSTRATES HOW GAMBLING RISKS CAN BE MANAGED SAFELY The UK Gambling Commission released a new position paper on in-play betting that clarifies that it does not see any need to change the current regulations allowing that type of wagering. The “In-play (in-running) betting: position paper” is available...
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In May, the Canadian province of Québec passed its budget bill, Bill 74, which is normally very boring to the average person, but this bill contained a twist that outraged a lot of people. Bill 74 authorized the province to require internet service providers (ISPs) to block any online...
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GETTING CONGRESS TO ACT ON REGULATED US SPORTS BETTING REQUIRES MULTI-PRONGED APPROACH Legal sports betting in the United States is being called inevitable by some high-profile movers and shakers in the sports and legal worlds. But thetimeline and the path to legalization are still uncertain. The backstory of US sports...
A report in today’s Times newspaper claims that operators could be facing a ban on TV advertising before the 9pm watershed. Bookmakers are currently able to advertise during the day, provided those adverts are for bingo, or during commercial breaks in live sporting events. The Times claims that the...
The French regulator ARJEL released its annual report for 2015/2016 last week. Online sports betting is on a relentless rise, but even so, French taxes make it extremely difficult to make a profit. A pdf file of the report in French can be found here. In 2015, ARJEL reported...
Cross-border purchases by New Zealand residents of certain electronically supplied services became subject to goods and services tax (GST) on October 1, 2016. Non-resident businesses may need to register for New Zealand GST and charge GST on their supplies to New Zealand resident customers if they supply online gaming,...
Casino investor NagaCorp Ltd said in a filing to the Hong Kong Stock Exchange on Wednesday that it would not, after all, proceed to the final bid stage for a single casino licence in the Republic of Cyprus. It said the decision was “in the best interests of shareholders”....
Singaporeans are to be allowed to gamble online through lottery operators Singapore Pools and the Singapore Turf Club (STC), Singapore’s Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) has said. The two operators will be allowed to offer remote gambling services for their existing products, under a stringent set of conditions, the...
US Senator for Arkansas, Tom Cotton, has quietly filed a bill to the Senate seeking to ban online gambling in the country. The bill, S.3376, was read twice before being referred to the Committee on the Judiciary, leaving it eligible both for debate and voting on its passage. The...
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), Europe’s highest court, is due to rule on whether the UK and Gibraltar should be treated as a single member state when it comes to EU law on remote gambling. The High Court has asked the CJEU to rule on...
As polícias de Macau detectaram a prática de 824 crimes e realizaram a detenção de 471 pessoas durante a operação Trovoada 16, que decorreu entre 22 de Julho e 21 de Setembro, em conjunto com as autoridades de Hong Kong e da vizinha província de Cantão. Os resultado foram...
REGULATED SPORTS BETTING IS NOW ON OFFER IN GERMANY AFTER HESSE FINDS A LEGAL LOOPHOLE The collapse of the German State Treaty on Gambling — Glücksspielstaatsvertrages — has resulted in the state of Hesse launching its own regulatory system for sports betting. The legal mechanism Hesse is using is to offer operators a...
In May, the Canadian province of Québec passed its budget bill, Bill 74, which is normally very boring to the average person, but this bill contained a twist that outraged a lot of people. Bill 74 authorized the province to require internet service providers (ISPs) to block any online...
