Updates and developments in the world of online betting regulation including country specific laws and licensing information.
The government of Alberta is interested in shelving its rather dubious trophy as one of the only two provinces in Canada without some form of online gambling. In an effort to change that, Alberta Gaming, Liquor & Cannabis (AGLC), is looking for technology partners to run an Alberta online gambling platform.
In a decision notice published on Thursday, the Swedish Gambling Authority announced it has awarded two more online gambling licenses in anticipation of the new gambling law taking effect on 1 January 2019.
Ladbrokes finds itself in hot water once again after allegedly letting a gambling addict spend hundreds of thousands of pounds’ worth of stolen money and then paying five of the gambler’s theft victims £975,000 in return for a promise not to tell regulators.
The legal status of online gambling has sweeping effects that are reflected in all aspects of the experience for players, operators and everyone in between. Comparing a regulated market to an unregulated gambling market is almost like comparing two completely different industries altogether, they are so different. Our guide will help bettors compare gambling sites…
The Kenyan government has finally moved to give local betting operators some breathing room when it comes to tax rates. Last week, President Uhuru Kenyatta singed into a law new finance bill that will, among other things, reduce the Kenyan betting tax from 35% to 15%.
More than two years after announcing its intent to introduce new gambling regulations, the Greek government has finally announced what those regulations will look like and how much it’ll cost to acquire an online betting license.
A Polish watchdog group is raising the alarm over government plans to create a central database of forbidden websites and then compel local internet service providers (ISPs) to turn over data related to who attempted to access those sites and who was successful in doing so.
India’s Supreme Court ordered the Law Commission in 2016 to examine whether sports betting and gambling should be legalized and regulated. In the ensuing months and years since that news first broke, various media outlets have reported that the Law Commission was leaning towards recommending a regulatory approach rather than prohibition.
The Vietnamese National Assembly passed a bill last week to legalize sports betting in Vietnam. The vote passed with overwhelming support by a vote of 457-1, paving the way to legalize sports betting under government oversight.
With a population of 1.3 billion people and an insatiable appetite for all things cricket, India presents one of the few remaining untapped opportunities for international sports betting companies. One doesn’t need to be a genius to understand the potential, but what is easy to miss is the speed with which the opportunity approaches.