Regulation

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.

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The NT Racing Commission, which licenses most Australian betting sites, has ordered Betfair Australia to pay more than $150,000 to a gambler who exhibited red flags of problem gambling but was allowed to continue spending large sums of money anyways.

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has levied a £2.2 million fine on Paddy Power Betfair for “failing to protect customers and stop stolen money being gambled.”

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%.

Labour Party Deputy Leader Tom Watson has published a sweeping policy report on gambling that recommends a ban on the use of credit cards for betting and prohibiting gambling advertising during live sporting events, among other proposals.

An ongoing spat between Betsson and Netherlands gaming regulator Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) is already expensive and stands to grow even costlier the disagreement drags on.

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.