Updates and developments in the world of online betting regulation including country specific laws and licensing information.
The online gambling landscape in Russia is changing rapidly now that betting sites are able to acquire licenses to serve the Russian market legally. Just last week, local Russian bookmaker RUS-TELETOT launched Tennisi.com to become the latest licensed betting site to go live in Russia.
In four months, online bookmakers licensed in Australia will have to do away with credit betting entirely. Reforms included in the Interactive Gambling Amendment Act regarding credit betting are set to take effect on 17 February 2018. From that point on, betting sites licensed in Australia will no longer be able to offer “deferred settlement…
Hurricane Irma tore through Antigua and Barbuda in September, destroying or damaging 95% of structures on Barbuda and causing an estimated $250 million in damage across both islands. The saga continues more than a month later with recovery efforts underway and local officials scrambling for recovery funds.
News that Switzerland would eventually pass new online gambling laws has been circulating since at least 2013. It took a good four years, but those rumours finally turned into reality after the Swedish legislature approved new gambling laws late last month.
And the most surprising gambling-related news of the day comes from North Korea of all places. International news outlets are reporting that Kim Jong Un has turned a 180 on his traditionally anti-gambling stance and is now allowing North Koreans to bet on local horse races in a desperate bid to raise cash amid increasingly…
The PGA Tour will be launching a new program to more closely monitor sports betting as it relates to professional golf beginning on January 1st, 2018. The new Integrity Program will implement a more comprehensive policy regarding sports betting and will have the PGA Tour partner with sports data firm Genius Sports to monitor regulated…
Different parts of the world take very different approaches to online gambling. Betting sites are licensed, legal and safe in some countries, but are completely banned in others. The dizzying array of gaming laws around the world makes for a difficult time in keeping up with what’s legal and available where. Internet censorship is becoming…
You wouldn’t guess it based on North Korea’s less-than-stellar track record for economic success, but the country is home to a robust online gambling industry that far outpaces what most people would ever assume. The catch, of course, is that the entire home-grown online gambling industry in North Korea is run by a bunch of…
The online gambling industry may soon have a new market to target legally. A gambling regulation bill passed a House committee vote last week and brought the legislation one step closer to becoming law in Brazil. SB 186/2014 seeks to legalize online gambling and set up a regulatory framework aimed at protecting consumers and collecting…
Internet censorship is a sad fact of modern times. Too many of our readers live in countries where the government actively monitors the internet and blocks access to sites deemed “dangerous” or “immoral.” In every case, internet censorship is a result of authoritarian top-down control rooted in paranoia and an unhealthy fear of free information….