This week, Irish Justice Minister Helen McEntee confirmed that the new regulator promised in last year’s gambling act reforms would be delayed until at least 2021. Ireland’s gambling act was last, partially, updated in 1956—with most of it written in 1931. With nearly three-quarters of a century in between updates, we’re sure a year or …

Government ministers in the Netherlands have confirmed over the weekend that the launch of their new gambling regulation, The Remote Gambling Act, would be delayed by two months. It will now launch in March 2021. Because operators have been assured of a grace period of six months to get themselves and their licenses in order, …

This week, an exclusive report from Reuters revealed the huge scale of China’s latest round of whack-a-mole with illegal online gambling operators – and the quasi-legal market of Macau. Chinese Communist Party agencies have seized over 200 billion Yuan (~$30 billion) in cash and assets since the beginning of July. In the previous month, government …

The Mediterranean nation of Greece has imposed a hard limit of €2 (~$2.37) per spin on online slots played within its borders. The Hellenic Gaming Commission will soon have a greatly increased role in enforcing new laws and monitoring compliance. These measures come as part of a wide-ranging package of long-awaited reforms to the country’s …

This week, regulators in the Netherlands finished the final draft of the framework of their legalized online gambling market. Shortly afterwards, they sent their new Remote Gambling Act off to the European Commission to see if it meets the European Union’s laws. Despite the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic that has caused death and disruption all over …

Ukraine’s parliament, the Verkhovna Rada, has voted affirmative on a sweeping new set of laws that will completely legalize online and land-based gambling across the Eastern European country. The draft bill, known as 2285-D, passed with an overwhelming majority of 248 votes for to 95 against. It will be officially signed into law sometime next …

A cross-party group of 50 influential Members of the UK Parliament announced this week that they aim to pressure the government into further restricting online gambling across the country in a variety of ways. New measures that the All-Party Parliamentary Group for Gambling Related Harm hopes to introduce include: A £2 limit per bet on …

Back in April, the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) rolled out its long-mooted credit card ban for online casinos, and such methods were duly removed from all UKGC-licensed sites. Not many in the media or even the industry had much to say against the ban, which was designed to discourage people from going into debt for …

German market online casinos were left scrambling earlier this week when reports emerged that international card payment provider VISA had told its partner banks to stop accepting transactions from online gambling firms in the country. Investigative journalists from NDR confirmed with a VISA spokesman that this is the case. They also reported that many German-oriented …

In this fast-changing world during the current coronavirus pandemic, it seems like every other week, lawmakers across the globe are bringing out new restrictions on online gambling. The latest raft of changes and advice comes from the UK’s Gambling Commission (UKGC). Since the pneumonia-causing disease first began spreading from Wuhan in China last year, it …