Author: Daniel Williams

The UK regulatory watchdog – the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC)– has started an investigation of one of 888 Holdings’ subsidiaries in order to make an assessment whether there have been violation of the customer service protection rules. The review is very likely to last for a few months. It comes year and a half after the UKGC first implemented the requirement for online gaming operators to make sure they provide their customers with the opportunity to temporarily exclude themselves from gambling by suspending their accounts directly through the website. The…

Caesars Entertainment Corporation and Caesars Entertainment Operating Company revealed that the New Jersey Casino Control Commission gave the green light to CEOC to proceed with its restructuring plan. The rulings of the Commission are quite important for the operator, as it would provide it with the chance to complete its ongoing restructuring. As mentioned above, the New Jersey Casino Control Commission ruled in favour of the casino-entertainment provider. Under that ruling, the entities that will hold the ownership of the real property assets will be granted with a special licence…

The situation with online gambling legislation in Pennsylvania is getting tougher by the hour mostly thanks to the fact that local lawmakers are making things more complicated than they have to. The Pennsylvania legislature has been making some efforts to make up for the constantly increasing budget deficit with a gaming revenue estimated to approximately $100 million. However, they are perfectly aware that in order to succeed in this endeavour, they first need to come up with a suitable solution for the share tax issue throughout the state. The soft…

The state of New York could be getting closer to finally getting its gambling legislation, as the New York Senate Finance Committee passed the online poker bill S 3898 on Tuesday. The bill, which major sponsor is Senator John Bonacic, was given the green light without any discussions and further debates and is now passed to the Senate for consideration. However, its future is still unclear as the state Assembly could decide to once again shelve the proposed bill as it did last year. This is the second time when…

Isle of Man seems to be on the way to making a great progress with its gambling legislation, since a bill seeking to make certain amendments in the already existing casino regulations in the region was given the green light by the members of the House of Keys. Last week, the second reading of the bill took place and the new legislation changes to help operators regulate casinos got a step closer. The new Amendment Bill is planned to bring in some updates of the anti-money laundering regulations and is…

For many years, online gambling operators have been quietly offering their services to Poland players. However, over the last few years, the country’s Government has informed companies that it intended to introduce new legislation in order to regulate the online gambling industry properly. The new gambling legislation of the country was enforced on April 1st, 2017, with new tax regimens and tighter regulations which has made the market conditions almost unbearable for operators to survive. At the end of April, Poland expanded its online gambling blacklist with more unacceptable companies…

According to a new report of the European Parliament, UK’s exit from the EU would have a massive impact on Gibraltar’s economy, with the latter risking to lose approximately 20% of its service. The study showed that unfortunately for Gibraltar, there is absolutely no guarantee that some kind of a balance will be found between the priorities of Gibraltar and the effects of the BREXIT. Inevitably, Britain’s exit from the European Union would have a negative impact on the territory’s gambling market, too. As revealed by the report, the already…

The UK Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards has found that a MPs report related to the fixed-odds betting terminals (FOBTs) which was published in January 2017 has violated some parliamentary standards. According to the Commissioner, the report, which was issued at the time of the Government’s review of the highly-controversial FOBTs, failed to provide the necessary transparency required by the Parliament. Currently, the Government of the UK is working on a review of the country’s entire gambling industry, but the competent authorities are expected to pay a great deal of attention…

The largest-ever sports participation event in the history of the UK – Camelot’s “I Am Team GB” – has received three awards at two very prestigious events this year. As reported by Casino Guardian at the beginning of October, the multi-media campaign, which was launched by The National Lottery and ITV in 2016 along with the RIO Olympics, was described as a great success as it had managed to encourage approximately one million people to join in sports following the excellent performance of the Team GB at last year’s Summer…

An eventual agreement that would have made a compromise and allow the well-desired casino expansion in Florida fell apart. After spending some time working at opposite directions, the Florida Senate and House declared an impasse that unfortunately could not be resolved until the end of the week. The annual 60-day session of the local lawmakers is scheduled to end this Friday, so there is no chance for a compromise until then. Over 2017 session, the legislature came very close to a comprehensive gambling bill that would result in further expansion…