New Zealand Sets Sept. 29 Auction for Online Casino Licences
Up to 15 operators can win the right to apply, but full approval will require detailed plans on harm prevention, consumer protection and compliance.
Up to 15 operators can win the right to apply, but full approval will require detailed plans on harm prevention, consumer protection and compliance.
The 2026-27 programme will distribute 10,000 education kits and introduce students to Ontario’s BetGuard self-exclusion tool.
Sports bettors showed the strongest mathematical capability, but prediction-market users’ confidence exceeded their tested performance.
The order stops deposits and advertising, gives customers until Oct. 5 to withdraw funds and requires congressional approval within 120 days.
A reporter mimicking high-risk gambling behaviour was sent offers, invited to a VIP showcase and later assigned a personal concierge.
Nick Weeks will remain manager as the regulator says governance, leadership and cultural remediation has yet to be proven durable.
Eight accounts placed wagers before Underdog identified and self-reported its age-verification failure.
Three Maardu-linked figures remain barred from football as authorities examine suspected betting fraud in the FC Tallinn match.
Draft Gambling Act changes would raise online fees, force data links to the revenue agency and tighten safeguards for vulnerable players.
The state seeks to shut Polymarket US, recover alleged illegal gains and impose penalties over sports and event contracts.
A technical failure let push alerts reach people enrolled in the state’s voluntary self-exclusion program.
The commission will begin with DraftKings after allegations over promotion models, then assess AI use in acquisition, offers and player protection.
The problem-gambling council says it remains neutral on legality while pressing for age checks, self-exclusion and risk disclosures.
BurraPay’s Direct-to-Device system would let players fund table-game accounts at the table, subject to approval in each jurisdiction.
The account-level betting breaks offer customers a self-selected pause, although New Jersey options may differ by product.
Targetlocal can process customer withdrawals, but its remote betting licence remains suspended during a section 116 review.
Former Gambling Commission and GamCare executive will oversee compliance, player protection and regulatory engagement from Sept. 28.
The new body will pursue shared safeguards, a continent-wide harm report and access to treatment without seeking to replace national regulators.
The authority has contained the intrusion and found no compromise of core infrastructure so far, but has not determined whether stakeholder information was accessed.
Prosecutors say bettors won at least $450,000 by using advance information on pitch speed and ball-or-hit-by-pitch markets.