The exchange processed at least $4 billion in crypto as regulators in Dubai moved against it and funds flowed to Binance and Iranian-linked wallets.
Anika Wells says she is open to amendments, but Coalition and Greens demands, and explosive inquiry evidence, are pushing the bill into a political fight.
GamFin will now support people in the state’s voluntary ban program, extending help that had been limited to treatment clients.
The bipartisan commission wants more data, stronger self-exclusion and tighter ad controls as iGaming revenue keeps climbing.
The bipartisan report comes after online casinos generated $2.77 billion in 2025 and says researchers need better data to identify the most harmful products.
Researchers reported that 71.7% of 1,305 adults improved meaningfully, even though many had psychiatric comorbidities.
Most of the YouTube videos focused on betting strategy and game mechanics, and the comment sections were largely neutral or positive.
New obligations cover reporting, due diligence, compliance officers and record keeping for the country’s 25 licensed casinos.
The draft would open online gambling to multiple licences while adding stricter player-protection and enforcement rules.
The complaint says event contracts are wagers in disguise and invokes a centuries-old recovery law to seek losses and damages.
Panels will focus on faster onboarding, cross-platform play and gamification as operators weigh compliance against player experience.
The 2026 assessment keeps remote casinos high for money laundering, raises gambling software to medium and warns that AI, cryptoassets and illegal sites are worsening exposure.
The province became Canada’s second private online gambling market after Ontario, with nearly 50 operators lining up and strict consumer-protection rules.
The association says illegal operators rely on cards and transfers, while Latvia’s licensed gambling lobby backs tighter blocking of financial flows.
Its 2026 review leaves most gambling risk ratings unchanged, but lifts software to medium and keeps remote betting high.
The detailed framework may miss the February 2027 election, while the state has already raised the minimum casino entry age to 21.
Funding will back research into personalised safer-gambling messages and a Generation Z assessment tool.
State officials say the prediction market company ran unlicensed sports wagers and let younger users take part.
Mustafa Çiftçi said crypto, digital wallets and underground banking now sit at the centre of laundering networks as authorities report hundreds of thousands of site blocks.
Prosecutors said concealed technology and covert signals helped rig illegal games in New York, the Hamptons and Las Vegas.