Legal

- May 9, 2016 By Samantha A. -

An unknown man brandished a firearm during a robbery at a Bay Area Casino early Monday morning within the community of Pacheco, according to reports from the Contra Costa County Sheriff’s Department. The Contra Costa County Sheriff’s deputies were dispatched around 4:45 am on Monday morning to a reported robbery that was happening at the […] Continue Reading

- May 9, 2016 By Oliver Young -

Russia is planning to tighten anti online gambling measures and give gambling regulators more powerful tools to fight against illegal online gambling websites that offer their products and services to Russian players without a license from the government. Despite the fact that the Russian government is somewhat easy with sports betting, it appears to be […] Continue Reading

- May 4, 2016 By Oliver Young -

The former CEO and chairman of the Canadian based online gambling firm Amaya Gaming, David Baazov, pleaded not guilty in the insider trading case which was filed in March. Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), a security regulator in Quebec, told media that Baazov, two more people and three firms had pleaded not guilty to the […] Continue Reading

- May 2, 2016 By Oliver Young -

News media have reported that Isle of Man regulators are considering virtual currencies such as Bitcoin to ensure that regulations among licensees remain relevant. Because of the high popularity and increase of use of digital currencies in online gambling, CoinDeck, a popular publication, reported that gambling regulations on the Isle of Man are pondering on […] Continue Reading

- April 21, 2016 By Nemanja L. -

Malaysia has continued their efforts to curb illegal gambling in the country with another unconventional measure, having decided to cancel all cell phone numbers that were found to have sent text messages inviting the country residents to take part in illegal gambling. According to the Bernama media outlet, Malaysian Communications and Multimedia Commission (MCMC) have […] Continue Reading

- April 20, 2016 By Oliver Young -

The gambling regulatory body in the US state of New Jersey published a file on its website explaining its view on how dirty online gambling licensees can get through their activities in legal ‘grey zone’ markets. In an advisory bulletin titled the “Impact of operations in grey markets on suitability for licensure”, the director of […] Continue Reading

- April 18, 2016 By Oliver Young -

Michigan has recently launched an online gambling bill which proposes new ways of legalizing and regulating this industry. The US state currently has a limited form of online lottery gaming, but the online gambling activities might be expanded with the introduction of this recent bill to the state Senate. Senate Bill 889, also referred to […] Continue Reading

- April 14, 2016 By Nemanja L. -

Czech Republic has made an important step towards increasing the gambling tax in the country as the lower house approved the bill designed to increase said tax. The European Union state is in the process of regulating its gambling market and the government has clearly jumped at the opportunity to hand a much needed boost […] Continue Reading

- April 13, 2016 By Oliver Young -

The gambling jurisdiction in the UK has recently launched a new strategy on minimizing problem gambling and rising awareness of responsible gambling on a nationwide level within the next three years. Titled the National Responsible Gambling Strategy, the document deals with the subject of issues resulting from gambling and proposes several methods on how these […] Continue Reading

- April 12, 2016 By Samantha A. -

Early this past Saturday morning a man was injured by being shot while he was in the parking deck at the Wetumpka’s Wind Creek Casino sitting in his vehicle. According to the Poarch Creek Tribal Police Department representative, the victim and the suspect knew each other.  With this knowledge it is sure to be an […] Continue Reading