Legal

- October 15, 2014 By Nemanja L. -

Netherlands have fined two more foreign gambling operators for illegal gambling activity as they continue the crackdown on gaming companies offering their services to the country’s residents. The Kansspelautoriteit (Dutch Gaming Authority) has fined operators 7red.com and RoyaalCasino.com €130,000 each for the fresh attempts to target Dutch gamers in spite of the government’s stern warnings. […] Continue Reading

- October 15, 2014 By Oliver Young -

The US state of Maryland will begin with extradition procedures of Calvin Ayre, the founder of Bodog. According to Baltimore Sun, the federal prosecutors in Maryland will move on and continue to pursue his extradition after he was accused of running illegal gambling operations as well as money laundering in 2012. Maryland federal prosecutors want […] Continue Reading

- October 14, 2014 By Samantha A. -

When it comes to the Chukchansi Casino, they are looking at a closure that may even last for months on end – and those that once visited the casino on a regular basis, this is not good news. This came because of a tribal dispute between two different tribes that left one casino open for […] Continue Reading

- October 13, 2014 By Oliver Young -

California’s federal judge ruled an immediate closure of a central California land based casino after a showdown between tribal factions with guns which caused many casino players to leave the casino in panic leaving their chips on the gambling tables, reports Fresnobee. Lawrence O’Neill, the United States’ district judge, got an emergency request by the […] Continue Reading

- October 9, 2014 By Nemanja L. -

Czech Republic is set to introduce a new gambling bill by 2016 that would allow foreign gaming operators to offer their services online to the country residents, Deputy Finance Minster has confirmed. Five domestic bookmakers dominate the gambling market in the central European country, with some of them offering online betting in addition to running land-based […] Continue Reading

- October 8, 2014 By Oliver Young -

Despite the plans to introduce a gambling bill that would ban online gambling websites in Singapore, according to reports the Parliament passed a Remote Gambling Bill on Tuesday, October 7, 2014. After more than a three hour debate, ten Members of Parliament expressed their opinion on the subject and decided to pass the bill. Online […] Continue Reading

- October 6, 2014 By Oliver Young -

The German state of Lower Saxony has sent out letters of warning to online gambling operators to stop offering online casino games and gambling services to its residents or they will have their online gambling payments blocked and its executives arrested. Moreover, via the members of the Interstate Treaty on Gambling it has made some […] Continue Reading

- September 30, 2014 By Nemanja L. -

Five US sports leagues have filed a petition to a federal court in an attempt to stop sports betting in licensed gambling establishments in the state of New Jersey. The major leagues NHL, NFL, MLB and NBA as well as the NCAA have joined together as they fight for the same cause and in turn […] Continue Reading

- September 29, 2014 By Oliver Young -

The Gambling Act in the United Kingdom (Licensing and Advertising) of 2014 has been postponed. Scheduled to take effect at the beginning of next month, October 1, it has been moved one month ahead and will take effect on November 1. The reason for the put-off is because the Gibraltar Betting and Gaming Association (GBGA) […] Continue Reading

- September 24, 2014 By Oliver Young -

A month after the news that Cyprus would legalize casinos within a year, the southern part of Cyprus controlled by the Greek regulators published a new casino draft law. The Ministry of Energy, Commerce, Industry and Tourism published the content of the draft online in the hope to generate comments before it is sent to […] Continue Reading