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New COO for the UK Gambling Commission

The Gambling Commission has announced on the 10th of May the the appointment of David Pemberton as Chief Operating Office (COO). A role with tasks for regulator’s corporate services such as HR, finance, IT, planning and risk. He will join the Commission at the end of June. Sarah Harrison, the Chief Executive of GC welcomed […]

New online license for “Regulated Wagering Events” in Philippines

Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) announced the issuance of a new offshore gaming licence for sports betting on regulated wagering events. The new sports betting class is for any offshore gaming operator “that accepts and/or facilitates wagers on regulated gaming events, such as but not limited to, horse or dog races, and provides to […]

Taiwanese online sports betting operation got busted

The Criminal Investigation Bureau (CIB) of Taiwan has announced on Friday 5th, that an illegal online sports betting operation has been busted. CIB said that they raid four locations in Taichung and 33 suspects have been arrested while seizing computers, cell phones, China UnionPay cards and more than NT$500K in cash. According to the Bureau, […]

MPs’ FOBT report in breach of parliamentary standards rules

The UK Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, Kathryn Hudson, found that the Fixed-odds Betting Terminals (FOBT) report of the All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) has breached parliamentary standards. The FOBT report has been published in January, where four breaches have been highlighted by Hudson and prooved that the breaches were “all at the less serious end of […]

BGO fined by the UKGC for ad failings

The first financial penalty has been issued on Tuesday, by the UKGC (United Kingdom Gambling Commission) to BGO for advertising failings on its website. The UKGC issued the £300K fine to the online gambling operator for “misleading advertisements” for 9 adverts on its own website and 14 more ads on its affiliates’ websites. As per […]

Philippines crack down on online gambling firms

Philippines online gambling firms that are currently operating in the country’s state-sponsored economic zones are no longer welcome to stay. Authorities of the country have banned online gambling companies from operating in the accredited sites of the country. This decision was taken following the meeting between The Philippine Economic Zone Authority (PEZA) and BPO (Business […]

Cyprus finalises casino evaluation process

Cyprus is now waiting for the authorisation process to be completed. Once it’s done, the construction of the casino that will be operated by a Melco-Hard Rock consortium will start. Cyprus Mail reported, that the news of the evaluation process being finalised, were announced by Tourism Minister Giorgos Lakkotrypis during the opening of the 20th […]

Russia targets VPN providers for allowing access to government’s website blacklist

Russia has requested VPN (virtual private networks) services to stop providing access to blocked domains. Russia’s telecom watchdog Roskomnadzor has urged VPN services to ensure stricter conditions of access to international websites, including online gaming platforms. Such move can only mean further limitation on iGaming industry development. Following a nationwide plan to fight against gaming […]