A Polish watchdog group is raising the alarm over government plans to create a central database of forbidden websites and then compel local internet service providers (ISPs) to turn over data related to who attempted to access those sites and who was successful in doing so.
India’s Supreme Court ordered the Law Commission in 2016 to examine whether sports betting and gambling should be legalized and regulated. In the ensuing months and years since that news first broke, various media outlets have reported that the Law Commission was leaning towards recommending a regulatory approach rather than prohibition.
The Vietnamese National Assembly passed a bill last week to legalize sports betting in Vietnam. The vote passed with overwhelming support by a vote of 457-1, paving the way to legalize sports betting under government oversight.
An independent review panel tasked with assessing the state of integrity in tennis has reported its initial findings and what it found does not paint the lower levels of professional tennis in a positive light. In a news conference on Wednesday, the review panel reported finding rampant match-fixing in lower-level tennis matches.
The esports industry looks less like a fad with each passing year. The meteoric rise of esports and esports betting has been well-documented by now, and still neither is showing any signs of slowing even a little bit.
This week, the eyes of the racing world are focused on Aintree racecourse in Liverpool, England. This year on April 14, the most famous horse race in the world, the Grand National, will take place. It is the one time of the year where every casual punter likes a bet which makes it a paradise…
The Review of Online Gambling report released by the UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) was full of interesting takeaways. We discussed some of the bigger proposals and interesting industry statistics, but there was also one other thing that has jumped out at us and others following the industry.
With a population of 1.3 billion people and an insatiable appetite for all things cricket, India presents one of the few remaining untapped opportunities for international sports betting companies. One doesn’t need to be a genius to understand the potential, but what is easy to miss is the speed with which the opportunity approaches.
The Australian Communications and Media Authority (ACMA) has begun tightening the screws on gambling providers deemed to be in breach of Australia’s new gaming law. Earlier this month, the ACMA published a report detailing its finding after investigating more than a hundred reports of potential violations of national gambling laws.
The UK’s Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has announced strict new gambling advertising standards slated to take effect on 2 April, 2018. The new guidelines direct licensed gambling sites operating in the UK to avoid advertisements that could be deemed as contributing to unhealthy gambling habits and attitudes.