Regulation & Law

Polymarket is reportedly leading a “lobbying blitz” in the UK and Europe to secure the status of its products as a financial service rather than gambling. The prediction markets giant, one of the two biggest in the world alongside arch rival Kalshi, has been evicted from several European nations in…

BetStop, Australia’s national self-exclusion register finds itself at the centre of a report discussing the controversies in the country’s gambling sector. Uncertainty is a word that very much epitomises the state of Australia’s gambling industry right now. Public sentiment is overwhelmingly hostil…

A Chicago suburb city mayor says he will return $2,000 in campaign contributions connected to a local restaurateur who has been indicted in a federal gambling case in Indiana. He Didn’t Know About the Money Mayor Gary Grasso confirmed the donations from Filippo “Gigi” Rovito after local outlet Patc…

Finland’s state lottery and betting company, Veikkaus, has a big year ahead of it in 2027 – the transformation of the country’s gambling market, which will bring the monopoly held by the company to an end, a move it is fully supportive of. From July 2027, Finland will host Europe’s newest betting m…

The remote gambling license of Targetlocal Ltd has been suspended by the UKGC because of some issues with its anti-money laundering practices. The company’s customers will, however, still be able to access their accounts and make withdrawals while the review is under process. While the suspension h…

According to Blask Index, Kenya’s iGaming demand increased 15.3% WoW in the week ending 20 September, as the national league’s planned kickoff collapsed into legal chaos: fixtures were announced and then cancelled hours later under conflicting court orders, triggering Kenya’s largest single-day sea…

Betfred’s founder Fred Done warned around 495 betting outlets in the UK could shut down due to more gambling tax increases by 2030. The company already stated that 132 betting outlets will be shut down which would cause around 600 job losses. Done noted that more gambling taxes would lead to fewer…

Days after the US Senate failed to advance the CLARITY Act, the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) has sent a new rulemaking package on crypto markets for review to the White House. CFTC Advances Crypto Market Rules Without Congress The Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) r…

Ireland’s Blask Index climbed 9.3% week-on-week in Sept 14–20, the same week Stake restricted access for Irish users following engagement with the Gambling Regulatory Authority of Ireland. The post Ireland’s iGaming demand jumps 9.3% WoW, independent of Stake geo-block first appeared on Asia Gaming…

The Curaçao Gaming Authority (CGA) has stated on September 18 that it found unauthorized access to its online portal and that hackers could access the information. The authorities have said that the unauthorised access has been stopped and its source located. In the statement, the CGA said: Upon de…

Yahoo Finance has soured on prediction market Polymarket, closing a deal between the financial news platform and the event contract operator in less than a year after it began. Yahoo Finance Removes Polymarket Data From Its Platform The two companies began collaborating in November 2025. As part of…

Singapore activates tighter casino suitability, patron-data sharing and responsible gambling rules under its second reform tranche. The post Singapore activates tougher casino suitability, patron-data sharing rules first appeared on Asia Gaming News | AGB - Asia Gaming Brief.

Electronic table games specialist Interblock is targeting the autumn Golden Week holiday period for the Asian debut of its “Free Fall Roulette” product at three casino properties in Macau. Vincent Tang, Interblock’s vice president of sales for Asia Pacific, confirmed to GGRAsia that Free Fall Roule…

Singapore is to enact new casino regulations to prescribe electronic credits as casino chips. Additionally, “new wagering instruments may also be prescribed in future,” should the city-state’s Gambling Regulatory Authority (GRA) “assess them to be suitable”. That is according to a Monday update fro…

Minnesota energy regulators have cleared the way for a tribal casino to fire up a massive solar array after ruling that its electric utility acted unlawfully by threatening to pull the plug on the property, The Minnesota Star Tribune reports. The Minnesota Public Utilities Commission (PUC) voted un…

The government of Laos, one of the world’s few remaining one-party Communist states, is still chasing more than $5 million from the American businessmen behind a casino venture that descended into a bitter legal battle more than a decade ago. A US appeals court last week gave Laos another chance to…

Developed in partnership with the Malta Digital Innovation Authority, the Malta Gaming Authority (MGA) has published a new “AI Gaming Charter,” which aims to encourage gambling operators who use AI to do so ethically. What Does the Charter’s Research Say? The charter follows an MGA study examining…

VGW, the company behind Chumba Casino, LuckyLand Casino, and Global Poker, has increased its political spending in Alabama, donating $100,000 to US Sen. Tommy Tuberville’s gubernatorial campaign. The state marks another jurisdiction where sweepstakes regulations could change. However, Tuberville ha…