Responsible Gaming

Brazil is dealing with a growing gambling addiction problem as online sports betting and casino gambling rapidly expand across the country, says a new BBC report. Concerning Numbers The program, published on August 25, highlights the scale of the problem in one of the world’s fastest-growing gambli…

A slots vlogger with more than 1.6 million YouTube subscribers confirmed on Tuesday (Aug. 25) that he was escorted out of The Venetian Las Vegas days after hitting a $400,000 jackpot. Although Stephen Matt Morrow (better known as Vegas Matt) says he wasn’t told why, he disputes any allegations of a…

The New South Wales government will introduce mandatory facial recognition technology at gaming room entrances from 2028 and establish a statewide self-exclusion register under a new gambling reform package covering machine numbers, marketing restrictions and online gambling harm. The NSW Statewide…

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is preparing to launch an app that will let players verify whether online gaming sites are licensed. The app is expected to go live later this year as part of a broader government campaign against unlicensed operators and their payment channe…

In Ukraine, the gambling regulator PlayCity has started the process of tendering for the creation of a software module to bar military personnel from availing themselves of gambling activities. This move is in line with the government initiative to limit the gambling activities among military perso…

The Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) is reportedly developing a new app that will help online gamblers tell licensed operators from illegal gaming platforms. PAGCOR App Set to Strengthen Player Protection in the Philippines PAGCOR Chairman and CEO Alejandro H. Tengco told the Ho…

The proliferation of sports betting has raised mixed responses in people, with some seeing the activity as innocuous, others welcoming it as a chance to replace seedy offshore websites, and others still – echoing the words of Vice Admiral Jerome Adams, who served as Surgeon General of the United St…

Self-exclusion specialist Gamban has unveiled a major new partnership with Lewes FC, a semi-professional soccer club based in Lewes, East Sussex, England. The partnership highlights both parties’ desire to keep players aware of the dangers of excessive gambling and the tools available for mitigatin…

Sports betting comes with inherent risks, but a former top US public health official believes the medical community may be underestimating the dangers of the booming gambling activity. Vice Admiral Jerome Adams served as the Surgeon General of the United States from September 2017 through January 2…

Ukrainian gambling watchdog PlayCity has launched a tender for the development of a new software module that will ensure that military personnel are blocked from accessing gambling features. Ukraine Is Moving Forward with Plans to Block Military Personnel from Gambling PlayCity is enforcing a law b…

The Minns Labor Government in New South Wales has announced a tranche of reforms meant to strengthen consumer safeguards and ensure that players are protected from gambling-related harms. NSW Government Outlines Key Measures Meant to Protect Consumers The new measures come at a time of rapid change…

AskGamblers achieved in the second quarter of 2026 as it managed to recover $3.4m for its players and made an all-time record in terms of complaints received this quarter – the number reached 4,811. Throughout this quarter, AskGamblers dealt with 1,563 cases and accomplished resolving 1,068 complai…

An algorithm aimed at predicting the risk behavior of online casino gamblers based on their actual behaviour while gaming has been developed by the researchers from University of Amsterdam (UvA). The model was developed by Charles de Leau, a PhD candidate at University of Amsterdam, with the guidan…

The Philippine gaming regulator is to launch before year-end a software application to help consumers ensure they are accessing only licensed and regulated online gaming platforms. That is according to comment by Alejandro Tengco, chairman and chief executive of the Philippine Amusement and Gaming…

The British Betting & Gaming Council (BGC) has issued a grim forecast for the new English Premier League season, saying that it expects players to wager as much as GBP 800 million with illegal operators during the tournament. Illegal Operators Poised to Capitalize on the Premier League As illegal g…

Booming Games (Malta) Limited has been found to have breached rules regarding auto-play functionality in Ontario, Canada, and, as a result, the Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has ordered the company to pay a CAD 70,000 (about $50,000) fine. What Exactly Was the Issue? AGCO’s invest…

Vlad-Cristian Soare has been abruptly dismissed from his role as President of ONJN, the Gambling Office of Romania. His dismissal comes just over a year after he took over an organisation plagued by high-profile fallouts that has seen the organisation’s existence come under political scrutiny. In a…

AskGambler’s dispute resolution service, the aptly called Casino Complaint Service, has been able to recover $3.4 million for players in the second quarter of 2026, this is the three-month period that ended on June 30. AskGamblers Closes Record-Setting Month for Its Dispute Mediation Service The di…