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Hong Kong Approves Basketball Betting With 50% Tax on Wagers
Hong Kong’s Legislative Council has formally legalized basketball betting, approving a measure that will impose a 50 percent tax on net...
Sep 122 min read


Uganda Confiscates Dozens of Illegal Slot Machines in Nationwide Crackdown
Uganda’s booming gaming sector, one of the fastest-growing in East Africa, has come under tougher scrutiny as authorities intensify their...
Sep 112 min read


AUSTRAC Probe Exposes Gold Laundering Fueled by Gambling Addiction
The intersection of gambling addiction, gold trading, and AUSTRAC’s anti-money laundering (AML) regime has been laid bare in a case...
Sep 104 min read


Casinos Still a Key Conduit for Chinese Money Laundering Networks, Warns FinCEN
Casinos are once again at the centre of international financial crime concerns, as U.S. authorities warn that Chinese money laundering...
Sep 82 min read


FINTRAC Hits CNE Casino With $199,000 Penalty for Money Laundering Failures
Canada’s anti-financial crime regime has struck a sharp blow against weak compliance in the gaming sector, with FINTRAC levying an...
Sep 84 min read


Property Tycoon Phillip Dong Fang Lee Sues Star Casino Over A$57M Gambling Losses
A billionaire property developer who once ranked among The Star Sydney’s most prolific gamblers is now taking the casino operator to...
Sep 52 min read


PAGCOR Cites Online Gaming as Key Revenue Source While Warning Against Illegal Sites
Online gaming has become one of the Philippine government’s top revenue generators this year, according to the Philippine Amusement and...
Sep 52 min read


Anti-Money Laundering Authority in Greece Uncovers Black Money “Washing” Through Legal Betting Firms
The president of the Anti-Money Laundering Authority, former deputy prosecutor of the Supreme Court Charalambos Vourliotis, has moved to...
Sep 42 min read


Thailand’s Casino Legalization Effort Derails After Court Ousts Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra
Thailand’s path toward casino legalization has been dealt a heavy blow following the Constitutional Court’s decision on August 29 to...
Sep 32 min read


Ex-NatWest Manager Dodges Jail After Stealing £344K From ATMs to Fund Gambling Habit
A former NatWest branch manager has escaped prison despite admitting to stealing £344,410 (US$465,000) from the bank’s ATMs over the...
Sep 32 min read


Former Entain Executives Charged in Turkey Bribery and Fraud Case
Britain’s Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has brought charges against 11 individuals, including several former senior figures at gambling...
Sep 12 min read


Norsk Tipping Eurojackpot Fiasco Fuels Calls to End Gambling Monopolies in the Nordics
Norsk Tipping’s recent Eurojackpot debacle has reignited debate over the future of state gambling monopolies, with Nordic trade...
Sep 12 min read


Albanese Responds to Gambling Ad Ban Calls, Emphasises Targeted Harm-Reduction Measures
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has addressed growing calls for a nationwide ban on gambling advertising but stopped short of endorsing...
Aug 292 min read


Court Upholds Betting Taxes as Kenya Moves to Tighten Gambling Regulation
The Kakamega High Court has thrown out a constitutional petition that sought to overturn several key tax provisions governing Kenya’s...
Aug 282 min read


India’s Online Gambling Ban Sparks Industry Backlash and Sports Fallout
The fallout is intensifying from India’s move to prohibit online gambling, a measure that sped through Parliament this month and now...
Aug 283 min read


Isle of Man Gambling Regulator Highlights Enforcement Gains Amid Market Pressures
The Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission (GSC) is working to showcase progress in enforcement and anti-financial crime measures...
Aug 283 min read


Indonesian Police Freeze $9.5 Million Tied to Online Gambling Operations
Indonesian authorities have frozen RP154.3 billion ($9.5 million) linked to online gambling networks, in the latest step of a broad...
Aug 272 min read


Ghana Enforces Biometric Verification for All Gambling Activities
The Gaming Commission of Ghana has unveiled sweeping new regulations requiring biometric identification for every bet placed in the...
Aug 272 min read


India Moves to Ban Real Money Games With Sweeping New Bill
India has taken a dramatic step toward outlawing real money games, introducing legislation that has already rattled the online gaming...
Aug 263 min read


Macau Government Gaming Tax Revenue Reaches MOP$8.11 Billion in July
Macau’s Financial Services Bureau has reported that the government’s revenue from gaming taxes in July amounted to around MOP$8.11...
Aug 251 min read
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