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Ithuba Holdings hails court victory over Lottostar
Johannesburg – Ithuba Holdings has said the court victory earlier this week sends a strong signal to gaming companies that have been profit…
Connecticut Enacts Emergency Sports Betting and iGaming Regulations, Awaits Federal Approval of Amended State-Tribal Gaming Compacts
On Tuesday, August 31, Connecticut’s Legislative Regulation Review Committee approved a set of emergency sports betting and iGaming regulat…
Florida Sports Betting Deal Faces Second Court Challenge
TALLAHASSEE (CBSMiami/NSF) – Upping the ante in the courts, two pari-mutuel facilities have filed a second federal lawsuit challenging a 30…
Single sports betting comes to Canada: What does this mean for internet gaming?
With football on both sides of the border, MLB playoffs, and NHL training camps around the corner, Canadians will soon have a new way to en…
New York Gaming Commission Approves Mobile Sports Wagering Regulations
The commission cleared the latest procedural hurdle in bringing mobile sports betting to New York
The New York Gaming Commission unanimous…
Canada legalizes single-game sports betting, opening up billion-dollar market
Federal law gives provinces the OK for more gambling on sports than now allowed
The federal government has made it legal to gamble on indi…
Legal challenge coming to Florida Seminole gaming compact
TALLAHASSEE – Now that the Department of the Interior has allowed the gaming compact between Florida and the Seminole Tribe to go into effe…
Feds clear way for Florida gambling deal with Seminole Tribe, sports betting
Delivering a major victory to Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Seminole Tribe, President Joe Biden’s administration has allowed to go into effect…
Will Florida’s Online Gambling Laws be Changed?
Like a number of US states, the authorities in Florida tend to adopt drastically different approaches when regulating on and offline gambli…
Online Gambling In Germany: Casino Regulations And Rules 2021
Germany: Online Gambling In Germany: Casino Regulations And Rules 2021 29 July 2021
The recent history of the rules and regulations concer…
Florida lawsuit challenges new Seminole gambling compact
The lawsuit, filed Friday, argues that the agreement authorizing sports betting outside of tribal lands violates federal law.
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Germany: Administrative Court of Münster - No more permission for commercial lottery brokerage
By decision of July 1, 2021, the Münster Administrative Court rejected the urgent application from a company based in the Coesfeld district…
Missouri Lottery winners will be kept secret — unless they ask for publicity
JEFFERSON CITY, MO.
Missouri Lottery winners will be kept secret — unless they ask for publicity — under a law signed Tuesday by Gov. Mike…
NeoPollard Interactive and New Hampshire Lottery Reach New Milestone as the U.S. Department of Justice Passes on Wire Act Case Appeal
LANSING, Michigan, June 29, 2021 /CNW/ – NeoPollard Interactive LLC (“NeoPollard Interactive” or “NPi”) jointly owned by Pollard Banknote L…
Top Massachusetts Court Backs Blackjack With a Twist
Casinos that offer some gamblers a stingier payout prevailed Wednesday against gamblers who said the tortured odds allowed operators to unf…
Breaking: DOJ Declines Appeal of Wire Act Case; Several States Expected to Sign Interstate Online Poker Deals
The end to the Wire Act case is expected to change the face of legal regulated online poker in the US.
With no appearance of an appeal fil…
Feds need to reject Florida’s fatally flawed gambling deal with Seminole Tribe | Editorial
No matter what the state of Florida might claim, it is not asking the U.S. Department of the Interior to approve a deal that legalizes spor…
The Cordish Companies Sue Norfolk Over Casino Plans, Seeks $100M in Damages
The Cordish Companies, the owner and operator of Live! casinos in Pennsylvania and Maryland, is suing Norfolk, Va. over the city’s plans to…
Legislative gridlock puts 'gray-market' gambling machines before courts
Despite a felony guilty verdict, a misdemeanor guilty plea and ongoing criminal cases in several counties, another year of legislative inac…
South Africa's Trade, Industry and Competition Minister loses bid to appeal court ruling on appointment of National Lotteries Commission chair
Trade, Industry and Competition Minister Ebrahim Patel’s determination to have a final word in the running of the affairs of the National L…
Northern Ireland gambling laws to be reformed
The first "significant changes" in 35 years will be made to gambling laws in Northern Ireland.
Legislation to allow bookmakers to open on…
Pennsylvania Lottery beats casinos in online gambling turf fight
The Pennsylvania Lottery scored a big court victory over its commercial gambling business cousins this week. A state judge ruled that the L…
Florida gambling deal heads to the U.S. Department of the Interior
While Florida lawmakers signed off last week on a far-reaching gambling pact with the Seminole Tribe that includes sports betting, Las Vega…
Group of bettors sue Bob Baffert over Kentucky Derby gambling losses after Medina Spirit's failed drug test
Medina Spirit's failed drug test
The class-action lawsuits were filed in California
Hall of Fame Horse racing trainer Bob Baffert has had…
China details action taken against cross-border gambling
The Chinese Government has been vigilant against the rising trend of cross-border gambling, the Ministry of Public Security has said.
Sinc…