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April 17, 2025

AGA CEO: Prediction Market Sports Bets Violate Federal Wire Act

As Kalshi announced the launch of single-game markets for Major League Baseball, the head of the U.S. gaming industry鈥檚 main trade association insisted the prediction market's sports event contracts are being offered in violation of federal law.
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April 17, 2025

North Carolina Sports-Betting Tax Hike Set For Senate Vote

North Carolina has become the latest state to put a significant sports-betting tax hike on the table, with lawmakers expected to vote Thursday to progress the legislation.
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April 17, 2025

FCA To Establish Presence In US And Asia-Pacific

Following through on intentions announced in its January 2025 letter to the Prime Minister, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is to establish an overseas presence to support the UK鈥檚 drive for economic growth.
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April 17, 2025

FSB Finalises Harmonised Format For Cyber And Operational Incident Reporting

The Financial Stability Board (FSB) has published its finalised Format for Incident Reporting Exchange (FIRE) in a bid to streamline cyber and operational incident reporting.
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April 17, 2025

European Central Bank Pressed To Justify Claims Digital Euro Will Benefit Banks

The European Central Bank is facing calls to clarify its position on the potential financial impact of the digital euro on European banks, after its supervisory chief claimed that lenders would benefit from the new central bank digital currency.
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April 17, 2025

News In Brief: April 14-18, 2025

Chile's public prosecutors have closed a three-year investigation into unlicensed online gambling platforms.
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April 16, 2025

Brazil Confirms Plan To Regulate Suppliers

Brazil鈥檚 federal gambling authority will kick off an initiative to directly regulate online gambling suppliers later this year, as part of a broader rulemaking agenda running through the end of 2026.
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April 16, 2025

Uganda Updating Gambling Law, Tackling Illegal Activity

Uganda鈥檚 gambling regulator has called for the gambling law to be updated to improve clarity and better address online gambling.
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April 16, 2025

UK Gambling Facing New Consumer Fairness Threats

A ban on cross-selling and new enforcement powers granted to the UK鈥檚 consumer protection agency are raising the stakes on customer-facing compliance in gambling yet again.
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April 16, 2025

Research Shows Dutch Consumers Willing To Embrace Digital Euro

A new report from De NederlandscheBank shows that Dutch consumers are open to using the digital euro, in a boost for both advocates of central bank digital currencies and those concerned about Europe鈥檚 payment sovereignty.
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April 16, 2025

FCA's Ditching Of Consumer Duty Champion Requirement 'Performative'

Following criticism from the Treasury Select Committee, experts say the UK Financial Conduct Authority鈥檚 (FCA) decision to remove the requirement for firms to have a board-level Consumer Duty champion will have only a limited impact.
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April 16, 2025

Norwegian Regulator Flags Serious Safeguarding Failings At Payments And E-Money Firms

A new report from the Norwegian Financial Supervisory Authority (Finanstilsynet) has identified areas of non-compliance in how payment and e-money institutions safeguard customer funds.
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April 16, 2025

First East Timor Online Gambling Licensee Has Cambodia, Philippines Ties

East Timor (Timor-Leste) has taken a major step toward launching a regulated, foreign-facing online gambling market after issuing its first concession to a company linked to the Philippines, Cambodia and Nigeria.
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April 16, 2025

U.S. Gaming Industry Threatened By Sweepstakes, Prediction Markets, Slow Rollout Of iGaming

The U.S. gambling industry faces unprecedented threats and opportunities as rapidly expanding sweepstakes and prediction-market platforms steal a march on an iGaming segment struggling to gain legislative approval.
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April 15, 2025

Political Betting Charges Demonstrate Effective UK Regulation, Say Lawyers

The UK Gambling Commission has charged several of the political figures caught up in last year鈥檚 election betting scandal, in what one legal expert says is a vindication of operators鈥 know your customer procedures.
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April 15, 2025

Regulatory Influencer: 鈥楲oopholes鈥 Remain As US Stablecoin Bills Move To Vote

With the US moving towards federal stablecoin legislation, two bills have emerged as the leading contenders to be enacted, but lawmakers say both contain 鈥渓oopholes鈥 that could give foreign issuers an easy ride.
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April 15, 2025

E-Money Firm xpate Joins Latvia's Central Bank Payment System

Latvia has become the first country in the eurozone to allow a non-bank payment service provider to participate directly in a central bank-operated payment system.
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April 15, 2025

Digital Pound Offline Payments 'Technically Feasible', But Challenges Remain

The Bank of England has found that making offline payments with a potential digital pound is viable, but that a number of issues, including financial crime risks, will need to be addressed.
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April 15, 2025

Thailand Emergency Decree Seeks To Counter Cybercrime And Mule Accounts

The Royal Decree on Digital Assets, which came into force on April 13, 2025, lets Thai authorities speedily close unauthorised foreign asset business platforms.
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April 15, 2025

Colombia Operators Sound Alarm Over Deposit Tax

A number of Colombia鈥檚 licensed operators will be forced to shut down if a tax now being applied to online gambling deposits remains in place, according to a leading industry association.
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April 14, 2025

Cybersecurity Incidents Hit Minnesota, Michigan Tribal Casinos

Several tribal casinos have been forced to close their doors after ransomware attacks took hundreds of slot machines offline, while experts in one incident continue to work to reopen their casino floor.
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