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December 23, 2024

Colombia's President Takes Aim At Gambling Industry

Colombia President Gustavo Petro has come out swinging against the gambling industry, blaming unregulated operators for the failure of his 2025 budget bill, which was rejected by Congress.
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December 20, 2024

Italy Opens New Licensing Process For Online Gambling

The Agency of Customs and Monopolies published the tender notice in the European official gazette on December 18, officially kicking off the procedure for awarding the new nine-year online gaming concessions.聽
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December 20, 2024

Swedish Supreme Court Upholds Fines Against Kindred And Other Violators

Sweden's Supreme Administrative Court has denied the appeals of several gambling operators to further reduce fines imposed by the national gambling regulator for various compliance violations over the past three years.
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December 20, 2024

News In Brief: December 16-December 20, 2024

Norway appoints new gambling director, the UK names interim Gambling Commission chair, the Ukrainian regulator dismisses "fake" media reports surrounding its activities and two U.S. Representatives introduce legislation in the House to prohibit wagering on U.S. elections.
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December 20, 2024

U.S. iGaming Advocates Confronting Casino Opposition

Supporters of expanded iGaming will enter 2025 facing broader opposition than at any time in recent years, with impressive revenue growth in New Jersey, Michigan and other markets proving to be a double-edged sword.
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December 20, 2024

Week In Crypto: El Salvador, In Need Of IMF Cash, Agrees To End Bitcoin Experiment

El Salvador has reached a new loan agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) that will see the central American nation cut back its efforts to promote Bitcoin as a method of payment.
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December 20, 2024

Difficulties Persist For Expat Payment Accounts In The EU

A member of the European Parliament has highlighted the continued difficulty of opening basic payment accounts across EU member states, despite clear legal protections in EU law.
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December 20, 2024

Cura莽ao's Regulator Welcomes 'New Era Of Regulation'

The Cura莽ao聽Gaming Control Board has said the recently passed and much anticipated National Ordinance on Games of Chance (LOK) marks the 鈥渦shering in鈥 of a 鈥渘ew era of regulation鈥.
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December 19, 2024

U.S. Senate Sports-Betting Hearing Draws Mixed Reactions

Tuesday鈥檚 U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on sports betting drew a variety of reactions from stakeholders throughout the industry looking ahead at the prospect of federal intervention.
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December 19, 2024

Paraguay's Congress Approves New Gambling Law

Paraguay's Congress has granted final approval to legislation that will update the country's gambling law and enable a more competitive market for online sports betting.
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December 19, 2024

New Zealand Plans To Slash Merchant Fees In Interchange Overhaul

New Zealand鈥檚 competition regulator is hoping to save merchants NZ$260m ($150m) per year in payment costs if its new draft caps on interchange are enacted into law.
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December 19, 2024

Daily Dash: Canada Seeks 40-Fold Increase In AML Penalty Fines

After TD Bank, Canada鈥檚 second-largest lender, was hit with a record-breaking money laundering fine in the US, Canada is also looking to beef up its own penalties.
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December 19, 2024

Antitrust Complaint Filed Over PSD2 Non-Compliance In Norway

A major open banking payments and data company has lodged a formal complaint with Norway鈥檚 competition watchdog, accusing Norwegian banks of engaging in anti-competitive practices.
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December 19, 2024

EU Authorities Signal DORA Reporting Progress On Track

The European supervisory authorities have said that the EU financial sector is on track to comply with its reporting obligations under the Digital Operational Resilience Act (DORA).
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December 19, 2024

Scrapping Of R&D Tax Break Angers Australian Gaming Industry

Australia has terminated a valuable research and development (R&D) tax concession for gambling and tobacco companies, likely culling the bottom line of the nation鈥檚 gambling industry by millions of dollars each year.
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December 18, 2024

U.S. Senators Express Interest In Federal Sports-Betting Standards

Several U.S. senators expressed their desire to implement new federal sports-betting standards during a high-profile Senate committee hearing on Tuesday.
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December 18, 2024

Peru Tax Decree Presents Pressing Compliance Challenge

The imminent implementation of a consumption tax on every bet leaves Peru鈥檚 newly licensed operators stuck between a rock and a hard place as they scramble to comply with conflicting fiscal and gambling regulations.
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December 18, 2024

CBDCs Are The 'Future Of Currency', Says Outgoing RBI Governor In Final Speech

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) governor has described central bank digital currency (CBDC) as the "currency of the future" in his final speech before leaving the position.
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December 18, 2024

Meta Platforms Flagged As Scammers' Haven In New PSR Report

Big tech platforms, especially those run by Meta, have been accused of providing a safe haven for fraudsters targeting UK consumers, according to a new report from the Payment Systems Regulator (PSR).
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December 18, 2024

UAE Regulator Jim Murren Accused Of Conflict Of Interest

The chair of the United Arab Emirates鈥 (UAE) fledgling gambling regulator, gambling industry veteran Jim Murren, has been accused in a US media outlet of a conflict of interest after taking up the chairmanship of Resorts World Las Vegas.
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December 17, 2024

U.S. Senate Committee To Scrutinize Sports-Betting Industry

Testimony at a U.S. Senate committee hearing on sports betting on Tuesday will include lobbying for a variety of potential federal reforms of the industry.
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