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The Wyoming Gaming Commission has begun the process to amend its regulations to put any gambler found to have harassed a college athlete onto the state’s involuntary exclusion list. 

A key congressional ally of President Claudia Sheinbaum has said the new administration will soon submit a bill to reform Mexico's law that governs gambling, which has not been changed since 1947. 

Rwanda’s government has published a new gambling policy with three key pillars: minimise the negative impacts of gambling; maximise the economic benefits; and introduce a robust regulatory and compliance regime.

UK lawmakers have lambasted the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) in a cross-party report that calls for the agency to be reformed, if not abolished.

HSBC has announced that it has stopped processing payments to or from Russia and Belarus for all personal banking customers.

A member of the US Federal Reserve Board has argued in favour of a wait-and-see approach to regulating artificial intelligence (AI), given the dangers of imposing rules on the technology too early in its development.

Payment firms fear the unintended consequences of the government-approved delays to payments, which are aimed at giving banks time to investigate potentially fraudulent transactions.

The UK government has announced plans to impose a levy of up to 1.1 percent on gross gambling yield to generate £100m to “guarantee increased, ringfenced and consistent funding to prevent and tackle gambling harm”, and confirmed earlier plans for online slots stake limits.

Brazil’s gambling regulator has confirmed that licensed operators will be able to migrate current players to their Brazilian platforms as a new regulatory regime kicks in on January 1.

France’s National Gaming Authority has issued eight fines and one warning to operators for exceeding the return to player rate for online sports betting in the year 2022. 

Despite the rapid expansion of sports betting, supporters of legalizing internet gaming have had little success opening new states as concerns over problem gambling and the cannibalization of land-based casinos have deterred all but a few legislative efforts.

The highest court in Ontario is set to consider whether the province’s regulated online gaming sites can legally allow local gamblers to play with people outside Canada.

Northern Ireland’s Department for Communities hopes to issue an initial gambling industry code of practice in 2025, as pressure mounts on the UK’s Department for Digital, Culture Media & Sport (DCMS) to update the country’s advertising rules.

The Bank of England, Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) and Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) have unveiled the finalised framework for operational resilience of critical third parties (CTPs) within the UK financial sector. Published in Policy Statement PS16/24, the framework establishes clear guidelines for the management and oversight of third-party services crucial to the financial system. The initiative follows extensive consultation and addresses risks tied to the growing reliance on third-party service providers.

A new survey by the Bank of England and the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has found that UK firms are adopting AI across a range of use cases, but remain cautious about regulatory constraints.

In a new campaign, the Dutch Banking Association, Victim Support Netherlands and police are calling on victims of "pig butchering" scams, which combine dating fraud with investment fraud, to break their silence.

The Banco de Portugal has attempted to enhance payment transparency and security by introducing new rules to identify final beneficiaries in transactions using payment references and direct debits.

Australia’s federal government and the states of New South Wales and Tasmania are walking back or delaying legislative responses to aberrant gambling, while reform leader Victoria is set to deliver a promise on carded slot machine play.

The French Senate has approved amendment 134 to the 2025 draft Social Security Finance Act that would increase taxes on certain online and brick-and-mortar gambling activities, after a similar amendment that was leaked in October was scuppered after uproar. 

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has fined notorious offshore operator BetOnline €1.1m for illegally offering its services in the Dutch market.

The rise of new variants of fantasy sports and sweepstakes has been perhaps the story of 2024 in U.S. gambling regulation, but a string of class-action lawsuits threaten to stall these new offerings in 2025.