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Gambling
Payments
Jurisdiction
July 1, 2024

Northern Ireland Inquiry Recommends New Regulator, Affordability

Northern Ireland’s All-Party Group on Reducing Harm Related to Gambling has made 57 recommendations to the Northern Ireland Executive, including a new independent regulator and spending loss limits.
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July 1, 2024

Thailand Seeks Tax Revenue With Plans To Legalise Casinos

Thailand is moving forward with plans to legalise integrated resorts in an effort that has already attracted interest from some well-known gaming companies, including Las Vegas Sands and Genting Group.
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July 1, 2024

Daily Dash: New Open Finance Regulation Goes Live In UAE

The United Arab Emirates has published its long-awaited Open Finance Regulation, while anti-corruption groups in Nigeria have said the country is close to exiting the FATF greylist.
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July 1, 2024

Swiss Central Bank To Expand 'Very Successful' Wholesale CBDC Pilot

The Swiss National Bank has confirmed that its ongoing pilot of wholesale central bank digital currency (CBDC) will be extended for at least two more years.
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July 1, 2024

Al Etihad Payments' Aani Revolutionises Financial Inclusivity And Security In The UAE

In the second instalment of an exclusive interview with 91ÌìÌÃÔ­„“, Jan Pilbauer, chief executive of government-backed Al Etihad Payments explains how the Aani payments platform is seeking to enhance inclusivity in the UAE’s financial sector.
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July 1, 2024

Philippines Keeps Best US Human Trafficking Rating Despite Raids

The US State Department has retained the Philippines’ top rating for eliminating human trafficking despite a surge in online gambling linked operations that exploited and enslaved thousands of local and foreign workers.
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June 28, 2024

Gibraltar Border Deal Is Not Do Or Die, Minister Tells Gambling Industry

Gibraltar should prepare for the potential collapse of negotiations over a European Union border deal considered vital to its online gambling industry, but its minister in charge of gambling issues vows the territory will adapt to any outcome.
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June 28, 2024

Nevada Revising Regulations For Cybersecurity, Ceasing Operations

Since the beginning of the year, Nevada gaming regulators have approved dozens of updates to regulations and even eliminated some outdated rules as they continue to find ways to reduce the regulatory burden on the state’s largest industry.
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June 28, 2024

News In Brief: June 24-June 28, 2024

Tribal gambling revenue topped $43bn last year and the Cherokee Nation in Arkansas has been awarded a gaming license.
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June 28, 2024

Fortune Tiger: The Game Devouring Brazil

The proliferation of the online casino game Fortune Tiger on Brazilian social media continues to attract negative headlines as arrests of influencers involved in promoting the game multiply, with legal experts growing concerned at a possible knock-on impact for forthcoming regulations.
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June 28, 2024

Buenos Aires Pauses New Online Licences To Address Youth Gambling

The City of Buenos Aires has halted applications for online gambling licences as part of a campaign to tackle adolescent gambling.
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June 28, 2024

CFPB Takes Aim At BNPL Regulatory Loopholes In The US

The US Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) has vowed to close regulatory loopholes that benefit buy now, pay later (BNPL) lenders, in an effort to regulate the sector in the same way as credit cards.
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June 28, 2024

Week In Crypto: Louisiana Signs Pro-Bitcoin, Anti-CBDC Bill Into Law

Louisiana becomes the latest US state to ban central bank digital currency, Israel cracks down on crypto-based money laundering and terrorist financing, and the US offers a $5m bounty for the "Crypto Queen".
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June 28, 2024

Daily Dash: FCA Delays PEP Review Until After General Election

The UK’s financial regulator has said it will keep its review of politically exposed persons (PEPs) under wraps during the general election, while the US Treasury has settled with an Italian TV channel over North Korea sanctions violations.
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June 27, 2024

Tribal Sports Betting A Beneficiary Of U.S. Supreme Court's Florida Ruling

After the Seminole Tribe of Florida’s legal victory to keep state-wide mobile betting intact, a prominent tribal gaming attorney believes that precedent now allows tribes to amend their gaming compacts to offer mobile wagering instead of states granting licenses for betting.
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June 27, 2024

Pennsylvania Fines Live! Casino $100,000 For Proxy Wagers

Pennsylvania regulators approved a consent agreement on Wednesday that includes a $100,000 fine for an affiliate of Cordish Companies after several sportsbook employees accepted illegal proxy bets.
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June 27, 2024

UK Political Scandal Highlights Industry's Monitoring Capabilities

The UK’s ongoing political betting scandal has shone light on the immense effort operators take to monitor bets and potential high-risk customers in the regulated market, say experts.
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June 27, 2024

US Senators Challenge Supreme Court Ruling In New CFPB Funding Bill

The Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) is once again at the centre of a dispute between lawmakers in the US, after a group of Republican senators introduced a bill that aims to abolish its direct funding mechanism.
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June 27, 2024

Open Banking In UAE Needs A 'Killer Use Case', Says Al Etihad CEO

In the first instalment of an exclusive interview with 91ÌìÌÃÔ­„“, Jan Pilbauer, chief executive at Al Etihad Payments (UAE), spoke about the national payments entity’s work on open banking and open finance adoption in the country.
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June 27, 2024

Daily Dash: Aussie Payments Industry Agrees To Split Costs Of Cash-In-Transit Business

A struggling cash-in-transit business has been given a helping hand by Australia’s payments industry, while the UAE has issued new criteria for taking part in its regulatory sandbox scheme.
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June 26, 2024

DC Council Approves Sports-Betting Overhaul

The DC Council gave final approval Tuesday to legislation that will open the District of Columbia’s sports wagering market to multiple mobile operators for the first time.
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