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Gambling
Payments
Jurisdiction
April 27, 2023

Crown Fined Another $20m Over Cheque Abuses

The Victoria state regulator has slapped a new fine of A$30m ($20m) on casino operator Crown Resorts over customer cheque practices and has ordered another internal probe, extending Crown's nightmare run of punishments for compliance failures.
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April 27, 2023

UK Needs Strategy To Tackle Gambling-Related Crime, Says Report

UK charity, the Howard League for Penal Reform, has called for the creation of a national board to address crime linked to gambling, following the completion of its over three-year-long inquiry.
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April 27, 2023

Rio de Janeiro State To License Online Sports-Betting Operators

The Brazilian state of Rio de Janeiro has published a formal notice setting out a licensing and accreditation process for retail and online sports-betting operations, with lower taxes and fees set to apply at state level than would apply聽under a forthcoming federal framework.
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April 27, 2023

Trouble In Heaven For Marriage Between Leagues And Sportsbooks

All marriages have their ups and downs, but the unlikely partnership between the sports-betting industry and the National Football League seems to be especially turbulent.
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April 27, 2023

Kindred Reports Mixed Picture As It Considers Sale

Kindred鈥檚 announcement that it will undergo a strategic review leaves it with an encouraging performance in the Netherlands, a troublesome one in Norway, and a performance that one commentator called 鈥渉ardly stellar鈥 in the growth market of the USA.
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April 27, 2023

Chile's Sports Advertising Ban Bill Passes To The Senate

Chile鈥檚 bill to ban online betting operators from partnering with sports teams has passed the Chamber of Deputies, and now awaits its fate in the Senate.
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April 26, 2023

UK鈥檚 FCA Wants To Restrict Cash Deposits At Post Office Branches

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced a new series of measures that are designed to reduce the risk of money laundering through Post Office banking services.
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April 26, 2023

Merchants Could Be Forced To Accept Digital Euro, ECB Says

The European Central Bank鈥檚 (ECB) latest digital euro work suggests that merchants should be obliged to accept the payment method, as the end of the investigation phase gets closer.
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April 26, 2023

EPI Grabs iDEAL Solution With New Acquisitions

The European Payments Initiative (EPI), a project to build a pan-European rival to Visa and Mastercard, rises from the ashes with two big announcements: the acquisitions of Dutch payments champion iDEAL and a new pilot by year end.
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April 26, 2023

German Slots Tax Receipts Slide

German online slots tax receipts dropped about 43 percent in the first quarter of this year, suggesting that German gamblers might be moving to unlicensed operators.
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April 26, 2023

Illegal Market Remains A Concern As U.S. Sports Betting Turns Five

The U.S. Supreme Court鈥檚 decision almost five years ago to overturn the federal ban on sports betting created a booming market that today faces challenges that include a need for fresh innovation and enduring offshore competition.
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April 26, 2023

Kindred Launches Review That Could Include Sale

Kindred Group said its board has started a review of strategic alternatives that could include a merger or sale of the company, in whole or in part.
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April 26, 2023

Australia's NSW Government In Talks Over Mandatory Cashless Gaming

Crossbenchers holding the balance of power in the New South Wales (NSW) state legislature have begun talks with the newly-elected Labor government to introduce mandatory cashless gaming for its $8bn slot machine sector.
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April 26, 2023

Finnish Ministries Clash Over Ending Monopoly

The Finnish Ministry of Social Affairs and Health has said the preliminary report on the exclusive rights system contains two 鈥渇undamental problems鈥, as it throws its weight behind preserving the country鈥檚 gambling monopoly.
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April 25, 2023

Australia Seeks To Expand AML/CTF Framework In New Consultation

A new consultation is seeking comment on plans to bring previously unregulated sectors into Australia's anti-money laundering/counter-terrorism financing (AML/CTF) framework, as lawmakers voice concerns that the country could be heading for the FATF greylist.
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April 25, 2023

US Non-Cash Payment Boom Records Fed鈥檚 Triennial Payments Study

The US Federal Reserve has published its triennial payments study which found that non-cash payments have grown at the highest ever recorded rate.
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April 25, 2023

European Parliament Issues Controversial Digital Euro Report

The 鈥済ame changer鈥 central bank digital currency could be used to distance the banking sector from payments, a new report from the European Parliament has said.
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April 25, 2023

Spain Reveals 20 Sanctions Issued In H2

Spain鈥檚 biannual list of gambling operator sanctions includes several penalties for Flutter-owned companies, but the big money fines focus on a group of Cura莽ao-based operators.
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April 25, 2023

UK Commission Warns Of 'Unrelenting' Enforcement Ahead Of White Paper

Key UK industry stakeholders are still unaware of the exact contents or release date of the long-awaited Gambling Act Review white paper, but the gambling regulator says it is continuing to take action despite repeated delays.
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April 25, 2023

Brazilian Football Clubs Issue Tax Ultimatum

Some of Brazil鈥檚 biggest football clubs are threatening to pull their logos from sports-betting platforms if they do not receive a larger share of betting revenue once a regulatory regime is brought into full effect.
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April 25, 2023

Iowa Gaming Regulators Issue $82,000 In Fines

Iowa gaming regulators have issued several financial penalties for companies that violated a myriad of sports-betting rules, including self-exclusion failures and accepting prohibited bets.
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