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Month
Gambling
Payments
Jurisdiction
January 20, 2023

Dutch Regulator Fines Malta-Based Shark77 鈧900,000

The Netherlands Gambling Authority has fined Malta-based online operator Shark77 鈧900,000 for allowing Dutch players to gamble on its website without a licence.
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January 20, 2023

Paraguay Regulator Faces Legal Action Over Sports-Betting Tender

Paraguay鈥檚 beleaguered National Gaming Commission (Conajzar) could be facing legal action from B-Gaming and Gambling SA Consortium, which narrowly missed out on the country鈥檚 sole sports-betting contract.
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January 20, 2023

News In Brief: January 16-January 20, 2023

Massachusetts regulator scheduled to approve sports-betting ad rules,聽University of Colorado discontinues PointsBet referral scheme and New South Wales Premier supports proposed ban on club political donations.
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January 19, 2023

Nigeria To Create Open Banking Framework Inspired By EU鈥檚 PSD2

Nigeria has become the latest country to embrace open banking as part of the country鈥檚 new wide-ranging payment modernisation efforts, while the country also celebrates the go-live date of its domestic card scheme.
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January 19, 2023

Russia Slaps Apple With $17.4m Fine Over Pay Services

Russia has followed regulators in many other parts of the world in ruling that Apple has abused its dominant position.
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January 19, 2023

China鈥檚 CBDC To Work Offline, As PBOC Also Expands Use Cases

China鈥檚 e-CNY wallet app can now work offline allowing users to make payments where internet connection is poor or when their device runs out of battery. The country鈥檚 central bank has also announced plans to allow the central bank digital currency (CBDC) for investment purposes and to include it in its official money supply statistics.
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January 19, 2023

Maryland Makes Diversity Key Plank Of Sports-Betting Framework

After an explosive start to mobile sports betting, Maryland regulators have approved the diversity plans of newly-licensed sportsbook operators to implement a key tenet of the state鈥檚 policy framework.
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January 19, 2023

Ohio Regulator Threatens Involuntary Exclusion For Social Media Harassment

Ohio鈥檚 top gaming regulator warned that people who send harassing messages to college athletes via social media and other methods may be subject to penalties, including involuntary exclusion from betting.
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January 19, 2023

Legislature Considers Reauthorizing Skill-Based Gaming In Virginia

A senior Republican lawmaker in the Virginia General Assembly has proposed reauthorizing so-called skill games, or grey-market gaming machines, even while the state prepares for another hearing in the spring about its efforts to enforce a ban that is currently on hold.
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January 19, 2023

Chile Shuffles Forward With Two Online Gambling Bills

The economy and sports commissions of Chile's Chamber of Deputies both heard from relevant parties this week on contrasting online gambling bills, making progress on what has been a long and arduous process to regulate the online industry.
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January 19, 2023

European Committee Developing Online Markers Of Harm Standard

The European Committee for Standardisation will develop a common European standard on markers of harm for online gambling.
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January 19, 2023

Asia Junket Supremo Alvin Chau Jailed For 18 Years

Alvin Chau, formerly the most powerful figure in Asia鈥檚 junket networks, has been sentenced to 18 years in prison in Macau for organised crime, gambling and fraud offences, while eight of his colleagues received jail terms of between nine and 15 years.
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January 18, 2023

VIXIO Impact Index: Year In Review Highlights Large Shifts In Regulatory Landscape

Regulatory activity is up in the UK and Russia, but there has been a sharp decline in activity across the EU, as sanctions, elections and regulatory initiatives affect the regulatory volatility of the top 15 most active jurisdictions. Plus we discuss how a flurry of regulatory activity in December can cause problems for compliance teams during the traditional holiday period.
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January 18, 2023

Euro Ministers Tally Digital Euro Priorities

The Eurogroup, which brings together ministers in the eurozone, has set out its hopes and wishes for the digital euro project as it enters a pivotal year.
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January 18, 2023

TonyBet Penalised In UK Over Unfair Terms

The UK Gambling Commission has issued TonyBet a 拢443,000 penalty for failings in social responsibility and anti-money laundering policies.
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January 18, 2023

Genesis Global Malta Licence Suspended After Months Of Difficulties

The Malta Gaming Authority has announced the suspension of Genesis Global Limited's licence, following months of difficulties for the operator and sparking a government response to protect the company's former employees.
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January 18, 2023

Betr Bets On Differentiated Microbetting-Focused Product

Armed with a differentiated product and a popular, although controversial, influencer, Betr is poised to be one of the more interesting new market entrants in U.S. sports betting in 2023.
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January 18, 2023

Polish Bookmaker STS Withdraws From UK, Estonia Despite Positive Results

Poland鈥檚 largest bookmaker, STS Holding, has declared plans to exit the UK and Estonian markets despite reporting a significant increase in its net gaming revenue.
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January 17, 2023

Everything Up For Grabs! UK Government Mulls Post-Brexit Payment Changes

Changes regarding the 鈥減rescriptiveness鈥 of payment services regulation are on the cards, the UK government has suggested in a new call for evidence.
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January 17, 2023

US BNPL Users Charged Several Times Due To Technical Glitch

American users of buy now, pay later (BNPL) provider Affirm have taken to social media to complain that they were wrongly charged multiple times, leaving them with little or no money on their accounts before the long weekend.
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January 17, 2023

Bank Of Thailand Asks For Public Comment On Virtual Bank Framework

The Bank of Thailand has announced that it is now accepting public feedback on its proposed rules for the opening of virtual banks, a key part of its wider digital economy strategy.
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