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September 3, 2024

Amazon Web Services, Mastercard Among Industry Giants Uniting To Combat UK Economic Crime

Leading finance and technology firms have formed a coalition in the UK to tackle economic crime via enhanced digital verification, according to an announcement by the Centre for Finance, Innovation and Technology (CFIT).
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September 3, 2024

Singapore Opens Public Consultation On New Protection From Scams Bill

Singapore’s Ministry Of Home Affairs (MHA) has announced plans to introduce a Protection from Scams Bill, intended to safeguard individuals at risk from online fraud.
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September 3, 2024

Romania’s Co-ruling Party Proposes Gambling Advertising Ban

Romania’s co-ruling National Liberal Party (PNL) has announced that eliminating gambling advertisements is one of its main legislative proposals for the autumn parliamentary session which began on September 2.
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September 3, 2024

Philippines Frees 162 Online Gambling Workers In Cebu Raid

Philippine authorities have raided an illegal online gambling operation in the major central city of Cebu, the first such operation in the area, rescuing 162 allegedly captive foreign workers.
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September 3, 2024

Aristocrat Latest Target Of Kentucky Loss Recovery Lawsuit

A loss recovery law in Kentucky has been costly in recent years for gaming companies, with Aristocrat as the latest to be targeted with a lawsuit surrounding its social casino offering.
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September 2, 2024

Australia Study Says Direct Marketing Boosts Betting Spending, Harm

An Australian study suggests that exposure to direct marketing from betting operators directly increases betting spending and short-term gambling-related harm.
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September 2, 2024

Ecuador Registers Sports-Betting Operators To Pay Tax

Sixty-five sports-betting operators have registered to pay a 15 percent tax on gross revenue in Ecuador, after a government move to extract income from the grey market.  
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September 2, 2024

NSW Regulator Juggles Finding On 'Unsuitable' Star Entertainment

The New South Wales (NSW) state casino regulator is considering its response to an external probe’s report that found The Star Entertainment Group remains unsuitable to recover its suspended casino licence.
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August 30, 2024

Week In Crypto: Wyoming Shares Plans To Launch Its Own Stablecoin In 2025

Wyoming pitches a potential launch date for its state-backed stablecoin, Kraken learns that it will see the SEC in court, and the wife of a detained Binance compliance executive continues to plead for his release.
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August 30, 2024

Cash-Back Fees Surge At US Retail Chains, CFPB Report Reveals

A new report from the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) reveals that Americans are increasingly paying significant fees when requesting cash back at large retail chains using debit or prepaid cards.
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August 30, 2024

Daily Dash: Cross-Border Instant Payments Are 'Top Of Our Agenda', Says RBI

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has said that building instant payment linkages for remittances is a key priority, while Hong Kong has launched a new sandbox that aims to accelerate the use of tokenisation.
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August 29, 2024

Colorado Culls Wagering Catalog Of 'Negative' Bet Types

Colorado regulators took a hard stance against bet types that professional sports leagues have said should be removed from wagering catalogs throughout the United States.
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August 29, 2024

News In Brief: August 26-August 30, 2024

A post-merger BlueBet is leaving U.S. to focus on Australia and DraftKings acquires a microbetting provider.
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August 29, 2024

UK Blog Supplies Details Of 'Frictionless' Financial Checks Pilot

The UK’s Gambling Commission is set to launch its pilot programme to test how it will require operators to execute controversial financial risk assessments called for in the white paper.
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August 29, 2024

Daily Dash: Austrian Bank Fined Over AML Failures

Austria’s regulator has fined Hypo Vorarlberg Bank for failing to meet due diligence requirements, while a key Irish bank has introduced a new gaming block for its customers.
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August 28, 2024

Nevada Weighing Expansion Of Wagering Accounts For Non-Gaming Activities

With Nevada gamblers already using wagering accounts to fund sports betting or casino play, regulators are considering lifting a long-standing prohibition on using those same accounts to pay for restaurants, hotel rooms or other non-gaming amenities.
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August 28, 2024

Peru Awards Online Gambling Licences

Peru’s gambling regulator has finally completed its assessment of licensing applications and issued a total of 120 licences to 60 online gambling operators.
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August 28, 2024

Dutch Regulator Says Illegal Gambling Promotion Stopped After Warning

The Netherlands Gambling Authority (KSA) has said that two Dutch influencers have taken down a YouTube video advertising an illegal, unlicensed gambling operator and its website after a warning from the regulator.
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August 28, 2024

Regulators Failing To Act Over Illegal Loot Boxes, Says Academic

Academic and prominent anti-loot box campaigner Leon Y. Xiao has criticised gambling regulators for failing to crack down on skins gambling, as he presents a new paper that characterises video game platform Steam as a purveyor of illegal gambling.
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August 28, 2024

Outlook: Artificial Intelligence

This report is part of 91ÌìÌÃÔ­„“’s Outlook series, which provides subscribers with forward-looking insights and consolidated research on key segments of the global gambling and payments industries. This edition is designed to provide high-level intelligence and forecasts surrounding the use, development and regulatory changes affecting artificial intelligence (AI), with a focus on the payments and gambling markets.
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August 28, 2024

Daily Dash: India's Retail CBDC Pilot Boasts Of 5m Users

The Reserve Bank of India has said its retail CBDC pilot is attracting users by the million, while the Netherlands has released new material to help firms comply with informational requirements under DORA.
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