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Belgium’s national gambling regulator, Kansspelcommissie, has signed an agreement with the country’s largest internet provider, DNS Belgium, on an illegal gambling detection partnership.
The deal is the national regulators’ attempt to curb illicit gambling across “.be” domains for any sites promoting or offering wagering without the proper permission to do so.
Kansspelcommissie and DNS Belgium...
A court in Berat, Albania, has convicted a former senior intelligence official and his son on charges including illegal gambling, unlawful possession of ammunition, and the holding of state secrets.
The case was brought by the Prosecutor’s Office at the Court of First Instance of General Jurisdiction, which stated that both men, Aleksandër Shulla, a former director of the State Intelligence...
The gaming regulator in the Netherlands, Kansspelautoriteit (Ksa), has slapped JOI Gaming Limited with a massive €400,000 fine as they accuse the brand of using role models in advertising JACK’s Racing Day.
The gaming company offers casino games and a sportsbook under the Dutch Remote Gambling Act and has been licensed by the Ksa since 2021.
Now, though, the gambling authority says there were...
A property manager in Utah has been sentenced to 25 months’ imprisonment for defrauding over $2 million to support his gambling habits.
Blake Floyd Cozzens, 36, was jailed for wire fraud and bank fraud for embezzling money from homeowners’ associations, property owners, and tenants, as well as fraudulently stealing money from a bank and a company that provided property-management software using...
A 36-year-old man from the Belfast area, in Northern Ireland, has been sentenced this week (December 15) for offences linked to the operation of an illegal bingo enterprise and online raffle from his home address.
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) have provided the update, stating that the man had entered an earlier guilty plea to both offences. The sentences were for “organizing or...
The Nebraska Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has announced that it has successfully recouped $200,000 in child support from gambling wins.
The new system, via the Gambling Winnings Setoff for Outstanding Debt Act, has been in place since September 2025 as part of a new state drive to use registered winnings as a form of support for children.
DHHS recoups $200k in child support from...
The three-time Hart Memorial Trophy winner Connor McDavid is now starring in a BetMGM ad which highlights the brand’s in-app responsible gambling tools and resources.
The Canadian ice hockey center is seen alongside former NHL player and actor Terry Ryan, with the commercial being aptly named ‘Mullet Over’ after the popular hockey-themed hairstyle, but it does have a serious message at its heart...
Arizona becomes the ninth state that Crypto.com has stopped offering prediction markets and sports contracts in.
As of Tuesday, December 2, for sport event contracts and Friday, December 12, for all other prediction markets, Crypto.com no longer offers its services in Arizona, making it the ninth state that it no longer operates in, as reported by Sports Betting Dime. Arizona joins Michigan,...
Coljuegos, the national gambling regulator of Colombia, has proposed a draft bill to tighten regulations on gambling machines. These slot machines, known as Máquinas Electrónicas Tragamonedas (METs), play a role in the licensed gambling sector in the South American nation.
For any property to house or offer these machines, there is a process akin to that in most jurisdictions to make records and...
All three casino projects slated for New York City won approval by the New York State Gaming Commission on Monday (December 15), paving the way for the first full-scale gambling operations to operate legally within the city itself. The approvals were announced during Monday’s New York State Gaming Commission meeting and included Queens Future, LLC’s Hard Rock Metropolitan Park, Genting New York...