This weekend's iGB industry dynamics cover several important news items: Dutch professional football player Osman Foyo has been suspended for five months and fined for violating gambling regulations; online bingo game expert Broadway Gaming announces the appointment of Mark Cleary as the new CEO; Ga
On October 6, Thai police successfully dismantled a large online gambling group named "Jing Jai Bet," which was involved in financial transactions amounting to 1 billion Thai Baht. During the operation, the police arrested 4 suspects, with one additional suspect still at large. Assets worth over 35
Global gaming supplier FBM announced before the Global Gaming Expo (G2E) in Las Vegas that it has positioned the Philippine market as the top priority in its global strategic layout. Vito Francisco, a company director, stated that the Philippines is one of FBM's most important markets globally, plan
The UK Gambling Commission has released its second annual Gambling Survey Report (GSGB), covering industry data and trends for 2024. The survey shows that the gambling participation rate among UK adults in the past four weeks is 48%, which drops to 28% when excluding the lottery. A significant findi
The UK residential treatment facility Gordon Moody and the US remote care provider Birches Health announced a partnership to create a transatlantic referral pathway, expanding the coverage of gambling addiction treatment services. Through this collaboration, clients of both institutions will be able
Former CEO of Australia's Tabcorp, Elmer Funke Kupper, recently publicly urged the Albanian government to legislate stricter controls on gambling advertising, warning that current advertising exposure is harming the younger generation. According to the latest data from the Australian National Univer
The Lahore District Court in Pakistan dismissed the bail application of well-known YouTuber Saad-ur-Rehman (internet alias Ducky Bhai), who is involved in promoting illegal gambling and foreign exchange applications. District and Circuit Court Additional Judge Sajida Chaudhry announced the decision
On October 5th, police in Mae Chan District, Chiang Rai Province, Thailand, raided a local rental house and successfully cracked down on a large online gambling website "boost4fatcash," capturing a female administrator on the scene. According to the investigation, the website has been operating for
Spain's Ministry of Social Rights and Consumer Affairs recently passed a new law that mandates online gambling operators to use more specific risk warning information instead of the neutral prompts previously used, such as changing "responsible gaming" to "the probability of players losing money is
India's Ministry of Electronics and Information Technology (MeitY) recently released the "Draft Rules for Online Gaming," marking a significant shift in the country's regulatory strategy for online gaming. The draft officially establishes esports as a competitive sport managed by the Ministry of You
The UK Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) has announced the end of its investigation into Sportradar's acquisition of IMG Arena and has officially approved the merger. The transaction entered the evidence collection and public consultation phase in July this year and was assessed to comply with
The Finnish Center for Sports Ethics (SUEK) investigation revealed that between 2021 and 2025, a total of 114 floorball players, coaches, managers, and club officials violated strict gambling regulations by betting on matches in their sport, with over 1000 betting instances. The investigation found
The ruling coalition in Estonia has proposed a gambling tax relief bill, planning to gradually reduce the country's remote gambling tax rate from the current level to 4%, with the main goal of attracting international online gambling operators to invest and use the additional revenue for the constru
The American Gaming Association (AGA) recently released a comprehensive Anti-Money Laundering (AML) Best Practices Guide, specifically addressing the risks of cryptocurrency money laundering with detailed prevention and control recommendations. This 64-page guide aims to help commercial sports betti
The Supreme Court of Chile, Third Chamber, ruled by a 3-2 vote to require Internet service providers to immediately block illegal sports betting websites within the country. This decision overturns a lower court's ruling from April and supports the protective appeal filed by the Concepción Lottery C
Timor-Leste legislators recently voted to pass a resolution that completely bans the online gambling industry and revokes all existing licenses. This decision was made after police raids in August in the Oecusse-Ambeno special administrative region uncovered evidence of fraudulent activities, follow