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GamCare has submitted its guidance on how to enhance bank gambling blocks, as part of its ‘cross-sector’ Gambling Related Financial Harm (GRFH) programme.  GRFH aims to combine the knowhow and knowledge of finance and gambling companies to cooperate and develop resources and deepen support to financial risks of gambling harms. In March, GamCare hosted a GRFH a virtual workshop with …

Irina Roman has been appointed as Pariplay’s new Head of Account Management, as the company looks to continue working on global growth. Roman brings a decade of experience to the NeoGames S.A-subsidiary, specifically across account management and the gambling industry.  She has previously worked at EveryMatrix, NetEnt, and Enteractive, with her most recent role being TrueLayer’s Senior Customer Success Manager.  …

Aston Villa has announced a multi-year partnership with BK8 which will see the online betting operator front the Premier League club’s shirts as its primary sponsor.  The three-year deal will last until the end of the 2025/26 league season, which will coincide with the enforcement of the recently agreed upon league-wide ban on gambling front-of-shirt sponsorships.  Under the terms of …

The government of Ireland has been warned that it currently lacks the capacity to research problem gambling and its societal impacts, as dynamics that will be tested by the launch of a new Irish gambling market in 2023.  New research from the Economic and Social Research Institute (ESRI) reveals that this issue “could be larger than initial estimates” and should …

Kansspelautoriteit (KSA) Chairman René Jansen has warned European regulatory counterparts and lawmakers that “international cooperation is still required in the field of online gambling”. This notice was issued as Jansen concludes his tenure as chair of the Gambling Regulators’ European Forum (GREF), set to be succeeded by Isabelle Falque-Pierrotin, the President of l’Autorité Nationale des Jeux (ANJ) – France’s unified …

The UK Gambling Commission (UKGC) has launched a new ‘test hub’ to facilitate the responsibilities and duties of working with non-licensed entities.  The hub is focused on providing information and guidance on the responsibilities of operators who choose to deal with ‘non-licensed entities’, including white-label partners. Located under the ‘Compliance’ tab, the hub defines the expectations and duties operators must …

Sweden’s government is considering a proposal to increase penalty fees for businesses that breach the country’s Money Laundering Act provisions. The Minister of Financial Markets, Niklas Wykman, who oversees policy for the Swedish gambling sector, has put forward the proposal. In a memorandum, the country’s gambling inspectorate, Spelinspektionen, noted that the current arrangement is “unsatisfactory” as “in many cases” violations …

The Parliament of Malta has approved the passage of Bill.55, that will allow Maltese courts to refuse the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgements related to the online gambling sector. Tabled on 24 April 2023, Bill 55 ‘Gaming Amendment Bill’ has been sponsored by Hon. Silvio Schembri MP Minister for the Economy and European Funds. The Bill has now been …

Branschföreningen för Onlinespel (BOS), Sweden’s online gambling trade association, has warned the government that it is grappling with a crisis in the channelling of Sweden’s regulated online gambling marketplace. The warning follows a report commissioned by BOS, which details that consumer engagement with licensed operators )referred to as ‘channelling’) is at a critically low level in Sweden. The report undertaken …

EveryMatrix has secured its latest regulatory approval, receiving a licence from the Isle of Man Gambling Supervision Commission. The Malta-headquartered B2B firm highlighted that Isle of Man’s gambling regulator is a ‘body that upholds the highest regulatory standards’, and so brings ‘many benefits’ to EveryMatrix’s brand and image via association. From a commercial perspective, the licence will enable EveryMatrix to …