
htmlThe Brazilian gambling industry is issuing a new round of warnings against the government's latest Novo Desenrola Brasil debt restructuring plan. IBJR Director and Co-founder Andre Gelfi, in an exclusive interview, stated that preventing beneficiaries of the plan from accessing licensed gamblin

The French National Gaming Authority announced this Wednesday the preliminary results of a new algorithm, revealing a striking revenue structure in the online gambling market—during the second half of 2025, about 600,000 players identified by the algorithm as having a high probability of excessive g

The Brooklyn Federal Court's plea hearing this week was paused less than 48 hours before it was set to commence. Marves Ferli, identified by prosecutors as a ringleader in the college basketball point-shaving scandal, was scheduled to formally plead guilty on Tuesday, but Magistrate Judge Joseph Mar

As the 2026 World Cup approaches, Indonesian police are preparing for an invisible cyber warfare. This week, the police issued a clear warning to the public: while enjoying the excitement of the event, be vigilant against online fraud traps, stay away from all illegal activities including sports bet

The UK government's interdepartmental framework to combat illegal gambling has officially surfaced. The Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport recently disclosed online the priorities and membership of the much-anticipated Illegal Gambling Task Force, locking this temporary measure, set fo

Australia's federal government officially announced on Wednesday a comprehensive response to the parliamentary inquiry into online gambling, marking the implementation of a nationwide regulatory reform based on 31 recommendations. The Murphy Report, titled "You Win Some, You Lose More," has been und

The UK's cross-party gambling reform group recently issued a strongly worded report, recommending a complete ban on gambling advertising—prohibiting placements before 9 PM, ending sports sponsorships, limiting influencer marketing, and forbidding the embedding in children's games. Each point sounds

An unfinished White House ballroom is bringing the political context of two gambling capitals back into the public eye. Last October, the White House released a list of 37 donors who provided funding for this approximately $250 million, about 90,000 square feet new building, among which Hard Rock In

The Mumbai High Court's Goa bench issued a significant injunction on May 6, effectively blocking a giant casino ship, yet to enter the port, from approaching the Mandovi River. The seven-story casino ship named MV Deltin Royale, measuring 112 meters in length and designed to accommodate up to 2000 p

The Australian government officially disclosed a five-year gambling harm prevention funding scheme totaling AUD 112.7 million (approximately USD 73.3 million) in the 2026-27 fiscal year budget on Tuesday, with about AUD 18.1 million of ongoing funds retained annually after the initial period. This f

The South African National Gambling Board formally responded on Monday to the chain of queries triggered by the "CLOSED" label. The "Verified Gambling Operators" portal, launched earlier this year, was initially positioned as South Africa's first tool to unify licensed operator data across all nine

htmlThe Philippine gaming industry has once again delivered a significant cash flow to the national treasury. On May 13, the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation (PAGCOR) formally handed over a dividend check worth 5.67 billion pesos to the Department of Finance, an amount equivalent to half

Online gambling players in the Philippines are undergoing a thorough reshaping of the entry process. According to a series of regulatory tightening measures recently implemented by the Philippine Amusement and Gaming Corporation, all licensed platform users must submit a valid government-issued ID a

htmlThe moment the UK remote gambling tax doubled from 21% to 40%, the fate of Evoke was rewritten. This gambling group, which owns brands like William Hill, 888, and Mr Green, is now discussing a sale with Bally's Intralot at a price of about 0.5 pounds per share, whereas not long ago, just the no

A court in Kyiv, Ukraine, recently convicted three men of criminal offenses, unveiling a dual criminal network hidden within a multi-story business center. According to the investigation completed in 2024 by the Kyiv Regional Office of the National Economic Security Bureau of Ukraine, the defendants

On May 7th, Sarah Gardner, the acting CEO of the UK Gambling Commission, attended the annual conference of the Bingo Association and released a series of signals for increased regulation. Among the most notable was a new stringent regulation—starting from July 29, 2026, all offline gambling venues m